HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 453
CHAPTER 290.
(House Bill 25)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 2,
3, 4, 7, 17, 18, and 21 of Article 70A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Old Age Assistance".

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 2, 3, 4, 7, 17, 18, and 21 of Article 70A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Old
Age Assistance", be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2. (Definitions. ) As used in this Article, "State Depart-
ment" means the State Department of Public Welfare created
under Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland and any
amendments thereto or supplements thereof.

"County Department" means the County Welfare Board of
the respective counties in this State, created and existing
under Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and
any amendments thereto or supplements thereof, and includes
the Department of Public Welfare of Baltimore City as
created and existing under Section 167 of the Charter of Balti-
more City, with the powers, limitations and restrictions im-
posed by Article 88A and any amendments thereto or supple-
ments thereof.

"County" shall be construed to include the City of Balti-
more, unless otherwise specified herein.

"Applicant" means a person who has applied for assistance
under this Article.

"Recipient" means a person who is receiving assistance
under the terms of this Article.

"Assistance" means money payments to aged persons in
need.

"Supplementary Services" means services other than money
payments to aged persons in need, including payments toward
funeral expenses of such persons as provided in this Article.

3. (Eligibility for Assistance to the Needy Aged. ) Assist-
ance shall be granted under this Article to any person who

(a) Is 65 years of age or older;

(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 pre-
ceding such application; provided, however, that the State
Department is authorized and empowered to make reciprocal