2668 ARTICLE 70A

(b) Is a citizen of the United States at the time of making application
for assistance;

(c) Has resided in the State for at least five years within the nine years
immediately preceding the date of application, the last year of which was
continuous and immediately preceding such application;

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

(e) 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
assistance that may be granted;

(f) 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
he ceases to be an inmate;

(g) Has not made an assignment or transfer of property within three
years immediately prior to the filing of application for assistance pursuant
to the provisions of this Article.

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec, 4. 1939, ch. 233, sec. 4.

4. (Amount of Assistance.) The amount of assistance which any per-
son shall receive shall be determined by the County Department with due
regard to the resources and necessary expenditures of the individual and
the conditions existing in each case, and in accordance with the rules and
regulations made by the State Department, and shall be sufficient, when
added to all other income and support of the recipient to provide such per-
son with a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health; but
in no case shall the assistance granted exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) per
month, and if a recipient receives funds from any other source, the assis-
tance shall be ratably reduced, so that the total income of a recipient shall
never exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) per month, except in special cases,
requiring medical or nursing care, as permitted by rules and regulations
of the State Department.

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 5.

5. (Duties of State Department.) The State Department shall

(a) Supervise the administration of assistance to the needy aged under
this Article by the County Departments;

(b) Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be
necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this Article. All
rules and regulations made by the State Department shall be binding upon
the counties, and shall be complied with by the respective County-
Departments ;

(c) Prescribe the form of and print and supply to the County Depart-
ments such forms as it may deem necessary and advisable;

(d) Cooperate with the Federal government in matters of mutual con-
cern pertaining to assistance to the needy aged;

(e) Make such reports, in such form and containing such information
as the Federal government may from time to time require, and comply
with such provisions as the Federal government may, from time to time,
find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports;