assistance certificate the recipient or the wife or husband of the
recipient becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the
amount allowed by law in respect to the amount of assistance granted the
county board may on inquiry and with the approval of the State Board
either cancel the assistance or vary the amount thereof during the
period of the certificate And it shall be the duty of the recipient to
immediately notify the county board of the receipt and possession of any
such property or income
(b) If on the death of any recipient of an old age assistance grant it
is found that he or she was possessed of property in excess of the
amount allowed by law in respect to the amount of the assistance granted
double the total amount of the relief granted in excess of that to which
the recipient was by law entitled may be recovered by the State board as
preferred claim from the estate so found in excess The Attorney General
at the request of the State board shall take the necessary proceedings
to recover such claims and the amount recovered shall be paid into the
State Treasury