2670 ARTICLE 70A

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 10.

10. (Assignments of Property.) Any County Department, with the
consent of the State Department, may require as a condition for granting
assistance under the provisions of this Article, that every applicant haying
an interest in any personal property, tangible or intangible, shall dispose
of or transfer to the County Department, any or all such property, in
accordance with such rules and regulations as the State Department may
prescribe. Provided, however, if any applicant at the time shall have in
his possession any insurance policy, be it endowment, industrial, or life
insurance, $300.00 of the face value of the said insurance policy shall
remain the sole and exclusive property of the applicant and shall not be
assigned to the local County Department. Any property transferred to a
County Department under the provisions of this section shall be held by it
in trust to sell, pledge, lease, surrender or transfer the same, to pay all
claims against it and to do all things necessary for the protection, preserva-
tion and management thereof, to collect the income therefrom, and to dis-
burse the principal and income thereof for the benefit of said applicant, in
accordance with such rules and regulations as the State Department may
prescribe. If the assistance granted to any recipient be discontinued during
his lifetime, the property remaining in the hands of the County Depart-
ment at such time or the proceeds thereof, shall be returned to the recipient,
after deducting therefrom the sums paid as assistance. In the event of the
recipient's death, the remaining property, or the proceeds thereof, after
deducting therefrom any funeral expenses incurred under the provisions of
this Article, and the sums paid as assistance, shall be paid to the recipient's
estate.

1937 (Sp. Sess.), ch. 12, sec. 11.

11. (Payments to Incompetents.) If any applicant or recipient is
incompetent or unable to handle the assistance granted him, and has ho
legal guardian or committee, the Circuit Court of the counties, or the
Equity Courts of Baltimore City, upon petition of any County Department,
and with the consent of the next of kin, next friend, natural guardian or
custodian of the applicant or recipient, shall have the power after notice
and hearing to appoint a competent person as his guardian for old age assis-
tance, without bond, whose duty it shall be without compensation to receive
and disburse the recipient's assistance on his behalf and to make true and
accurate account thereof as often as required. Funds in the hands of any
such guardian for old age assistance shall be expended only for the purposes
contemplated by this Article, or as directed in the grant of assistance.

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

12. (Funeral Expenses.) On the death of the recipient reasonable
funeral expenses, not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) may, sub-
ject to the rules and regulations of the State Department, be paid by the
County Department if the estate of the deceased is insufficient to pay the
same and the persons legally responsible for the support of the deceased
are unable to pay the same. The cost of any such payments shall be charged
two-thirds to State funds and one-third to local funds.