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the last year of which shall be continuous and immediately precede such
application;

(b) Has not sufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable
subsistence compatible with decency and health;

(c) Is not an inmate of any public institution at the time of receiving
assistance. An inmate of such an institution may, however, make applica-
tion for such assistance, but the assistance, if granted, shall not begin until
after he ceases to be an inmate;

(d) Is not receiving old age assistance;

(e) Has not made an assignment for transfer of property within three
(3) years immediately prior to the filing of application pursuant to the
provisions of this sub-title;

(f) Has no child or other person responsible under the laws of this
State for his or her support and able to support him or her, provided that
if such child or other person is partially able to support the applicant, such
partial support shall be taken into consideration in fixing the amount of
any public assistance that may be granted.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 20. 1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 4, sec. 20.

16. (Amount of Assistance.) The amount of public assistance which
any recipient shall receive shall be determined by the County Board
with due regard to the resources and necessary expenditures of the indi-
vidual and the conditions existing in each case and in accordance with the
rules and regulations made by the State Board, and shall be sufficient, when
added to all other income and support of the recipient, to provide him
with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health, but the
said grant shall not in any case exceed a total of thirty dollars a month.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 21. 1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 4, sec. 21.

17. (Application for Assistance to the Needy Blind.) Application for
public assistance under this sub-title shall be made to the County Board of
the county in which the applicant resides. The application shall be in writ-
ing or reduced to writing in the manner and upon the form prescribed by
the State Board. Such application shall contain a statement of the amount
of property, both personal and real, in which the applicant has an interest,
including property held jointly or as tenants by the entireties, and of all
income, which he may have at the time of the filing of the application, and
such other information as may be prescribed by the State Board. All
assistance granted and/or payments made on applications heretofore signed
by the applicant and witnessed shall be deemed valid payment for the
purposes of this Article.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 22.

18. (Investigation of Applications.) Whenever a County Board re-
ceives an application for assistance under this sub-title, an investigation
and record shall promptly be made of the circumstances of the applicant
to ascertain the facts supporting the application made under this sub-
title and such other information as may be required by the rules of the
State Board.