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his case, he shall have the right to appeal such decision to the
circuit court of the county in which he resides or to the Baltimore
City Court if he resides in the City of Baltimore, and those courts
shall have jurisdiction to review the case with respect to all matters
of fact and law.

23.

All public assistance grants made under this subtitle shall be re-
considered as frequently as may be required by the rules of the
State Department. After such further investigation as the [county
board] local unit may deem necessary or the State Department may
require, the amount of assistance may be changed or may be en-
tirely withdrawn if the State Department [and county board] or
local unit find that the recipient's circumstances have altered suf-
ficiently to warrant such action. The local unit [county board]
may at any time cancel and revoke assistance for cause and it may
for cause suspend assistance for such period as it may deem proper.
All such decisions shall be subject to review by the State Depart-
ment as provided in Section 22 of this [Article] subtitle.

24.

If at any time during the continuance of public assistance the
recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property or income in
excess of the amount stated in the application, it shall be the duty
of the recipient immediately to notify the [county board] local unit
of the receipt or possession of such property or income and the
[county board] local unit may, after investigation, either cancel the
assistance or alter the amount thereof in accordance with the circum-
stances. Any assistance paid before the recipient has come into
possession of such property or income and in excess of his need
shall be recoverable by the [county board] local unit as a debt
due. The net amount realized from all such claims shall be divided
among the State, the county, and the federal government in propor-
tion to the amount of the assistance paid by each respectively.

27.

The county commissioners or county council of each county and
the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall annually levy or
appropriate an amount sufficient to provide for thirty-five per cent
of all assistance paid or to be paid within said county or city.
[Provided, however, that the county commissioners of each county
and the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall not be obligated
to pay any sums as assistance in excess of thirty-five per cent of
the total of all assistance paid or to be paid within said county or
city, hereunder, except to the extent that funds may be available in
the State treasury.] The provisions of this section are subject to the
requirements of Section 18A of Article 88A of this Code.

29.

Whoever knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets
any person to obtain by means of a wilfully false statement or
representation, or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, pub-
lic assistance to which he is not entitled, or public assistance greater
than that to which he is justly entitled; or whoever knowingly or