1130 ARTICLE 88A.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 22. 1931, ch. 115, sec. 22.

22. If upon the completion of the investigation of any application as
aforesaid, the said Department of Welfare of Baltimore City or said
County Commissioners conclude that unless relief is granted, the mother
applying will be unable to support and educate her children and that they
may become a public charge, said County Commissioners shall pay or said
Department of Welfare shall order the City Comptroller of Baltimore
City to pay out of the funds of Baltimore City, as the case may be, to
the mother monthly on the first day of each month, such sum as they may
deem sufficient to enable said mother to support and educate her chil-
dren. The Board of Estimates and the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more and the County Commissioners of the respective counties of this
State are authorized and directed to levy such taxes, not exceeding one
cent on each one hundred dollars of assessable property, as may be neces-
sary and sufficient to carry out the provisions of this sub-title, or to pro-
vide for the same out of the proceeds of the general taxes levied.
See notes to sec. 21.

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 Department
of Welfare 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 Department of Welfare, as the case may
be, may terminate such payments or make 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
Department of Welfare of Baltimore City, shall select in their discretion
those in most urgent need of such allowance.

1929, ch. 401, sec. 25.

25. The Department of Welfare of Baltimore City shall have the
power to employ such assistant investigators as they may deem necessary,
whose salaries shall be determined by the Board of Estimates of Balti-
more 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.