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may prescribe. The Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City may also
call for the assistance of the probation officers of the Juvenile Court to
assist it in making like investigations and reports.

An. Code, sec. 27. 1916, ch. 670, sec. 9.

29. 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.

An: Code, sec. 28. 1916, ch. 670, sec. 10.

30. In order to administer this sub-title an annual appropriation of
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) is hereby made for the establishment
and maintenance of the Board for Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City,
and Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for administrative purposes, to be
divided among the various Counties of Maryland in proportion to the
population of these Counties, to be paid to the County Commissioners
in the several counties to assist them in making investigations and for the
work of supervision.

An. Code, see. 29. 1916, ch. 670, sec. 11.

31. A detailed report of the number of beneficiaries, the amount ex-
pended, the advantages of the system, improvements and recommendations,
shall be made by the Board of Mothers' Relief for Baltimore City and by
the County Commissioners in the several Counties of the State, to the
members of the General Assembly of Maryland, at the beginning of the
session of one thousand, nine hundred and eighteen (1918).1

1 Secs. 12 and 13 of act of 1916, ch. 670, provide for repeal of all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent with said act of 1916, and further, that if said act should be held invalid as
to the counties, it shall nevertheless remain in force as to Baltimore City.