1108 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 538

CHAPTER 538.

AN ACT to add a new Article to the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1924 Edition), to be known as Article 70-A, "Old
Age Pensions, " and to follow immediately after Article 70,
establishing an old age pension system which may be adopted
by Baltimore City or by Counties desiring the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new Article be and the same is hereby added
to the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), to be
known as Article 70-A, "Old Age Pensions, " to follow imme-
diately after Article 70, and to read as follows:

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.

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 provisions of this Article, shall be entitled to
a pension in old age. The amount of such pension 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.

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 a 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,