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§  224.  Optional  appropriations  and  contracts  for  public benefit  services. The board of supervisors shall have  power  to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations  and  other  corporations,  associations  and  agencies  within  the  county  formed  for  the   purposes   hereinafter  enumerated;  and  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  also have power to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations   and   other   corporations,  associations  and  agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining  county provided the services which are the subject of the  contract  are  to  be  rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such  board shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment  for  the  service  to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a  verified  account  of  the  disbursements  with  verified  or  certified  vouchers  therefor  attached,  a  refund  of any unused amount, and such  other conditions upon the use thereof as  the  board  may  deem  proper,  including the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.  Except  as  hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such  organization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer  and disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the  terms of the resolution, is delivered  to  the  county  treasurer.  Such  appropriations  and  payments  may be made for the following objects and  purposes:    (1)  Armistice,  memorial,  or  other  recognized  national  patriotic  observance;    (2)   Commemoration  programs  of  historical  events  of  county-wide  interest and concern;    (3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;    (4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;    (5)  Grounds  and  buildings  for  the  improvement  of   agricultural  conditions   in  the  county,  when  owned  and  operated  by  a  county  agricultural society;    (6) Administration  expense  of  organizations  rendering  a  service,  training, or aid to indigent blind;    (7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;    (8)  (a)  The  board  of  supervisors  of any county in which a county  extension service association has been organized may from time  to  time  appropriate  and  pay  out  for  the  support  and maintenance of county  extension service  associations  and  the  work  thereof,  and  for  the  employment  by the county association of professional staff, and for any  other purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and  may  raise  money  for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in  the county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer  to  pay  out  moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer  of the county association, upon his giving a proper  receipt  therefore,  and  the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter  into an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in  advance,  and  such  agreement  shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said  county treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money  shall  be  expended  under  an  agreement to be entered into between the county  association and Cornell university, as agent  for  the  state,  for  the  cooperative  management  of  said  work  of the county extension service  association  and  the  proper  supervision  of  the  professional  staff  employed  therefor.  The agreement shall identify by his or their titles  the professional staff to be employed  by  the  associations  and  shall  state  the  salary  or  salaries  to  be paid and the sources from which  payment is to be made. If services of  professional  staff  employed  by  Cornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work  are  to  be  furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement  shall identify such services or programs and state the  terms  on  whichthey  are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are  to  be  made.  The  co-operative  relations  therein  established  shall  continue  until  either  party  to  the agreement shall notify the other  party  that  it  wishes  to terminate the agreement. Such a notification  shall be in writing and shall be served at least  six  months  preceding  any  action  taken  to  annul the agreement. After receiving such notice  co-operative relationships between  said  parties  shall  cease  at  the  expiration of the six months' period of notice providing reconsideration  or request for continuance is not made by the party issuing notification  of desire to discontinue work under the provisions of this agreement. On  or  before  the first day of December in each year and at any other time  when requested by the board of supervisors, the officers of such  county  association  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  board of supervisors a  detailed statement of its work and  transactions  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  and  for  any  other  period  which  the  board of  supervisors may request and in such form as said board may direct.    (b) County or regional extension service association and its work.  In  each  county  or region of two or more counties of the state which shall  qualify under this subdivision to co-operate with Cornell university for  extending to the people of the state of New York, not enrolled  in  said  colleges,  the  educational  programs  of  the New York State College of  Agriculture and Life Sciences and the New York State  College  of  Human  Ecology   at  Cornell  university  and  subjects  relating  thereto,  in  cooperation with the state, there shall be recognized and may be created  a  subordinate  governmental  agency  consisting  of  an  unincorporated  organization  of  citizens  of  the  respective  counties  interested in  agriculture, home economics and community betterment  under  a  form  of  organization  and administration approved by Cornell university as agent  for the state. It shall be known  as  a  county  or  regional  extension  service  association. Cooperative extension work in a county may consist  of programs in the  fields  of  agriculture,  home  economics,  4-H  and  community  betterment.  References  herein  to  the  county  or regional  association shall mean such an organization. Only  one  such  associaton  shall  be  recognized  or formed in each county or, by formal agreement,  two or more counties may join to form one regional association to  serve  the  several counties. The instrument providing its form of organization  and administration shall be deemed its constitution.  It  shall  have  a  board  of  directors  and  the offices of president and treasurer, to be  constituted and filled as provided  in  such  constitution,  which  also  shall   regulate   admission   to   and  tenure  of  enrollment  in  the  organization. The board of directors of any such association  heretofore  or  hereafter  created  may adopt such regulations and by-laws governing  its procedure in the work assigned to it as are  not  inconsistent  with  the   provisions   of  this  subdivision.  Subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations and the constitution  so  approved,  the  president  of  the  association  shall act for, as and in the name of the association in all  matters except those as to which  the  treasurer  is  given  powers  and  duties.  Civil  actions  or proceedings may be brought by or against the  president or treasurer, as such, of the association. A judgment  against  them  or  either  of  them  shall  be  enforceable only against funds or  property of the association. Such an association is hereby  declared  to  be  a subordinate governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell  university nor any member, officer or director of the association  shall  be  liable in damages for any injury to person or property in connection  with the activities of the association the proximate cause of which  was  not directly their or his fault or negligence.    (c) When authorized by the board of directors of a county association,  the  treasurer  of  the  association  may  acquire  in  his name as suchtreasurer, and he and his successors in office may hold, in  trust,  for  carrying  on  the work and effectuating the purposes or a purpose of the  association,  personal  property  and  real  property  or  any  interest  therein, or the possession thereof under a lease. The instrument whereby  such  property,  interest or use is acquired by purchase shall designate  the grantee or lessee, as the case may be, by name and official title of  treasurer as trustee. Such treasurer, as such, and as such trustee,  may  take  and hold personal and real property by gift, grant or devise, when  the instrument of gift or the will gives or devises  property,  personal  or  real, directly to the association as such and in its name, or to any  person or persons for it, or in trust for  its  use  and  benefit.  Such  treasurer, as treasurer and trustee, may mortgage, lease, assign, convey  or  transfer  any  property  held  by  him  for  the association, either  personal or real, when authorized so to  do  by  the  directors  of  the  association,  by  a deed or other instrument executed by and in the name  of the then treasurer as such and as trustee. No such  mortgage,  lease,  assignment,  conveyance  or  transfer  shall  be  made  contrary  to the  conditions, if any, of the instrument under which the property, interest  therein or use thereof, was acquired. The use  and  application  of  the  acquired  property,  income  therefrom  and  proceeds  realized  from  a  conveyance or transfer thereof, if any,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  rules and directions of such board.    (d)  For  the support of cooperative extension programs and subject to  annual  appropriation  by  the  legislature,  there  shall  be  annually  apportioned  to each county cooperative extension association out of any  moneys in the state treasury appropriated therefor, fifty cents for each  dollar up to the first one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by such  county for cooperative extension activities during the state fiscal year  most recently ended and five cents for each dollar appropriated by  such  county  for  cooperative  extension  activities in excess of one hundred  thousand dollars during the state fiscal year most  recently  ended.  In  the  case of a regional extension service association authorized by this  section, the maximum amount to be apportioned to  any  such  association  shall  be the sum of the maximum apportionments which would have accrued  to a separate association in each county  included  in  the  region.  No  county  cooperative extension association shall receive an apportionment  of funds under this section in an amount less than had been received  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state fiscal year, provided  that  the  annual  state appropriation is not less than the state moneys  appropriated  in  the  nineteen  hundred  ninety-five--ninety-six  state  fiscal year.    1.  The  entitlement  of  each  association  to  state moneys annually  appropriated  under  this  chapter  is  subject  to  the  furnishing  of  equivalent sums from county appropriations.    2.   The  apportionments  provided  pursuant  to  provisions  of  this  paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.    3. The state apportionments provided for in this subdivision shall  be  paid upon vouchers certified by Cornell university as follows:    (i) For salaries of professional staff employed by the association;    (ii)  For  salaries  of  staff  employed  by  Cornell  university when  administering, furnishing or conducting  extension  programs  benefiting  the county under agreement with the association.    4.  All  such  payments  shall  be  made in accordance with the annual  agreement between the association and Cornell university, which shall:    (i) Specify the amount in dollars to be  expended  for  each  of  such  purposes  and  the  amount in dollars to be provided from apportionments  pursuant to this subdivision;    (ii) Identify by titles the positions for which the salary is paid;(iii) In the case of salaries of agents jointly  employed  by  two  or  more county associations, and in the case of salaries of agents or other  personnel  employed  by  Cornell university, in furnishing or conducting  programs which are furnished or conducted in or for the benefit  of  two  or  more  counties,  identify  each  of  the  county  extension  service  associations against whose account payments pursuant to this subdivision  are to be charged and the amount to be charged.    (e) The general supervision of the co-operative extension  work  in  a  county  herein  provided  for  shall  be  under the direction of Cornell  university as agent for the  state  and  Cornell  university  is  hereby  authorized to set standards for professional staff and to make rules and  regulations  for  the  organization and conduct of such work. The moneys  appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid from  the  state  treasury  on  the warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the  treasurer of Cornell university.    For the purpose of carrying out the co-operative extension work of the  county association, a county association may:    (1) Employ professional staff to organize, carry out, and  co-ordinate  the work;    (2)  Exchange  services  of  professional  staff  employed  by  it for  services of professional, staff employed by another  county  association  or employed by Cornell university, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (3)  Contract  with  another  county  association or with other county  associations for the joint employment of one or more professional  staff  members,  upon  such  terms with respect to salary, payment of expenses,  duties and allocations of services as shall be agreed;    (4) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing of services of  professional staff employed by the  university  to  conduct  educational  work  throughout the state or in areas thereof, upon such terms as shall  be agreed;    (5) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing and conduct of  programs of extension work or services, within the county or  benefiting  the county, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (6)  Contract  with  one  or  more  other  county associations for the  purpose of assuring concurrent action by  the  several  associations  in  contracting  with  Cornell university for services of professional staff  at Cornell university or for  programs  of  work  furnished  by  Cornell  university,  as  provided in paragraph (d) or (e), where the use of such  services or participation in such programs by the  several  associations  is required for their arrangement or financing.    If  services  of professional staff employed by Cornell university are  to be furnished, or if programs of extension work are to be furnished or  conducted by Cornell  university,  the  agreement  shall  identify  such  services  or  programs  and  state  the  terms  on  which they are to be  furnished, including the source from which  payments  are  to  be  made.  Where  payments are to be made out of funds appropriated by the state as  provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one, the agreement must contain  the  information  required  by  that   subdivision.   If   services   of  professional  staff  or  programs  are  to  be  furnished  to the county  association under contractual arrangements as provided in paragraph  (e)  such  contract  or  contracts  shall  be  subject  to  approval  by  the  legislative bodies of the counties concerned and executed as  any  other  county contracts.    (f)  A  county  may  on recommendation of the county superintendent of  highways, permit the use of any street or highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment  owned by the county, by a county association, provided for by  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, upon such terms and conditions as may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies  received  by  a  countypursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county  road machinery fund.    (g)  A  town superintendent of highways, with the approval of the town  board and of the county  superintendent,  may  permit  the  use  of  any  highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment owned by the town, by a county  association provided for by paragraph (b) of this subdivision upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies received by a town pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as  provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of  the  highway law.    (h)  No such machinery, tools and equipment shall be so leased to such  a county association unless (1)  adequate  insurance  shall  be  secured  thereon  which  will  protect the county or town, as the case may be, in  the event of the loss of or damage to such leased machinery,  tools  and  equipment by reason of fire and theft, and also in the case of machinery  and  equipment  operated,  or  propelled,  by motors, adequate collision  insurance and (2) adequate liability and property damage insurance shall  be secured for the protection of the county or town, as the case may be,  upon all machinery and equipment operated or propelled, by  motors.  The  determination  of  what  shall  be "adequate" insurance shall be made by  resolution of the board of supervisors of the county, or the town  board  of  a  town,  as the case may be, and no officer or official of any such  county or town shall be held personally responsible to  such  county  or  town  or to third persons should such insurance in any event prove to be  inadequate in amount. The cost of any such insurance shall be  paid  for  by  the  county  association  in  addition  to  the payments hereinabove  provided.    (i) If any such agreement between a county, or a town,  and  a  county  association  shall provide that the equipment, tools or machinery leased  shall be operated by an employee  of  the  county,  or  town,  any  such  employees,  regardless  of the terms of such contract, shall continue to  be paid by and to be an employee of the county, or town,  and  shall  be  considered  as  such for any and all purposes, and the agreement between  the county, or town, and the association shall provide for  the  payment  by  the association to the county, or town, of amounts at least equal to  the compensation which any such employee shall receive from  the  county  or  town. The monies received by a county, or town, for reimbursement of  the compensation of such employees shall be credited to  the  fund  from  which  such  compensation  was  paid  while  such  equipment,  tools  or  machinery were leased.    (j)  The  organizations  provided  for  in  paragraph  (b)   of   this  subdivision  as  it  existed prior to this amendment and known as county  farm and home bureau and 4-H club associations,  county  farm  and  home  bureau  associations,  county  farm  bureau  and  4-H club associations,  county farm bureau  associations  or  county  home  bureau  associations  existing  when this act takes effect shall thereafter be known as county  extension  service  associations,  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  organized being part of their names; said associations shall continue to  have  the  same  rights, privileges, exemptions, powers and duties under  the new name, prescribed herein, as they have or had under  their  prior  names.    (9) Fire training schools for training firemen, including the power to  pay  to a city within or without the county for services in the training  of firemen of such county.    (10) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body  of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private legalaid  bureau  or society organized and operating to give legal assistance  and representation  in  civil  or  criminal  matters  to  needy  persons  residing or charged with a crime within such county or city.    (11)  The  county legislature of Erie county may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  toward  the  maintenance  of  any duly incorporated society or  organization, the corporate purposes of which include the aid and relief  of poor persons, permanently or temporarily within the county,  and  may  raise  money  therefor by tax upon the real and personal property in the  said county in the same manner as other  county  taxes  are  levied  and  collected;  provided,  however, that no such appropriation shall be made  except upon presentation to the county legislature with the  application  of such society or organization therefor of a certificate from the state  department   of   social   services  certifying  that  such  society  or  organization  has  complied  with  all  of  its  rules  and  regulations  applicable to such society, and approving of such application. Such sums  appropriated shall be paid in accordance with contracts made between the  local  commissioner  of  social  services or other officer of the county  designated by the county legislature and such  society  or  organization  under which contracts said society or organization shall agree to render  the  services  for  which said sums of money have been appropriated, and  shall provide for the payment of the aforesaid sums upon  a  monthly  or  quarterly  basis,  and  upon  verified  vouchers  showing  the number of  persons to whom such services  were  rendered  and  the  nature  of  the  services  rendered  during  the period of time covered by such vouchers.  Nothing herein contained  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  abridgement  or  limitation  of  the power of the county legislature to appropriate money  under or pursuant to the provisions of any other law.    (12) Maintenance and operation of a public museum.    (13.)  Maintenance  and  operation  of  a  professional  symphony   or  philharmonic  orchestra,  musical  festival,  or vocal, dance, drama, or  performing arts troupe, group or activity of any kind or nature.    * (14) Maintenance and operation of an educational television station,  organized pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six  of  the  education  law.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    * (14) Publicizing the advantages of the county or region.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    15.  The  board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may appropriate  such sums of money as it  may  deem  proper  toward  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  educational  television  stations, in addition to those  authorized  by  subdivision  fourteen  of  this  section,  and  for  the  production  of  educational  television programs for the educational and  cultural benefit of both children and adults in the  county.  Such  sums  appropriated  shall be paid in pursuance of a contract authorized by the  board of supervisors on behalf  of  the  county,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  board  of  supervisors  may  prescribe, and no such  contract shall become effective until it is approved by the commissioner  of education of the state of New York.    15-a. Legislative intent and declaration of policy. 1. The  county  of  Nassau  has,  by several acquisitions from the United States government,  become the owner of land within the county  commonly  known  as  Mitchel  Field  for  the purpose of providing educational, cultural, recreational  and civic facilities for the benefit of all the people  of  the  county.  The  United  States  government  has,  by land exchange with the county,  assembled a large parcel of land in Mitchel Field to  be  used  for  the  development  of  a  federal office building complex. Several educational  institutions have also erected facilities within the immediate area.  Inaddition to facilities for the aforesaid purposes, some of the land will  be  used  for  compatible  commercial  purposes designed to generate tax  revenues and further serve the public. All of the Mitchel Field  complex  is  within  the Uniondale fire district, which is capably protecting the  property and residents but which has found and will find it increasingly  difficult to extend the protection to Mitchel Field as it  becomes  more  fully  developed.  Accordingly,  the  Uniondale  fire  district requires  additional facilities to accommodate the fire protection  needs  of  the  Mitchel  Field  complex.  These  needs  include  coverage  of the Nassau  community college complex, certain facilities and dormitories of Hofstra  university, the Hebrew academy of Nassau county and  the  Nassau  County  Veterans  Memorial  Coliseum. In addition, the county of Nassau plans to  construct a new college campus for Nassau and a number of buildings  for  public  use,  including a performing arts center and a central reference  library. All of these facilities are being used and will be used for the  benefit of the people of the county and for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare, education, culture, recreation, prosperity and for the  improvement of trade and commerce. In order to insure the necessary fire  protection for the foregoing facilities and for  such  other  facilities  located  within the Uniondale fire district, it is deemed essential, and  in the best interests of the county of Nassau, to insure  that  adequate  fire protection will be provided to the Mitchel Field complex.    2.  Power to provide for fire protection for the Mitchel Field complex  and the other structures and buildings located within the Uniondale fire  district.    In order to provide  more  adequate  fire  protection  for  the  above  mentioned   facilities  at  Mitchel  Field  within  the  Uniondale  fire  district, the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may, upon the  recommendation  of  the  county  executive,  expend  county  moneys  and  construct   on  county-owned  property  located  within  the  said  fire  district, such buildings and facilities  as  may  be  required  for  the  preservation, protection and storage of fire apparatus and equipment and  such  other  purposes  for  which  such  buildings  and  facilities  are  customarily utilized.    The  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of  Nassau,   upon   the  recommendation   of   the   county   executive,  may,  with  or  without  consideration, lease such land and the buildings and structures  thereon  to the Uniondale fire district on such terms and conditions as the board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of Nassau may determine. The aforesaid  expenditure, construction and lease are hereby deemed  to  effectuate  a  county purpose and a public purpose of the county of Nassau.    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  deems  proper  toward  the  maintenance  of a planned  parenthood association organized and operating to give  family  planning  services to persons residing in the county.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  may  deem  proper toward the maintenance of a private  non-profit comprehensive area wide health planning corporation organized  pursuant to United States Public Law 89-749, as amended.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones  Board established by the act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide for the  establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign  commerce,  and  for  other  purposes," for a grant to Erie county of theprivilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Monroe county which  has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws of  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six,  and  a  sub-zone  to  be   located   in  Cattaraugus  county  which  has  the  authority  to create said sub-zone  pursuant to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be  located in Chautauqua county which has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision  twenty-five  of  this section. Said  sub-zones may only be created with the approval of the governing body of  the appropriate host county. The county of  Erie  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,  subject to the provisions of this article,  towards  the  promotion  and  establishment of such zones.    17-a.  The  county  of Cattaraugus may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a  grant  to  Cattaraugus  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade zone or zones and  foreign  trade  sub-zone  or  sub-zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Cattaraugus  may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    18. The county of Suffolk may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Suffolk county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law, including a  sub-zone to be located in the county of Nassau, which has the  authority  to  create  such  zones  pursuant to subdivision twenty of this section.  Such sub-zone shall only be created upon the approval of  the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau. The county of Suffolk may enter into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of this article, towards the promotion and  establishment of such zones.    19. The county of Niagara may make application  to  the  Foreign-Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Niagara county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Niagara may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such  sums  ofmoney  as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    20.  The  county  of  Nassau may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Nassau  county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Nassau may contract with a non-profit agency and  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21. The county of Genesee may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of the  United  States,  to  expediate  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Genesee county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Genesee may contract with a non-profit agency and may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-a. The county of Clinton may make application to the Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Clinton county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if  such  application  be granted, to have established,  operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Clinton  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-b.  The  county  of  Montgomery may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Montgomery  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade  zone  or  zones  within  such  county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if such application be granted, to have  established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Montgomery  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and  may  appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article, towards the promotion and establishment of  such zones.    22. The board of supervisors or county legislative body of any  county  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper toward the  maintenance and operation of day care  coordinating  councils  or  theirequivalent, such councils to develop policies and procedures encouraging  more  efficient,  effective  and  economical  operations  of  child care  services.    23.  The  county of Onondaga may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Cortland county which has the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision twenty-three-a of this section. Said  sub-zone may only be created with the approval of the governing body  of  Cortland  county.  The  county of Onondaga may enter into such contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such further actions  as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the  promotion,  establishment  and maintenance of such zone or  zones.    23-a. The county of Cortland may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cortland county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone or zones or foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act, and if such application be  granted, to have established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone  in  accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Cortland  may  enter  into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums  of  money  and  may  take  such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the promotion, establishment and maintenance of  such zone or zones.    24. The county of Jefferson, acting through the chairman of the  board  of  supervisors,  may  make application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board  established by the act of Congress, approved June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to provide the establishment,  operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for  other purposes," for a grant to Jefferson county  of  the  privilege  to  have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade zone or zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law. The county of Jefferson may enter into  such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this article, towards the promotion, establishment  and  maintenance  of  such  zone  or  zones.  Such chairman may delegate the responsibility to  operate and maintain such trade zone or zones to  the  Jefferson  county  industrial  development  agency  established  pursuant  to section eight  hundred ninety-two-e of the general municipal law.    25. The county of Chautauqua may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zonesin  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Chautauqua  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones  within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have established, operated and maintained  such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Chautauqua  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as  it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    26.  The  county  of  Oneida may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Oneida  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within  such  county,  pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application  be granted, to have established, operated and maintained  such  zone  or  sub-zone  in  accordance  with  law. The county of Oneida may enter into  such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem  proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion  and establishment of such zones.

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§  224.  Optional  appropriations  and  contracts  for  public benefit  services. The board of supervisors shall have  power  to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations  and  other  corporations,  associations  and  agencies  within  the  county  formed  for  the   purposes   hereinafter  enumerated;  and  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  also have power to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations   and   other   corporations,  associations  and  agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining  county provided the services which are the subject of the  contract  are  to  be  rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such  board shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment  for  the  service  to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a  verified  account  of  the  disbursements  with  verified  or  certified  vouchers  therefor  attached,  a  refund  of any unused amount, and such  other conditions upon the use thereof as  the  board  may  deem  proper,  including the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.  Except  as  hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such  organization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer  and disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the  terms of the resolution, is delivered  to  the  county  treasurer.  Such  appropriations  and  payments  may be made for the following objects and  purposes:    (1)  Armistice,  memorial,  or  other  recognized  national  patriotic  observance;    (2)   Commemoration  programs  of  historical  events  of  county-wide  interest and concern;    (3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;    (4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;    (5)  Grounds  and  buildings  for  the  improvement  of   agricultural  conditions   in  the  county,  when  owned  and  operated  by  a  county  agricultural society;    (6) Administration  expense  of  organizations  rendering  a  service,  training, or aid to indigent blind;    (7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;    (8)  (a)  The  board  of  supervisors  of any county in which a county  extension service association has been organized may from time  to  time  appropriate  and  pay  out  for  the  support  and maintenance of county  extension service  associations  and  the  work  thereof,  and  for  the  employment  by the county association of professional staff, and for any  other purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and  may  raise  money  for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in  the county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer  to  pay  out  moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer  of the county association, upon his giving a proper  receipt  therefore,  and  the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter  into an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in  advance,  and  such  agreement  shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said  county treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money  shall  be  expended  under  an  agreement to be entered into between the county  association and Cornell university, as agent  for  the  state,  for  the  cooperative  management  of  said  work  of the county extension service  association  and  the  proper  supervision  of  the  professional  staff  employed  therefor.  The agreement shall identify by his or their titles  the professional staff to be employed  by  the  associations  and  shall  state  the  salary  or  salaries  to  be paid and the sources from which  payment is to be made. If services of  professional  staff  employed  by  Cornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work  are  to  be  furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement  shall identify such services or programs and state the  terms  on  whichthey  are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are  to  be  made.  The  co-operative  relations  therein  established  shall  continue  until  either  party  to  the agreement shall notify the other  party  that  it  wishes  to terminate the agreement. Such a notification  shall be in writing and shall be served at least  six  months  preceding  any  action  taken  to  annul the agreement. After receiving such notice  co-operative relationships between  said  parties  shall  cease  at  the  expiration of the six months' period of notice providing reconsideration  or request for continuance is not made by the party issuing notification  of desire to discontinue work under the provisions of this agreement. On  or  before  the first day of December in each year and at any other time  when requested by the board of supervisors, the officers of such  county  association  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  board of supervisors a  detailed statement of its work and  transactions  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  and  for  any  other  period  which  the  board of  supervisors may request and in such form as said board may direct.    (b) County or regional extension service association and its work.  In  each  county  or region of two or more counties of the state which shall  qualify under this subdivision to co-operate with Cornell university for  extending to the people of the state of New York, not enrolled  in  said  colleges,  the  educational  programs  of  the New York State College of  Agriculture and Life Sciences and the New York State  College  of  Human  Ecology   at  Cornell  university  and  subjects  relating  thereto,  in  cooperation with the state, there shall be recognized and may be created  a  subordinate  governmental  agency  consisting  of  an  unincorporated  organization  of  citizens  of  the  respective  counties  interested in  agriculture, home economics and community betterment  under  a  form  of  organization  and administration approved by Cornell university as agent  for the state. It shall be known  as  a  county  or  regional  extension  service  association. Cooperative extension work in a county may consist  of programs in the  fields  of  agriculture,  home  economics,  4-H  and  community  betterment.  References  herein  to  the  county  or regional  association shall mean such an organization. Only  one  such  associaton  shall  be  recognized  or formed in each county or, by formal agreement,  two or more counties may join to form one regional association to  serve  the  several counties. The instrument providing its form of organization  and administration shall be deemed its constitution.  It  shall  have  a  board  of  directors  and  the offices of president and treasurer, to be  constituted and filled as provided  in  such  constitution,  which  also  shall   regulate   admission   to   and  tenure  of  enrollment  in  the  organization. The board of directors of any such association  heretofore  or  hereafter  created  may adopt such regulations and by-laws governing  its procedure in the work assigned to it as are  not  inconsistent  with  the   provisions   of  this  subdivision.  Subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations and the constitution  so  approved,  the  president  of  the  association  shall act for, as and in the name of the association in all  matters except those as to which  the  treasurer  is  given  powers  and  duties.  Civil  actions  or proceedings may be brought by or against the  president or treasurer, as such, of the association. A judgment  against  them  or  either  of  them  shall  be  enforceable only against funds or  property of the association. Such an association is hereby  declared  to  be  a subordinate governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell  university nor any member, officer or director of the association  shall  be  liable in damages for any injury to person or property in connection  with the activities of the association the proximate cause of which  was  not directly their or his fault or negligence.    (c) When authorized by the board of directors of a county association,  the  treasurer  of  the  association  may  acquire  in  his name as suchtreasurer, and he and his successors in office may hold, in  trust,  for  carrying  on  the work and effectuating the purposes or a purpose of the  association,  personal  property  and  real  property  or  any  interest  therein, or the possession thereof under a lease. The instrument whereby  such  property,  interest or use is acquired by purchase shall designate  the grantee or lessee, as the case may be, by name and official title of  treasurer as trustee. Such treasurer, as such, and as such trustee,  may  take  and hold personal and real property by gift, grant or devise, when  the instrument of gift or the will gives or devises  property,  personal  or  real, directly to the association as such and in its name, or to any  person or persons for it, or in trust for  its  use  and  benefit.  Such  treasurer, as treasurer and trustee, may mortgage, lease, assign, convey  or  transfer  any  property  held  by  him  for  the association, either  personal or real, when authorized so to  do  by  the  directors  of  the  association,  by  a deed or other instrument executed by and in the name  of the then treasurer as such and as trustee. No such  mortgage,  lease,  assignment,  conveyance  or  transfer  shall  be  made  contrary  to the  conditions, if any, of the instrument under which the property, interest  therein or use thereof, was acquired. The use  and  application  of  the  acquired  property,  income  therefrom  and  proceeds  realized  from  a  conveyance or transfer thereof, if any,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  rules and directions of such board.    (d)  For  the support of cooperative extension programs and subject to  annual  appropriation  by  the  legislature,  there  shall  be  annually  apportioned  to each county cooperative extension association out of any  moneys in the state treasury appropriated therefor, fifty cents for each  dollar up to the first one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by such  county for cooperative extension activities during the state fiscal year  most recently ended and five cents for each dollar appropriated by  such  county  for  cooperative  extension  activities in excess of one hundred  thousand dollars during the state fiscal year most  recently  ended.  In  the  case of a regional extension service association authorized by this  section, the maximum amount to be apportioned to  any  such  association  shall  be the sum of the maximum apportionments which would have accrued  to a separate association in each county  included  in  the  region.  No  county  cooperative extension association shall receive an apportionment  of funds under this section in an amount less than had been received  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state fiscal year, provided  that  the  annual  state appropriation is not less than the state moneys  appropriated  in  the  nineteen  hundred  ninety-five--ninety-six  state  fiscal year.    1.  The  entitlement  of  each  association  to  state moneys annually  appropriated  under  this  chapter  is  subject  to  the  furnishing  of  equivalent sums from county appropriations.    2.   The  apportionments  provided  pursuant  to  provisions  of  this  paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.    3. The state apportionments provided for in this subdivision shall  be  paid upon vouchers certified by Cornell university as follows:    (i) For salaries of professional staff employed by the association;    (ii)  For  salaries  of  staff  employed  by  Cornell  university when  administering, furnishing or conducting  extension  programs  benefiting  the county under agreement with the association.    4.  All  such  payments  shall  be  made in accordance with the annual  agreement between the association and Cornell university, which shall:    (i) Specify the amount in dollars to be  expended  for  each  of  such  purposes  and  the  amount in dollars to be provided from apportionments  pursuant to this subdivision;    (ii) Identify by titles the positions for which the salary is paid;(iii) In the case of salaries of agents jointly  employed  by  two  or  more county associations, and in the case of salaries of agents or other  personnel  employed  by  Cornell university, in furnishing or conducting  programs which are furnished or conducted in or for the benefit  of  two  or  more  counties,  identify  each  of  the  county  extension  service  associations against whose account payments pursuant to this subdivision  are to be charged and the amount to be charged.    (e) The general supervision of the co-operative extension  work  in  a  county  herein  provided  for  shall  be  under the direction of Cornell  university as agent for the  state  and  Cornell  university  is  hereby  authorized to set standards for professional staff and to make rules and  regulations  for  the  organization and conduct of such work. The moneys  appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid from  the  state  treasury  on  the warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the  treasurer of Cornell university.    For the purpose of carrying out the co-operative extension work of the  county association, a county association may:    (1) Employ professional staff to organize, carry out, and  co-ordinate  the work;    (2)  Exchange  services  of  professional  staff  employed  by  it for  services of professional, staff employed by another  county  association  or employed by Cornell university, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (3)  Contract  with  another  county  association or with other county  associations for the joint employment of one or more professional  staff  members,  upon  such  terms with respect to salary, payment of expenses,  duties and allocations of services as shall be agreed;    (4) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing of services of  professional staff employed by the  university  to  conduct  educational  work  throughout the state or in areas thereof, upon such terms as shall  be agreed;    (5) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing and conduct of  programs of extension work or services, within the county or  benefiting  the county, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (6)  Contract  with  one  or  more  other  county associations for the  purpose of assuring concurrent action by  the  several  associations  in  contracting  with  Cornell university for services of professional staff  at Cornell university or for  programs  of  work  furnished  by  Cornell  university,  as  provided in paragraph (d) or (e), where the use of such  services or participation in such programs by the  several  associations  is required for their arrangement or financing.    If  services  of professional staff employed by Cornell university are  to be furnished, or if programs of extension work are to be furnished or  conducted by Cornell  university,  the  agreement  shall  identify  such  services  or  programs  and  state  the  terms  on  which they are to be  furnished, including the source from which  payments  are  to  be  made.  Where  payments are to be made out of funds appropriated by the state as  provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one, the agreement must contain  the  information  required  by  that   subdivision.   If   services   of  professional  staff  or  programs  are  to  be  furnished  to the county  association under contractual arrangements as provided in paragraph  (e)  such  contract  or  contracts  shall  be  subject  to  approval  by  the  legislative bodies of the counties concerned and executed as  any  other  county contracts.    (f)  A  county  may  on recommendation of the county superintendent of  highways, permit the use of any street or highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment  owned by the county, by a county association, provided for by  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, upon such terms and conditions as may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies  received  by  a  countypursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county  road machinery fund.    (g)  A  town superintendent of highways, with the approval of the town  board and of the county  superintendent,  may  permit  the  use  of  any  highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment owned by the town, by a county  association provided for by paragraph (b) of this subdivision upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies received by a town pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as  provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of  the  highway law.    (h)  No such machinery, tools and equipment shall be so leased to such  a county association unless (1)  adequate  insurance  shall  be  secured  thereon  which  will  protect the county or town, as the case may be, in  the event of the loss of or damage to such leased machinery,  tools  and  equipment by reason of fire and theft, and also in the case of machinery  and  equipment  operated,  or  propelled,  by motors, adequate collision  insurance and (2) adequate liability and property damage insurance shall  be secured for the protection of the county or town, as the case may be,  upon all machinery and equipment operated or propelled, by  motors.  The  determination  of  what  shall  be "adequate" insurance shall be made by  resolution of the board of supervisors of the county, or the town  board  of  a  town,  as the case may be, and no officer or official of any such  county or town shall be held personally responsible to  such  county  or  town  or to third persons should such insurance in any event prove to be  inadequate in amount. The cost of any such insurance shall be  paid  for  by  the  county  association  in  addition  to  the payments hereinabove  provided.    (i) If any such agreement between a county, or a town,  and  a  county  association  shall provide that the equipment, tools or machinery leased  shall be operated by an employee  of  the  county,  or  town,  any  such  employees,  regardless  of the terms of such contract, shall continue to  be paid by and to be an employee of the county, or town,  and  shall  be  considered  as  such for any and all purposes, and the agreement between  the county, or town, and the association shall provide for  the  payment  by  the association to the county, or town, of amounts at least equal to  the compensation which any such employee shall receive from  the  county  or  town. The monies received by a county, or town, for reimbursement of  the compensation of such employees shall be credited to  the  fund  from  which  such  compensation  was  paid  while  such  equipment,  tools  or  machinery were leased.    (j)  The  organizations  provided  for  in  paragraph  (b)   of   this  subdivision  as  it  existed prior to this amendment and known as county  farm and home bureau and 4-H club associations,  county  farm  and  home  bureau  associations,  county  farm  bureau  and  4-H club associations,  county farm bureau  associations  or  county  home  bureau  associations  existing  when this act takes effect shall thereafter be known as county  extension  service  associations,  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  organized being part of their names; said associations shall continue to  have  the  same  rights, privileges, exemptions, powers and duties under  the new name, prescribed herein, as they have or had under  their  prior  names.    (9) Fire training schools for training firemen, including the power to  pay  to a city within or without the county for services in the training  of firemen of such county.    (10) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body  of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private legalaid  bureau  or society organized and operating to give legal assistance  and representation  in  civil  or  criminal  matters  to  needy  persons  residing or charged with a crime within such county or city.    (11)  The  county legislature of Erie county may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  toward  the  maintenance  of  any duly incorporated society or  organization, the corporate purposes of which include the aid and relief  of poor persons, permanently or temporarily within the county,  and  may  raise  money  therefor by tax upon the real and personal property in the  said county in the same manner as other  county  taxes  are  levied  and  collected;  provided,  however, that no such appropriation shall be made  except upon presentation to the county legislature with the  application  of such society or organization therefor of a certificate from the state  department   of   social   services  certifying  that  such  society  or  organization  has  complied  with  all  of  its  rules  and  regulations  applicable to such society, and approving of such application. Such sums  appropriated shall be paid in accordance with contracts made between the  local  commissioner  of  social  services or other officer of the county  designated by the county legislature and such  society  or  organization  under which contracts said society or organization shall agree to render  the  services  for  which said sums of money have been appropriated, and  shall provide for the payment of the aforesaid sums upon  a  monthly  or  quarterly  basis,  and  upon  verified  vouchers  showing  the number of  persons to whom such services  were  rendered  and  the  nature  of  the  services  rendered  during  the period of time covered by such vouchers.  Nothing herein contained  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  abridgement  or  limitation  of  the power of the county legislature to appropriate money  under or pursuant to the provisions of any other law.    (12) Maintenance and operation of a public museum.    (13.)  Maintenance  and  operation  of  a  professional  symphony   or  philharmonic  orchestra,  musical  festival,  or vocal, dance, drama, or  performing arts troupe, group or activity of any kind or nature.    * (14) Maintenance and operation of an educational television station,  organized pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six  of  the  education  law.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    * (14) Publicizing the advantages of the county or region.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    15.  The  board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may appropriate  such sums of money as it  may  deem  proper  toward  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  educational  television  stations, in addition to those  authorized  by  subdivision  fourteen  of  this  section,  and  for  the  production  of  educational  television programs for the educational and  cultural benefit of both children and adults in the  county.  Such  sums  appropriated  shall be paid in pursuance of a contract authorized by the  board of supervisors on behalf  of  the  county,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  board  of  supervisors  may  prescribe, and no such  contract shall become effective until it is approved by the commissioner  of education of the state of New York.    15-a. Legislative intent and declaration of policy. 1. The  county  of  Nassau  has,  by several acquisitions from the United States government,  become the owner of land within the county  commonly  known  as  Mitchel  Field  for  the purpose of providing educational, cultural, recreational  and civic facilities for the benefit of all the people  of  the  county.  The  United  States  government  has,  by land exchange with the county,  assembled a large parcel of land in Mitchel Field to  be  used  for  the  development  of  a  federal office building complex. Several educational  institutions have also erected facilities within the immediate area.  Inaddition to facilities for the aforesaid purposes, some of the land will  be  used  for  compatible  commercial  purposes designed to generate tax  revenues and further serve the public. All of the Mitchel Field  complex  is  within  the Uniondale fire district, which is capably protecting the  property and residents but which has found and will find it increasingly  difficult to extend the protection to Mitchel Field as it  becomes  more  fully  developed.  Accordingly,  the  Uniondale  fire  district requires  additional facilities to accommodate the fire protection  needs  of  the  Mitchel  Field  complex.  These  needs  include  coverage  of the Nassau  community college complex, certain facilities and dormitories of Hofstra  university, the Hebrew academy of Nassau county and  the  Nassau  County  Veterans  Memorial  Coliseum. In addition, the county of Nassau plans to  construct a new college campus for Nassau and a number of buildings  for  public  use,  including a performing arts center and a central reference  library. All of these facilities are being used and will be used for the  benefit of the people of the county and for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare, education, culture, recreation, prosperity and for the  improvement of trade and commerce. In order to insure the necessary fire  protection for the foregoing facilities and for  such  other  facilities  located  within the Uniondale fire district, it is deemed essential, and  in the best interests of the county of Nassau, to insure  that  adequate  fire protection will be provided to the Mitchel Field complex.    2.  Power to provide for fire protection for the Mitchel Field complex  and the other structures and buildings located within the Uniondale fire  district.    In order to provide  more  adequate  fire  protection  for  the  above  mentioned   facilities  at  Mitchel  Field  within  the  Uniondale  fire  district, the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may, upon the  recommendation  of  the  county  executive,  expend  county  moneys  and  construct   on  county-owned  property  located  within  the  said  fire  district, such buildings and facilities  as  may  be  required  for  the  preservation, protection and storage of fire apparatus and equipment and  such  other  purposes  for  which  such  buildings  and  facilities  are  customarily utilized.    The  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of  Nassau,   upon   the  recommendation   of   the   county   executive,  may,  with  or  without  consideration, lease such land and the buildings and structures  thereon  to the Uniondale fire district on such terms and conditions as the board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of Nassau may determine. The aforesaid  expenditure, construction and lease are hereby deemed  to  effectuate  a  county purpose and a public purpose of the county of Nassau.    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  deems  proper  toward  the  maintenance  of a planned  parenthood association organized and operating to give  family  planning  services to persons residing in the county.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  may  deem  proper toward the maintenance of a private  non-profit comprehensive area wide health planning corporation organized  pursuant to United States Public Law 89-749, as amended.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones  Board established by the act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide for the  establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign  commerce,  and  for  other  purposes," for a grant to Erie county of theprivilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Monroe county which  has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws of  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six,  and  a  sub-zone  to  be   located   in  Cattaraugus  county  which  has  the  authority  to create said sub-zone  pursuant to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be  located in Chautauqua county which has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision  twenty-five  of  this section. Said  sub-zones may only be created with the approval of the governing body of  the appropriate host county. The county of  Erie  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,  subject to the provisions of this article,  towards  the  promotion  and  establishment of such zones.    17-a.  The  county  of Cattaraugus may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a  grant  to  Cattaraugus  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade zone or zones and  foreign  trade  sub-zone  or  sub-zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Cattaraugus  may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    18. The county of Suffolk may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Suffolk county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law, including a  sub-zone to be located in the county of Nassau, which has the  authority  to  create  such  zones  pursuant to subdivision twenty of this section.  Such sub-zone shall only be created upon the approval of  the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau. The county of Suffolk may enter into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of this article, towards the promotion and  establishment of such zones.    19. The county of Niagara may make application  to  the  Foreign-Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Niagara county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Niagara may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such  sums  ofmoney  as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    20.  The  county  of  Nassau may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Nassau  county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Nassau may contract with a non-profit agency and  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21. The county of Genesee may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of the  United  States,  to  expediate  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Genesee county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Genesee may contract with a non-profit agency and may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-a. The county of Clinton may make application to the Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Clinton county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if  such  application  be granted, to have established,  operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Clinton  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-b.  The  county  of  Montgomery may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Montgomery  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade  zone  or  zones  within  such  county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if such application be granted, to have  established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Montgomery  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and  may  appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article, towards the promotion and establishment of  such zones.    22. The board of supervisors or county legislative body of any  county  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper toward the  maintenance and operation of day care  coordinating  councils  or  theirequivalent, such councils to develop policies and procedures encouraging  more  efficient,  effective  and  economical  operations  of  child care  services.    23.  The  county of Onondaga may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Cortland county which has the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision twenty-three-a of this section. Said  sub-zone may only be created with the approval of the governing body  of  Cortland  county.  The  county of Onondaga may enter into such contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such further actions  as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the  promotion,  establishment  and maintenance of such zone or  zones.    23-a. The county of Cortland may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cortland county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone or zones or foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act, and if such application be  granted, to have established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone  in  accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Cortland  may  enter  into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums  of  money  and  may  take  such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the promotion, establishment and maintenance of  such zone or zones.    24. The county of Jefferson, acting through the chairman of the  board  of  supervisors,  may  make application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board  established by the act of Congress, approved June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to provide the establishment,  operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for  other purposes," for a grant to Jefferson county  of  the  privilege  to  have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade zone or zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law. The county of Jefferson may enter into  such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this article, towards the promotion, establishment  and  maintenance  of  such  zone  or  zones.  Such chairman may delegate the responsibility to  operate and maintain such trade zone or zones to  the  Jefferson  county  industrial  development  agency  established  pursuant  to section eight  hundred ninety-two-e of the general municipal law.    25. The county of Chautauqua may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zonesin  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Chautauqua  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones  within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have established, operated and maintained  such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Chautauqua  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as  it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    26.  The  county  of  Oneida may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Oneida  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within  such  county,  pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application  be granted, to have established, operated and maintained  such  zone  or  sub-zone  in  accordance  with  law. The county of Oneida may enter into  such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem  proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion  and establishment of such zones.

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§  224.  Optional  appropriations  and  contracts  for  public benefit  services. The board of supervisors shall have  power  to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations  and  other  corporations,  associations  and  agencies  within  the  county  formed  for  the   purposes   hereinafter  enumerated;  and  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  also have power to  contract  with  non-profit   organizations   and   other   corporations,  associations  and  agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining  county provided the services which are the subject of the  contract  are  to  be  rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such  board shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment  for  the  service  to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a  verified  account  of  the  disbursements  with  verified  or  certified  vouchers  therefor  attached,  a  refund  of any unused amount, and such  other conditions upon the use thereof as  the  board  may  deem  proper,  including the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.  Except  as  hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such  organization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer  and disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the  terms of the resolution, is delivered  to  the  county  treasurer.  Such  appropriations  and  payments  may be made for the following objects and  purposes:    (1)  Armistice,  memorial,  or  other  recognized  national  patriotic  observance;    (2)   Commemoration  programs  of  historical  events  of  county-wide  interest and concern;    (3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;    (4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;    (5)  Grounds  and  buildings  for  the  improvement  of   agricultural  conditions   in  the  county,  when  owned  and  operated  by  a  county  agricultural society;    (6) Administration  expense  of  organizations  rendering  a  service,  training, or aid to indigent blind;    (7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;    (8)  (a)  The  board  of  supervisors  of any county in which a county  extension service association has been organized may from time  to  time  appropriate  and  pay  out  for  the  support  and maintenance of county  extension service  associations  and  the  work  thereof,  and  for  the  employment  by the county association of professional staff, and for any  other purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and  may  raise  money  for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in  the county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer  to  pay  out  moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer  of the county association, upon his giving a proper  receipt  therefore,  and  the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter  into an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in  advance,  and  such  agreement  shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said  county treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money  shall  be  expended  under  an  agreement to be entered into between the county  association and Cornell university, as agent  for  the  state,  for  the  cooperative  management  of  said  work  of the county extension service  association  and  the  proper  supervision  of  the  professional  staff  employed  therefor.  The agreement shall identify by his or their titles  the professional staff to be employed  by  the  associations  and  shall  state  the  salary  or  salaries  to  be paid and the sources from which  payment is to be made. If services of  professional  staff  employed  by  Cornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work  are  to  be  furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement  shall identify such services or programs and state the  terms  on  whichthey  are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are  to  be  made.  The  co-operative  relations  therein  established  shall  continue  until  either  party  to  the agreement shall notify the other  party  that  it  wishes  to terminate the agreement. Such a notification  shall be in writing and shall be served at least  six  months  preceding  any  action  taken  to  annul the agreement. After receiving such notice  co-operative relationships between  said  parties  shall  cease  at  the  expiration of the six months' period of notice providing reconsideration  or request for continuance is not made by the party issuing notification  of desire to discontinue work under the provisions of this agreement. On  or  before  the first day of December in each year and at any other time  when requested by the board of supervisors, the officers of such  county  association  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  board of supervisors a  detailed statement of its work and  transactions  for  the  year  ending  November  thirtieth,  and  for  any  other  period  which  the  board of  supervisors may request and in such form as said board may direct.    (b) County or regional extension service association and its work.  In  each  county  or region of two or more counties of the state which shall  qualify under this subdivision to co-operate with Cornell university for  extending to the people of the state of New York, not enrolled  in  said  colleges,  the  educational  programs  of  the New York State College of  Agriculture and Life Sciences and the New York State  College  of  Human  Ecology   at  Cornell  university  and  subjects  relating  thereto,  in  cooperation with the state, there shall be recognized and may be created  a  subordinate  governmental  agency  consisting  of  an  unincorporated  organization  of  citizens  of  the  respective  counties  interested in  agriculture, home economics and community betterment  under  a  form  of  organization  and administration approved by Cornell university as agent  for the state. It shall be known  as  a  county  or  regional  extension  service  association. Cooperative extension work in a county may consist  of programs in the  fields  of  agriculture,  home  economics,  4-H  and  community  betterment.  References  herein  to  the  county  or regional  association shall mean such an organization. Only  one  such  associaton  shall  be  recognized  or formed in each county or, by formal agreement,  two or more counties may join to form one regional association to  serve  the  several counties. The instrument providing its form of organization  and administration shall be deemed its constitution.  It  shall  have  a  board  of  directors  and  the offices of president and treasurer, to be  constituted and filled as provided  in  such  constitution,  which  also  shall   regulate   admission   to   and  tenure  of  enrollment  in  the  organization. The board of directors of any such association  heretofore  or  hereafter  created  may adopt such regulations and by-laws governing  its procedure in the work assigned to it as are  not  inconsistent  with  the   provisions   of  this  subdivision.  Subject  to  such  rules  and  regulations and the constitution  so  approved,  the  president  of  the  association  shall act for, as and in the name of the association in all  matters except those as to which  the  treasurer  is  given  powers  and  duties.  Civil  actions  or proceedings may be brought by or against the  president or treasurer, as such, of the association. A judgment  against  them  or  either  of  them  shall  be  enforceable only against funds or  property of the association. Such an association is hereby  declared  to  be  a subordinate governmental agency and neither the county nor Cornell  university nor any member, officer or director of the association  shall  be  liable in damages for any injury to person or property in connection  with the activities of the association the proximate cause of which  was  not directly their or his fault or negligence.    (c) When authorized by the board of directors of a county association,  the  treasurer  of  the  association  may  acquire  in  his name as suchtreasurer, and he and his successors in office may hold, in  trust,  for  carrying  on  the work and effectuating the purposes or a purpose of the  association,  personal  property  and  real  property  or  any  interest  therein, or the possession thereof under a lease. The instrument whereby  such  property,  interest or use is acquired by purchase shall designate  the grantee or lessee, as the case may be, by name and official title of  treasurer as trustee. Such treasurer, as such, and as such trustee,  may  take  and hold personal and real property by gift, grant or devise, when  the instrument of gift or the will gives or devises  property,  personal  or  real, directly to the association as such and in its name, or to any  person or persons for it, or in trust for  its  use  and  benefit.  Such  treasurer, as treasurer and trustee, may mortgage, lease, assign, convey  or  transfer  any  property  held  by  him  for  the association, either  personal or real, when authorized so to  do  by  the  directors  of  the  association,  by  a deed or other instrument executed by and in the name  of the then treasurer as such and as trustee. No such  mortgage,  lease,  assignment,  conveyance  or  transfer  shall  be  made  contrary  to the  conditions, if any, of the instrument under which the property, interest  therein or use thereof, was acquired. The use  and  application  of  the  acquired  property,  income  therefrom  and  proceeds  realized  from  a  conveyance or transfer thereof, if any,  shall  be  in  accordance  with  rules and directions of such board.    (d)  For  the support of cooperative extension programs and subject to  annual  appropriation  by  the  legislature,  there  shall  be  annually  apportioned  to each county cooperative extension association out of any  moneys in the state treasury appropriated therefor, fifty cents for each  dollar up to the first one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by such  county for cooperative extension activities during the state fiscal year  most recently ended and five cents for each dollar appropriated by  such  county  for  cooperative  extension  activities in excess of one hundred  thousand dollars during the state fiscal year most  recently  ended.  In  the  case of a regional extension service association authorized by this  section, the maximum amount to be apportioned to  any  such  association  shall  be the sum of the maximum apportionments which would have accrued  to a separate association in each county  included  in  the  region.  