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paid or credited to the United States Government, provided,
that no such claim shall be enforced against any real estate
of a recipient while it is occupied by the recipient's surviving
spouse or dependents.

18. (Removal to Another County. ) Any applicant who has
moved into the county in which he applies within one year
prior to application, shall be deemed, for all purposes of this
Article, a resident of the county in which he last had one year's
continuous residence. Change of county residence within the
State shall have no effect upon the eligibility of an aged person.

21. (Fraudulent Acts. ) Whoever knowingly obtains, or
attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by
means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by
impersonation, or other fraudulent device, assistance to which
he is not entitled, or assistance greater than that to which he
is justly entitled; or whoever aids or abets in buying or in any
way disposing of the property, either personal or real, of a
recipient of assistance, while such person is receiving assist-
ance or while his application for assistance is pending with-
out the consent of the County Department, and with the in-
tent to defeat the purposes of this Article, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
more than five hundred dollars ($500. 00) or be imprisoned for
not more than one year, or be both so fined and imprisoned in
the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty the court
shall take into consideration, among other factors, the amount
of money fraudulently received.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1941.

Approved April 28, 1941.

CHAPTER 291.
(House Bill 24)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 31 of Article 30
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Deaf, Dumb and Blind", sub-title "Public Assistance to
the Needy Blind"; and to repeal Section 30 of said Article 30.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and