398 ARTICLE 70A.

ARTICLE 70A.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

	1. Baltimore City and counties may establish system. 2-3. Persons eligible for pension. 4. Persons ineligible for pension. 6-12. Death of pensioner; property of applicant; application; investi-	gation; certificate; funeral ex- penses. 13-20. Not subject to attachment; false statements; penalties; reports; rules and regulations.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 1.

1. The Mayor and Council of the City of Baltimore, or the County
Commissioners of any County, are hereby authorized to establish a system
of old age pensions in accordance with the provisions of this Article. After
having operated under such system for one year or more, the said City or
any such County may abandon such system.
As to mothers' relief, see art. 88A, sec. 21.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 2.

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 provi-
sions of this Article, shall be entitled to a pension in old age. The amount
of such pensions 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, as computed under the
terms of this Article, shall exceed a total of one dollar a day.

1927, ch. 538, sec. 3.

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 it pension.

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

(a) Continuously for at least fifteen years immediately preceding the
date of application, but continuous residence in the State or City and
County shall not be deemed to have been interrupted by periods of absence
therefrom if the total of such periods does not exceed three years, or,

(b) Forty years, at least five of which have immediately preceded the
application;

(c) 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
or County if a domicile be not acquired outside of the State or County.