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23. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Assistance shall be given under this sub-title to any dependent
child who

(a) Has resided in this State for one year immediately pre-
ceding the application for such assistance; or was born within
the State one year immediately preceding the application, and
whose mother has resided in the State one year immediately
preceding the birth of said child; or whose mother has resided
in this State for one year immediately preceding the date of
application; and

(b) Is living in a suitable family home meeting the stand-
ards of care and health, fixed by the laws of this State and any
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and in which
home the child's particular religious faith is fostered and pro-
tected.

(e) Any illegitimate child who has heretofore received as-
sistance under this sub-title is hereby declared to have been
eligible to receive the same, but no applicant denied assistance
on the grounds of illegitimacy, between September 1, 1936 and
March 22, 1937, shall be entitled to make any claim against the
State Department or any local unit, on account of any such
denial.

25. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE. Application for assistance
under this sub-title shall be made to the local unit in which the
dependent child resides. The application shall be in writing or
reduced to writing in the manner and upon the form prescribed
by the State Department. The application shall be made by
the person with whom the child will live while receiving assist-
ance and shall contain information as to the age and residence
of the child and such other information as may be required by
the rules and regulation of the State Department. One appli-
cation may be made for several children of the same family if
they reside with the same person. All assistance granted
and/or payments made on application heretofore signed by
the applicant and witnessed, shall be deemed valid payments
for the purposes of this sub-title.

27. GRANTING OF ASSISTANCE. Upon the completion of such
investigation, the local unit shall decide whether the child is
eligible for assistance under the provisions of this sub-title
and determine the amount of such assistance and the date on
which such assistance shall begin. It shall make an award
which shall be binding upon the county or Baltimore City as
the case may be, and he complied with until such an award is
modified or vacated. The local unit shall notify the applicant
of its decision in writing. Such assistance shall be paid rnonth-
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