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quarter of one cent on each one hundred dollars of assessable property, 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 taxes levied.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 23.

23. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners in the several
counties wherein the applicant or petitioner resides, or the Supervisors of.
City Charities of Baltimore City, wherein the applicant or petitioner re-
sides, to see that any widow mother who is receiving support pursuant to
the provisions of this sub-title, is properly caring for her children; 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. Said
County Commissioners or said Board of Supervisors of Charities, as the
case may be, may terminate such payments or mate such changes therein
whenever the purpose of this sub-title would be best subserved thereby.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 24.

24. 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 Super-
visors of City Charities of Baltimore City, shall select in their discretion,
those in most urgent need of such allowance.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 25.

25. The Supervisors of City Charities for Baltimore City shall have
the power to employ such assistant investigators as they may deem neces-
sary, whose salaries shall be determined by the Board of Estimates of
Baltimore City.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 26.

26. 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 mis
demeanor 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, in the discretion of the Court,

1929, ch. 401, sec. 27.

27. Nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to affect or interfere
with the provisions of the laws of Maryland as now existing relating to
the jurisdiction of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the Circuit
Courts of the State of Maryland, or the Juvenile Court of Baltimore City,
in regard to the custody and control of infants.

28-31. Repealed by ch. 401 of Acts of 1929.