Maryland County Commissioners Section 136

      (a)      Whenever any citizen of any county intends to petition the county commissioners of opening, altering or closing any road, he shall give thirty days' notice thereof, by publication, three separate insertions at weekly intervals, in one or more of the newspapers published in the county; and if no newspaper be published in the county he shall give public notice of such intention by setting up a notice at the courthouse door, and at three public places in the election district in which it is proposed to open, close or alter the road, for at least thirty days.

      (b)      In addition to, but not in substitution of, their present power and authority to open, alter or close county roads, the county commissioners may, on their own initiative, open, alter or close any county roads provided they shall give the notice provided for in this section and grant a hearing for the consideration of objections and/or counter petitions.