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674 STATE AID AND CHARITIES. [ART. LXXXVIIIA
dren; that they are sufficiently clothed and fed; that they attend school
regularly and that said family shall be visited at least once every two
months.
The County Commissioners, in the County in which applicant or
petitioner resides or the Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City
shall report to the Juvenile Court, or, if none exists, to the Circuit
Court in such County or to the Juvenile Court for Baltimore City, in
the case of any widow mother who does not properly care for and edu-
cate her child or children, or when they find that she no longer needs
such support. The Circuit Court or the Juvenile Court shall thereupon
revoke any order made pursuant to this sub-title, at any time, with or
without notice, and in lieu thereof make any order that in the judgment
of the Court may protect the welfare of the child or children.
1916, ch. 670, sec. 7.
25. Should the fund or funds available be insufficient to permit of
an allowance to only a part of the mothers coming within the provisions
of this sub-title, the County Commissioners in the several Counties or
the Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City, shall select in their
discretion those in most urgent need of such allowance, and submit such
selections, after full investigation, to the Circuit or Juvenile Court of
such Counties or to the Juvenile Court for Baltimore City for approval,
which shall accept the same or make a different selection on its own
account, which shall then be conclusive.
1916, ch. 670, sec. 8.
26. The Board for Mothers' Eelief for Baltimore City shall have
the power to employ assistant investigators, not at any time to exceed
three, at a salary of nine hundred dollars ($900) per year for each
investigator, at such time that the Board finds itself physically unable
to conduct investigations, by reason of the burden of work, whose duties
shall be to thoroughly investigate all applications or petitions and to
make stated visits to the homes of the applicants or petitioners and for
such other work as the Board may prescribe. The Board for Mothers'
Relief for Baltimore City may also call for the assistance of the proba-
tion officers of the Juvenile Court to assist it in making like investiga-
tions and reports.
1916, ch. 670, sec. 9.
27. Any person knowingly and wilfully procuring, or attempting to
procure any allowance or relief, by false testimony or representation,
for herself or for a person not entitled thereto, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than two hundred and
fifty dollars ($250) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the
County wherein the offense occurs or the City Jail of Baltimore City
for a period of not more than six months or by fine and imprisonment.
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