954 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

same manner as taxes are ordinarily collected, or by a bill in
equity, at the instance of the Treasurer, for the enforcement of
such lien. The procedure in such cases shall conform to that
provided in Section 177N of this Article.

177K. Whenever any owner of property in Montgomery
county shall have opened, laid out or graded any avenue or
road for the public convenience, and is willing to dedicate the
same to public uses, by a good and sufficient deed duly deliv-
ered and presented for record, the said County Commissioners
are authorized to accept the same, if, in their opinion, the
same be necessary and convenient for public use, and upon
such acceptance, which shall be endorsed upon and recorded
with the deed, said avenue or road shall be kept in good order
and repair as the county roads; provided, however, that said
road shall not be less than thirty feet in width, and duly and
properly graded, in the judgment of the said County Commis-
sioners ; and provided, further, that a plat of the road so dedi-
cated shall be furnished with and made a part of said deed and
recorded therewith, and a duplicate plat shall be furnished for
preservation among the records of the said County Commis-
sioners.

177L. Whenever any road shall have been in use by the
public for twenty years, though the same may never have been
condemned or granted as a public highway, the said County
Commissioners, if they deem public necessity requires the adop-
tion of the same as such, shall declare the said road to be a
public highway, with full power to relocate 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 Montgomery county; provided, said
road shall not be less than thirty feet in width; and said Coun-
ty Commissioners shall cause a description and plat of said
road to be made and recorded or filed among their records, and
thereafter such road so declared to be a public highway shall
be kept in good order and repair, as other county roads.

177M. Whenever any doubt exists as to the proper location
or width of a county road, the said County Commissioners may
cause the same to be surveyed by the County Surveyor and a
description and plat made thereof and recorded or filed among
their records, which said description and plat shall be deemed
official and prima facie correct by said County Commissioners
and in the Courts of this State until and unless the contrary be
proven. Whenever possible, such description shall be made by
reference to the original description of said road when the
same was acquired by grant or condemnation, if such descrip-
tion can be found, but if same cannot be found, then such de-