2758 ARTICLE 88A.

A mother shall not receive such relief who is the owner of real property
or personal property other than the household goods.

A mother shall not receive such relief who has not resided in the County
where the application is made, or in the City of Baltimore, at least three
years before making such application.

Whenever any child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years (14), the
relief granted to the mother for such child shall cease; Provided, that if
a child of fourteen years of age be ill or is incapacitated for work, the
mother shall receive the funds for its care, during such illness or incapacity
for work, until such child is sixteen years of age.

An. Code, sec. 21. 1916, ch. 670, sec. 3.

23. A copy of the application or petition provided for in Section 22,
and a notice of the place where and the time when it will be presented,
must be served on, or mailed to, the County Commissioners in the County
wherein the applicant or petitioner resides or to the Board for Mothers'
Relief for Baltimore City, if applicant or petitioner resides in Baltimore
City.

An. Code, sec. 22. 1916, ch. 670, sec. 4.

24. 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 petitioner or others.

An. Code, sec. 23, 1916, ch. 670, sec. 5.

25. If upon the completion of the examination, provided for under
Section 24, the Juvenile or Circuit Court in the Counties or the Juvenile
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: