The commission during each fiscal year may expend such sum as shall be appropriated, for the practical encouragement, by loans of capital, of stock in trade, or of tools and apparatus, to blind persons desirous of earning a living by any form of business or productive activity. The commission may also loan any of the moneys provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the amelioration of the condition of the blind, and contract for the repayment of the same, and the moneys when repaid shall form a part of the fund to be kept and maintained by the board for its work.
N.J.S. § 30:6-2