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and the County Board of the county from which he has moved shall transfer
all necessary records relating to the recipient to the County Board of the
county to which he has moved.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 32. 1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 4, sec. 32. 1939, ch. 733, sec. 32.

28. (Annual Appropriation.) The County Commissioners 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, how-
ever, that the County Commissioners of each county and the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore shall not be obligated to pay any sums as as-
sistance 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.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 33.

29. (No Fees to be Paid.) No person shall make any charge or re-
ceive any fee for representing an applicant or recipient of assistance in
any proceeding hereunder except as to criminal proceedings brought pur-
suant to Section 30¹ of this sub-title; or with respect to any application,
whether such fee or charge be paid by the applicant or recipient or by any
other person or persons.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 34.

30. (Confidential Nature of Records.) All applications and records
concerning any applicant shall be confidential and shall be open to inspec-
tion only by persons duly authorized by the State or the United States in
connection with their official duties.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 35,

31. (Fraudulent Acts.) Whoever 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:

(1) Public assistance to which he is not entitled;

(2) Public assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled;

(3) Payment of any forfeited installment of public assistance;

or aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of the property of a
recipient without the consent of the County Board is guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned for not more than three
(3) months, or be both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the
Court. In assessing the penalty, the Court shall take into consideration
the amount of money fraudulently received.

1936 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 145, sec. 2. 1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 4, sec. 2.

32. If any provisions of this sub-title, or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the sub-title,
and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.²

¹ Sec. 31 evidently intended.

² Sec. 3 of ch. 4, acts of 1937 (Sp. Sess.), repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.