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(f) Shall not during the period of receiving public assistance
solicit alms.

(g) Has no child or other person responsible under the laws
of this State for his or her support and <able to support him
or her, provided that if such child or other person is partially
able to support the applicant, such partial support shall be
taken into consideration in fixing the amount of any public
assistance that may be granted.

20. AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE. The amount of public assistance
which any recipient shall receive shall be determined by the
County Board with due regard to the resources and necessary
expenditures of the individual and the conditions existing in
each case and in accordance with the rules and regulations
made by the State Board, and shall be sufficient, when added
to all other income and support of the recipient, to provide
him with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency
and health, but the said grant shall not in any case exceed a
total of thirty dollars >a month.

21. APPLICATION FOB ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY BLIND. Ap-
plication for public assistance under this sub-title shall be
made to the County Board of the county in which the appli-
cant resides. The application shall be in writing or reduced
to writing in the manner and upon the form prescribed by the
State Board. Such application shall contain a statement of
the amount of property, both personal and real, in which
the applicant has an interest, including property held jointly
or as tenants by the entireties, and of all income, which he
may have at the time of the filing of the application, and such
other information as may be prescribed by the State Board.
All assistance granted and/or payments made on applications
heretofore signed by the applicant and witnessed shall be
deemed valid payment for the purposes of this Article.

24. PAYMENT FOE BENEFIT OF RECIPIENT. If any applicant
or recipient is incompetent or unable to handle the assistance
granted Mm, and lias no legal guardian or committee, the
Circuit Court of the Counties, or the Equity Courts of Balti-
more City, upon petition of any County Board, and with the
consent of the next of kin, next friend, natural guardian or
custodian of the applicant or recipient shall have the power
after notice and hearing to appoint a competent person as his
guardian for blind assistance, without bond, whose duty it
shall be without compensation to receive and disburse the re-
cipient's assistance on his behalf and to make true and accu-
rate account thereof as often as required. Funds in the hands
of any such guardian for blind assistance shall be expended