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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ized to accept the same, if in their opinion the same

shall be necessary and convenient for public use,

and upon such acceptance the said avenue or avenues,

or road or roads, so dedicated, shall be deemed and

taken to be for all purposes county roads, and as

such shall be kept in good order and repair by the

road commissioners of the district in which said

avenue or avenues, road or roads, may be situated ;

provided, however, that previous to such acceptance

said road shall not be less than thirty feet in width

and duly and properly graded, in the judgment of .

the said County Commissioners.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said act be also

farther amended by the addition of the following

section : That whenever any road shall have been

in use for twenty years, though the same may not

have been condemned or granted as a public high-

way, the County Commissioners of Baltimore

county, if they deem public- necessity requires the

Declare a pub-

adoption of the same as such, shall declare the said

lic highway.

road to be a public highway, with full power to re-

locate and straighten the same, in their discretion,

and shall publish a notice to that effect once a week

for two successive weeks in one or more newspapers

published in Baltimore county, provided said road

shall not be less than thirty feet in width; and such

road so declared to be a public highway shall be

Keep in good

kept in good order and repair by the road commis-

order.

sioner of the district in which such road is situ-

ated, as other public roads are, at an expense, how-

ever, at no time to exceed one hundred dollars per

mile.

Effective.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall

take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.