'Farmers of low income' as used in this article shall mean persons or families who (1) derive their principal income from operating or working upon a farm; (2) whose average net income is less than the amount which is necessary (as determined by the authority operating in that area) to enable them, without financial assistance, to obtain or provide themselves with decent, safe and sanitary housing.Codes, 1942, § 7333; Laws, 1942, ch. 233, § 14; Laws, 1946, ch. 40, § 3.
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