Chapter XXXIV: Section 10: (a) If at any time during the currency of an old age

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