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ART. LXXXVIIIA] MOTHER'S RELIEF. 673
1916, ch. 670, sec. 4.
22. Upon the receipt of the application or petition and notice, the
County Commissioners, or the Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore
City, shall set a time and examine under oath all who desire to be
heard; Provided, however, that the County Commissioners of the
County wherein applicant or petitioner resides or if the applicant
resides in Baltimore City, the said Board shall, of themselves or through
their agents, before said hearing, examine into the truth of the facts
set forth in the above mentioned application or petition, and shall file
a report of its findings with the Juvenile Court of the County wherein
applicant or petitioner resides or with the Circuit Court if no Juvenile
Court exists in said County, or with the Juvenile Court of Baltimore
City, if the applicant or petitioner resides in Baltimore City, for review
and disposition, setting forth, in full, the results of their investigations.
The County Commissioners in the Counties or the Board for Mothers'
Relief in Baltimore City may in their discretion issue subpoenas for the
attendance of witnesses and adjourn the hearings from day to day and
shall hear such witnesses as shall be produced by the applicant or peti-
tioner or others.
1916, ch 670, sec. 5.
23. If, upon the completion of the examination, provided for under
Section 22, the Juvenile or Circuit Court in the Counties or the Juve-
nile Court for Baltimore City, concludes that unless relief is granted,
the mother will be unable to support and educate her children, and that
they may become a public charge, it shall make an order directing that
there shall be paid to the mother monthly, upon the first day of each
month, out of the County Funds, by the County Treasurer or out of the
funds of Baltimore City, by the City Comptroller, as the case may be,
the following amounts for the maintenance and support of the children
under fourteen years (14) of age:
Twelve Dollars ($12) per month for the oldest child, Ten Dollars
($10) per month for the next oldest child, and Six Dollars ($6) per
month for each additional child, not at any time, however, exceeding
forty dollars ($40) per month for any one family. And the Board of
Estimates and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and the Coun-
ty Commissioners of the respective Counties of this State are authorized
and directed to levy such tax, not exceeding one-tenth of a mill, as may
be necessary and sufficient to carry out the provisions of this sub-title,
or to provide for the same out of the proceeds of the general tax levy.
1916, ch. 670, sec. 6.
24. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners in the several
Counties wherein applicant or petitioner resides, or the Board for
Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City, wherein applicant or petitioner
resides, to see that any widow mother thus committed to their care, pur-
suant to the provisions of this sub-title, is properly caring for her chil-
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