914 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 768

The Board is authorized and directed to apply for an
advance to the State unemployment fund and to accept the
responsibility for the repayment of such advance in ac-
cordance with the conditions specified in Title XII of the
Social Security Act, as amended, in order to secure to this
State and its citizens the advantages available under the
provisions of such title.

Upon request therefor the Board shall furnish to any
agency of the United States charged with the administra-
tion of public, works or assistance through public employ-
ment the name, address, ordinary occupation and employ-
ment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipi-
ent's rights to further benefits under this Act.

The Board may make the State's records relating to the
administration of this Act available to the Railroad Re-
tirement Board and may furnish the Railroad Retirement
Board, at the expense of such Board, such copies thereof
as the Railroad Retirement Board deems necessary for its
purposes.

The Board may afford reasonable cooperation with
every agency of the United States charged with the admin-
istration of any unemployment insurance law.

COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS

14. (b) Refunds.

If any individual or organization shall make application
for refund or credit of any amount paid as contribution or
interest under this Act and the Board shall determine that
such amount or any portion thereof was erroneously col-
lected, the Board may at its discretion either allow a credit
therefor, without interest, in connection with subsequent
contribution payments, or shall refund, without interest,
the amount erroneously paid. Contributions shall be
refunded from the fund and interest shall be re-
funded from the special administrative expense fund.
No refund or credit shall be allowed with respect to a
payment as contributions or interest unless an application
therefor shall be made on or before whichever of the fol-
lowing dates shall be the later: (a) one year from the date
on which such payment was made; or (b) three years from
the last day of the period with respect to which such pay-
ment was made. For a like cause and within the same
period a refund may be so made, or a credit allowed, on
the initiative of the Board. Nothing in this Act, or any part
thereof, shall be construed to authorize any refund or
credit of moneys due and payable under the law and regu-
lations in effect at the time such moneys were paid.