253                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 148

All decisions of the State Department shall be final and shall be
binding upon the county involved and shall be complied with by the
[county department] local unit.

75.

[13.] All assistance grants made under this subtitle [article] shall
be reconsidered by the [county departments] local unit as frequently
as may be required by the rules of the State Department. After such
further investigation as the [county department] local unit may
deem necessary or the State Department may require, the amount
of assistance may be changed or assistance may be entirely with-
drawn if the State Department or local unit [county departments]
finds that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to
warrant such action.

76.

[l4.] If at any time during the continuance of assistance the
recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property or income in
excess of the amount stated in the application, it shall be the duty
of the recipient immediately to notify the [county department] local
unit of the receipt or possession of such property or income and the
[county department] local unit may, after investigation, either can-
cel the assistance or alter the amount thereof in accordance with the
circumstances. Any assistance paid before the recipient has come
into possession of such property or income and in excess of his need
shall be recoverable by the county department as a debt due. The net
amount realized from all such claims shall be divided among the
State, the county, and the federal government in proportion to the
amount of the assistance paid by each respectively.

79.

[17.] the local governing authority [county commissioners of
each county and the mayor and city council of Baltimore] shall
annually levy or appropriate an amount sufficient to provide for one
sixth of all assistance paid or to be paid within said county or city.
[Provided, however, that the county commissioners of each county
and the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall not be obligated
to pay any sums as assistance in excess of one sixth of the total of
all assistance paid or to be paid within said county or city hereunder,
except to the extent that funds may be available in the State treas-
ury.] The provisions of this section are subject to the requirements
of Section 18A of this Article [88A of this Code].

81.

[19.] 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 knowingly or wil-
fully sells or aids or abets in selling, or whoever knowingly or wil-
fully buys or 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 assistance or while his application for assist-
ance is pending, without the consent of the local unit [county de-