178 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 145

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 37, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, and 49 of Article 88A
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"State Department of Public Welfare", sub-title "Aid to De-
pendent Children", be and the same are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

37. (Definitions. ) As used in this sub-title: "State De-
partment" means the "State Department of Public Welfare. "

The term "Local Units" means the "County Welfare Boards"
created under Sections 12 and 13 of this Article, and the De-
partment of Public Welfare of Baltimore City.

"Dependent Child" means a needy child under the age of
sixteen years, or a needy child under the age of eighteen years
if it is regularly attending school, (a) who has been deprived
of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued
absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a
parent, and (b) whose relatives liable under the law for his
support are not able to provide adequate care and support of
such child, without public assistance, and (c) who is living
with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother,
sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister, uncle,
or aunt, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of
such relatives as his or their own home. "Child" shall include
an illegitimate child: for the purpose of clause (a), such
illegitimate child shall be considered the child of both parents
although paternity has not been established by legal proceed-
ings or otherwise, or is in fact unknown; for the purposes of
clause (c), such child shall be treated as if it were legitimate
in determining relationships through its mother, and also
through its father, when the paternity of such child is estab-
lished to the satisfaction of the local unit by such proof as it
deems adequate.

"Assistance" means money payments with respect to a de-
pendent child or children.

40. (Eligibility for Assistance to Dependent Children. )
Assistance shall be given under this sub-title to any dependent
child who

(a) Has resided in this State for one year immediately pre-
ceding the application for such assistance; or was born within
the State within one year immediately preceding the applica-
tion, and whose mother has resided in the State one year imme-
diately preceding the birth of said child; or whose parent has
resided in this State for one year immediately preceding the
date of application; provided, however, that the State Depart-
ment is authorized and empowered to make reciprocal arrange-
ments with other states to waive residence requirements, case
for case, when, in their judgment, the same are deemed neces-