242                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 114

Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Old Age Pensions, " be
and it is hereby re-enacted, to read as follows:

1.     The Mayor and Council of the City of Baltimore, or
the County Commissioners of any County of the State of
Maryland, are hereby authorized to establish a system of old
age pensions in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

2.     Any person while residing in a County or in Baltimore
City, which maintains a system of old age pensions, who shall
comply with the provisions of this Article, shall be entitled
to a pension in old age. The amount of such pension shall be
fixed with due regard to the conditions in each case, but in no
case shall it be an amount which, when added to the income
of the applicant, including income from property, shall exceed
a total of one dollar a day.

3.     An old age pension may be granted only to an applicant
who:

(1)   Has attained the age of sixty-five years or upwards.

(2)   Has been a citizen of the United States for at least
fifteen years before making application for a pen-
sion.

(3)   Has resided in the State and County or Baltimore
City in which he makes an application:

(a)   Continuously for at least ten years immedi-
ately preceding the date of application; but

(b)   Provided, that absence in the service of the
State of Maryland or of the United States shall
not be deemed to interrupt residence in the
State and County or Baltimore City if a domi-
cile be not acquired outside of the State and
County or Baltimore City.

(4)   Is not at the date of making application an inmate
of any prison, jail, workhouse, infirmary, insane
asylum, or any other public correctional institution.

(5)   During the period of ten years immediately preced-
ing such date has not been imprisoned for a felony.

(6)   If a husband, has not, without just cause, failed to
support his wife and his children under the age of
sixteen years for six months or more during the
fifteen years preceding the date of application for
a pension.