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property shall be managed by the said commissioners or supervisors, which
shall pay the net income to the person or persons entitled thereto. The
said commissioners or supervisors shall have power to sell, lease, or trans-
fer such property or defend and prosecute all suits concerning it and to
pay all just claims against it and to do all other things necessary for the
protection, preservation and management of the property.

(2) If in the event that the pension is discontinued during the lifetime
of the pensioner, the property thus transferred to the said commissioners
or supervisors exceeds the total amount paid as pensions with simple inter-
est at three per cent, annually, the remainder of such property shall be
returned to the pensioner; and in the event of his death such remainder
shall be considered as the property of the pensioner for proper administra-
tion proceedings. The said commissioners or supervisors shall execute
and deliver all necessary instruments to give effect to this sub-section.

(3) The Attorney-General of the State at the request of the commis-
sioners or supervisors shall take the necessary proceedings and represent
and advise the said commissioners and supervisors in respect to any mat-
ters arising under this section.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 8.

B. An applicant for a pension shall file his application in writing with
the judge of the Circuit Court for the county in which he resides, or with
the judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if he resides therein in
such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the County Commissioners
or the Supervisors of City Charities of Baltimore. All statements in the
application shall be sworn to or affirmed by the applicant, setting forth that
all facts are true in every material point.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 9.

9. The said judge shall promptly make or cause to be made such investi-
gation as he may deem necessary. The judge shall decide upon the appli-
cation, and fix the amount of the pension, if any, and such decision shall
be final. An applicant whose application for a pension has been rejected,
may not again apply for a pension until the expiration of twelve months
from the date of his previous application.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 10.

10. (1) The said judge shall issue to each applicant to whom a pension
is allowed, a certificate stating the date upon which pension payments shall
commence and the amount of each installment, which may be monthly or
quarterly as the judge may decide.

(2) Each pensioner under the provisions of this Article shall file such
reports with the judge as the County Commissioners or the Supervisors of
City Charities of Baltimore may from time to time require. If it appears
at any time that the applicant's circumstances have changed, the judge
may revoke or modify any pension certificate issued. Any pension paid
in. excess of the amount due under the provisions of said sections shall be