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care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or
physical or mental incapacity of a parent, and (b) who is living with
his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step-
father, stepmother, stepbrother, [or] stepsister, uncle, [or] aunt,
niece, nephew, or first cousin, and/or any and all other relatives as
the laws of the Federal Government governing Federal Aid to De-
pendent Children may from time to time include, in a place of resi-
dence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their
own home. "Child" shall include an illegitimate child; for the pur-
pose of clause (a), such illegitimate child shall be considered the
child of both parents although paternity has not been established by
legal proceedings or otherwise, or is in fact unknown; for the pur-
poses of clause (b), 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 established to the
satisfaction of the local unit by such proof as it deems adequate.
Support from relatives shall be regarded as a potential resource and
evaluated as to amount and availability, as determined by rule and
regulation of the State Department.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June 1, 1957.

Approved March 1, 1957.

CHAPTER 107
(Senate Bill 258)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 70 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition,
being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Commissioners", re-
lating to payments by the County Commissioners of Allegany
County to certain charitable institutions therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 70 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany
County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Com-
missioners", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

70. The County Commissioners of Allegany County are authorized
to levy annually and collect from the assessable property in Allegany
County, as other taxes are levied and collected, a sum not to exceed
[$6,000] $7,000. Of this sum at least $1,000 is to be paid to the
Allegany County League for Crippled Children. The balance, pro-
vided the total amount expended under this section does not exceed
[$6,000] $7,000, may be levied and paid in the discretion of the

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.