Eligibility for Public Assistance

Rutherford, Deputy Attorney General,

—This department is in receipt of your communication of October 11, 1939, in which you request our advice on the extent to which certain sections of the Public Assistance Law of June 24, 1937, P. L. 2051, 62 PS §2501, etc., as amended by the Act of June 26, 1939, P. L. 1091, and the County Institution District Law of June 24,1937, P. L. 2017, 62 PS §2201, etc., modify the conditions of eligibility for assistance as stated in section 9(d) of the amended act.

You suggest that under section 9(d), as interpreted by our informal opinion no. 1011, the following…