760 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 331

60A. No plat of any subdivision of land into streets,
avenues, alleys, lots and blocks in Allegany County, shall
be admitted to the Land Records of said County or received
or recorded by the Clerk of the Court of said County, un-
til the said plat or plan has been approved in writing by
the County Commissioners of Allegany County. The Coun-
ty Commissioners of Allegany County shall require pay-
ment from each person or persons submitting a plat for
its approval a fee in an amount approximately equal to
the cost of the services rendered by it in connection with
consideration of the plat and work incident thereto, which
fee, however, in no case shall be less than $25. 00 and which
shall be paid before said plat is approved or disapproved,
and carried into the general funds of said County. After
such approval and upon receipt of such plat by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court every such plat shall be firmly fixed
in a well-bound book to be kept by the Clerk of the Court
for the purpose of recording plats, and for the recording
of which the Clerk shall receive such fee as he shall deter-
mine to be fair and reasonable.

Every plat or plan of any subdivision of land into streets,
avenues, alleys, lots and blocks shall be prepared upon
paper or cloth of such size and character, with such nota-
tions, information and markings as the County Commis-
sioners of Allegany County may, by rule prescribe and
every subdivision of land as above set forth, shall have such
permanent markers, bound stones or stations as the s^id
County Commissioners of Allegany County shall by general
or special rule prescribe, which shall be shown and desig-
nated on the plat thereof. The said County Commissioners
of Allegany County shall be furnished with copies of said
plat when approved.

Every subdivision of land within Allegany County shall
conform, as nearly as may by said County Commissioners
of Allegany County be deemed practicable, to the general
plan for the development of Allegany County. The said
County Commissioners of Allegany County is authorized
to require to be preserved on any plat a continuity of width,
name, parking, building line with relation to its general
plan.

The County Commissioners of Allegany County is here-
by given authority to establish grades for all streets, roads,
and sidewalks within Allegany County, including state high-
ways, county roads and streets, alleys and sidewalks except
within incorporated towns. Until such grade is established
by said County Commissioners of Allegany County, no
grading of a permanent nature shall be made, and any such