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sent back to the Board of County Commissioners recommending him and
provided with a relief by the Maryland Workshop for the Blind in such
sum as said Board of the Maryland Workshop for the Blind finds needed,
not to exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars per annum to be paid
monthly from the funds herein provided. The total amount granted any
man and wife for one year shall not exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Dol-
lars, unless such a man or wife shall not have been blind at the time of
their marriage, or unless they shall have been married prior to the passage
of this Act.
(b) Subject to the limitations in this sub-title any person otherwise
qualified to receive the relief who has an income of less than three hundred
dollars a year shall be granted a relief of not less than one hundred and
fifty dollars a year.
(c) The relief herein provided shall be in place of all other relief of a
public nature.
(d) No blind person shall be deemed a pauper by reason of receiving
relief under this sub-title.
1929, ch. 271, sec. 20.
20. The Maryland Workshop for the Blind shall annually make exami-
nation as to qualification of persons upon the list of recipients for relief
under this sub-title, recommend an increase or decrease of the amount with-
in the limit herein prescribed. If not satisfied that any person on the list
is qualified to draw his money, said Board shall recommend to remove such
person, from the list; and the Board of the Maryland Workshop for the
Blind may, at any time during the year, inquire into the qualifications and
examine as to the disability and need of any persons theretofore placed on
such blind list. In case said Board finds that any person is not qualified
to draw further relief, or that such disability has been removed, in whole
or in part, then said Board of the Maryland Workshop for the Blind may
at any time thereafter during such year modify or change the amount
theretofore found necessary for such relief, or remove such person from
the list qualified to draw money for relief, and said Board shall forthwith
notify the County Auditor of this action taken.
1929, ch. 271, sec. 21.
21. The Maryland Workshop for the Blind may appoint a trustee to
take charge of the expenditure of the relief granted any applicant when,
in their opinion, such trustee is desirable. Such trustee shall serve with-
out pay and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the Maryland
Workshop for the Blind shall prescribe.
1929, ch. 271, sec. 22.
22. If, in the examination by the Maryland Workshop for the Blind
of the qualifications of any person filing a claim for relief, or having a
place on the list of those receiving benefit under the sub-title, it shall be
determined, upon the evidence of its registered physician skilled in treat-
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