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Public assistance shall be granted under the provisions of §§ 1–26 of this title, to all such needy individuals deprived of sight, or whose eyesight is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential, as are not receiving old-age assistance. History —May 12, 1943, No. 95, p. 236, § 16; June 19, 1969, No. 51, p. 93, § 2.