3752

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 892

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] THE fee [as] he
[shall determine] DETERMINES to be fair and reasonable.

(d)    Manner of preparing plats. Every plat of any
subdivision shall be prepared upon paper or cloth of
[such] A size and character, with [such] notations,
information, and markings [as] the Commission [may
prescribe] PRESCRIBES by regulation. Every approved
subdivision of land shall have permanent markers, bound
stones, or stations [as] the Commission [shall prescribe]
PRESCRIBES which shall be shown and designated on the
plat thereof. The Commission, the District Council, and
the County Surveyor, respectively, of the county wherein
the land lies, shall be furnished with copies of the plat
as approved.

(e)    Street dedication. The Commission [shall have
the power to] MAY require dedications of streets and
roads in connection with the approval of plats of
subdivision for interior subdivision roads, roads
abutting the subdivision where it is necessary to create
a new road as a part of the plan of subdivision to
provide for traffic access to another subdivision road,
and widening of existing or public roads abutting the
subdivision where [such] widening is necessary in order
to provide additional right—of—way adequate to serve
additional traffic to be created by the subdivision, but
in [such] THIS case no more dedication may be required
than will produce a total right—of—way for a secondary
road, as defined by the duly adopted Road Code, or by the
appropriate County ordinance or regulation or for a
primary road if an existing and duly adopted master plan
of highways of the Commission designates [such] THE road
as a primary or arterial road. In no case whatsoever
shall dedication of a width wider than that for a primary
road be required, and no more than that necessary for a
secondary road unless an existing and duly adopted master
plan of the Commission designates the road as a primary
or arterial road [provided, however, that]. HOWEVER, in
Prince George's County the [said] master plan of highways
is TO BE approved by the District Council. [Provided,
however, that in] IN lieu of the above language in
Montgomery County the Commission [shall have the power
to] MAY require dedication of streets and roads in
connection with the approval of plats of subdivision in
accordance with [such] THE standards and limitations [as
may be] set forth in the subdivision regulations. [such]
THE standards shall relate the area of dedication to the
total size of the subdivision, the maximum street
right—of—way or improvement required for that category of
land use as established in the Road Code of the