500 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lished, of any street, avenue or alley, or any portion thereof, for
which application may be made to condemn, open, grade and
construct, the grades established shall be conformed to in the
grading and construction of the same; and whenever the grade
has not been established of any street, avenue or alley, or such
part thereof as may be applied for to be condemned, opened,
graded and constructed, it shall be the duty of the examiner,
or of the examiners, to have the grade established on such
street, avenue or alley, or portion thereof, and the same shall be
graded and constructed in accordance with such grade; and in
establishing any grade, the location of the streets, avenues or
alleys already laid off and adjacent thereto, and the general
topography of the surrounding grounds must be taken into con-
sideration.

386. Whenever it may be desirable to have any street or
avenue, which may have been already laid off, extended beyond
its present terminus, the owners of a majority of front feet of
ground, bounding and fronting on any portion of said street or
avenue, as laid off, and including the line of the proposed exten-
sion, may make application to the County Commissioners, in
writing, setting forth the street or avenue that they desire to
have extended, and the line, approximate distance, and the
point of termination of such proposed extension; and when said
application is presented, the Highways Commission shall ap-
point one examiner, or three examiners in the manner herein-
after provided for, whose duty it shall be to lay off and extend
said streets or avenue in accordance with said application, and
the provisions of this sub-title of this article; but said street or
avenue shall be laid off and extended in conformity with the
streets and avenues of Baltimore city, and with the streets and
avenues already laid off in Baltimore county, so far as practic-
able; and before any examiner or examiners shall proceed to
act in the premises, he or they shall take an oath or affirmation
before some justice of the peace of the State, in and for Balti-
more county, that he or they will well and truly lay off and
extend the said street or avenue, and will, in all respects, act
without prejudice or partiality in the matter; and after having
made such oath or affirmation, the examiner or examiners, shall
give at least ten days' notice by publication in one or more
newspapers published in Baltimore county, and one newspaper
of general circulation, published in Baltimore city, that said
application has been made; and after such notice the said ex-
aminer or examiners shall cause said street or avenue to be
laid off and extended, and properly marked with so many and
such durable landmarks as the examiner or examiners may
think necessary, and cause to be made a plat of the extension
of said street or avenue, with proper explanations; and when