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(a)   A pension to which he or she is not entitled;

(b)   A larger pension than that to which he or she is law-
fully entitled;

(c)   Payment of any forfeited installments;

(d)   Or aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of
the property of a pensioner without the consent of the
County Commissioners for the Counties and the Super-
visors of City Charities for Baltimore City, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned in the county or city jail for not more than
one year, or be punished by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the Court.

13.      (1) Any person who violates any provision of this;
Article for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be
subject to a fine riot exceeding five hundred dollars or to im-
prisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

(2) Where a pensioner is convicted of an offense under this
section, the County Commissioners for the Counties and the
Supervisors of City Charities for Baltimore City may cancel:
or revoke the pension granted.

14.      If a pensioner is convicted of any misdemeanor, felony,
or other offense, punishable by imprisonment for one month or
longer, payments shall not be made during the period of im-
prisonment.

15.      The County Commissioners of each County or the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may annually appropri-
ate a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this
Article. Upon the orders of the County Commissioners for the
Counties and the Supervisors of City Charities for Baltimore
City, the County Treasurer or the City Comptroller, as the case-
may be, shall pay out the amounts ordered to be paid as pen-
sions, under the provisions of this Article.

16.      Should the fund or funds available be insufficient to
permit of a pension to only a part of those coming within the
provisions of this Article, the County Commissioners in the
several counties or the Supervisors of City Charities of Balti-
more City shall select in their discretion those in most urgent
need of such pension.