No  county  cooperative extension association shall receive an apportionment  of funds under this section in an amount less than had been received  in  the nineteen hundred ninety-five--ninety-six state fiscal year, provided  that  the  annual  state appropriation is not less than the state moneys  appropriated  in  the  nineteen  hundred  ninety-five--ninety-six  state  fiscal year.    1.  The  entitlement  of  each  association  to  state moneys annually  appropriated  under  this  chapter  is  subject  to  the  furnishing  of  equivalent sums from county appropriations.    2.   The  apportionments  provided  pursuant  to  provisions  of  this  paragraph shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.    3. The state apportionments provided for in this subdivision shall  be  paid upon vouchers certified by Cornell university as follows:    (i) For salaries of professional staff employed by the association;    (ii)  For  salaries  of  staff  employed  by  Cornell  university when  administering, furnishing or conducting  extension  programs  benefiting  the county under agreement with the association.    4.  All  such  payments  shall  be  made in accordance with the annual  agreement between the association and Cornell university, which shall:    (i) Specify the amount in dollars to be  expended  for  each  of  such  purposes  and  the  amount in dollars to be provided from apportionments  pursuant to this subdivision;    (ii) Identify by titles the positions for which the salary is paid;(iii) In the case of salaries of agents jointly  employed  by  two  or  more county associations, and in the case of salaries of agents or other  personnel  employed  by  Cornell university, in furnishing or conducting  programs which are furnished or conducted in or for the benefit  of  two  or  more  counties,  identify  each  of  the  county  extension  service  associations against whose account payments pursuant to this subdivision  are to be charged and the amount to be charged.    (e) The general supervision of the co-operative extension  work  in  a  county  herein  provided  for  shall  be  under the direction of Cornell  university as agent for the  state  and  Cornell  university  is  hereby  authorized to set standards for professional staff and to make rules and  regulations  for  the  organization and conduct of such work. The moneys  appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be paid from  the  state  treasury  on  the warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the  treasurer of Cornell university.    For the purpose of carrying out the co-operative extension work of the  county association, a county association may:    (1) Employ professional staff to organize, carry out, and  co-ordinate  the work;    (2)  Exchange  services  of  professional  staff  employed  by  it for  services of professional, staff employed by another  county  association  or employed by Cornell university, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (3)  Contract  with  another  county  association or with other county  associations for the joint employment of one or more professional  staff  members,  upon  such  terms with respect to salary, payment of expenses,  duties and allocations of services as shall be agreed;    (4) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing of services of  professional staff employed by the  university  to  conduct  educational  work  throughout the state or in areas thereof, upon such terms as shall  be agreed;    (5) Contract with Cornell university for the furnishing and conduct of  programs of extension work or services, within the county or  benefiting  the county, upon such terms as shall be agreed;    (6)  Contract  with  one  or  more  other  county associations for the  purpose of assuring concurrent action by  the  several  associations  in  contracting  with  Cornell university for services of professional staff  at Cornell university or for  programs  of  work  furnished  by  Cornell  university,  as  provided in paragraph (d) or (e), where the use of such  services or participation in such programs by the  several  associations  is required for their arrangement or financing.    If  services  of professional staff employed by Cornell university are  to be furnished, or if programs of extension work are to be furnished or  conducted by Cornell  university,  the  agreement  shall  identify  such  services  or  programs  and  state  the  terms  on  which they are to be  furnished, including the source from which  payments  are  to  be  made.  Where  payments are to be made out of funds appropriated by the state as  provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one, the agreement must contain  the  information  required  by  that   subdivision.   If   services   of  professional  staff  or  programs  are  to  be  furnished  to the county  association under contractual arrangements as provided in paragraph  (e)  such  contract  or  contracts  shall  be  subject  to  approval  by  the  legislative bodies of the counties concerned and executed as  any  other  county contracts.    (f)  A  county  may  on recommendation of the county superintendent of  highways, permit the use of any street or highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment  owned by the county, by a county association, provided for by  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, upon such terms and conditions as may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies  received  by  a  countypursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the county  road machinery fund.    (g)  A  town superintendent of highways, with the approval of the town  board and of the county  superintendent,  may  permit  the  use  of  any  highway  machinery,  tools  or  equipment owned by the town, by a county  association provided for by paragraph (b) of this subdivision upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be agreed upon by the parties involved.  Monies received by a town pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be applicable for the purposes for which amounts may be raised as  provided in subdivision three of section two hundred seventy-one of  the  highway law.    (h)  No such machinery, tools and equipment shall be so leased to such  a county association unless (1)  adequate  insurance  shall  be  secured  thereon  which  will  protect the county or town, as the case may be, in  the event of the loss of or damage to such leased machinery,  tools  and  equipment by reason of fire and theft, and also in the case of machinery  and  equipment  operated,  or  propelled,  by motors, adequate collision  insurance and (2) adequate liability and property damage insurance shall  be secured for the protection of the county or town, as the case may be,  upon all machinery and equipment operated or propelled, by  motors.  The  determination  of  what  shall  be "adequate" insurance shall be made by  resolution of the board of supervisors of the county, or the town  board  of  a  town,  as the case may be, and no officer or official of any such  county or town shall be held personally responsible to  such  county  or  town  or to third persons should such insurance in any event prove to be  inadequate in amount. The cost of any such insurance shall be  paid  for  by  the  county  association  in  addition  to  the payments hereinabove  provided.    (i) If any such agreement between a county, or a town,  and  a  county  association  shall provide that the equipment, tools or machinery leased  shall be operated by an employee  of  the  county,  or  town,  any  such  employees,  regardless  of the terms of such contract, shall continue to  be paid by and to be an employee of the county, or town,  and  shall  be  considered  as  such for any and all purposes, and the agreement between  the county, or town, and the association shall provide for  the  payment  by  the association to the county, or town, of amounts at least equal to  the compensation which any such employee shall receive from  the  county  or  town. The monies received by a county, or town, for reimbursement of  the compensation of such employees shall be credited to  the  fund  from  which  such  compensation  was  paid  while  such  equipment,  tools  or  machinery were leased.    (j)  The  organizations  provided  for  in  paragraph  (b)   of   this  subdivision  as  it  existed prior to this amendment and known as county  farm and home bureau and 4-H club associations,  county  farm  and  home  bureau  associations,  county  farm  bureau  and  4-H club associations,  county farm bureau  associations  or  county  home  bureau  associations  existing  when this act takes effect shall thereafter be known as county  extension  service  associations,  the  name  of  the  county  in  which  organized being part of their names; said associations shall continue to  have  the  same  rights, privileges, exemptions, powers and duties under  the new name, prescribed herein, as they have or had under  their  prior  names.    (9) Fire training schools for training firemen, including the power to  pay  to a city within or without the county for services in the training  of firemen of such county.    (10) The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body  of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem proper toward the maintenance of a private legalaid  bureau  or society organized and operating to give legal assistance  and representation  in  civil  or  criminal  matters  to  needy  persons  residing or charged with a crime within such county or city.    (11)  The  county legislature of Erie county may appropriate such sums  of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  article,  toward  the  maintenance  of  any duly incorporated society or  organization, the corporate purposes of which include the aid and relief  of poor persons, permanently or temporarily within the county,  and  may  raise  money  therefor by tax upon the real and personal property in the  said county in the same manner as other  county  taxes  are  levied  and  collected;  provided,  however, that no such appropriation shall be made  except upon presentation to the county legislature with the  application  of such society or organization therefor of a certificate from the state  department   of   social   services  certifying  that  such  society  or  organization  has  complied  with  all  of  its  rules  and  regulations  applicable to such society, and approving of such application. Such sums  appropriated shall be paid in accordance with contracts made between the  local  commissioner  of  social  services or other officer of the county  designated by the county legislature and such  society  or  organization  under which contracts said society or organization shall agree to render  the  services  for  which said sums of money have been appropriated, and  shall provide for the payment of the aforesaid sums upon  a  monthly  or  quarterly  basis,  and  upon  verified  vouchers  showing  the number of  persons to whom such services  were  rendered  and  the  nature  of  the  services  rendered  during  the period of time covered by such vouchers.  Nothing herein contained  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  abridgement  or  limitation  of  the power of the county legislature to appropriate money  under or pursuant to the provisions of any other law.    (12) Maintenance and operation of a public museum.    (13.)  Maintenance  and  operation  of  a  professional  symphony   or  philharmonic  orchestra,  musical  festival,  or vocal, dance, drama, or  performing arts troupe, group or activity of any kind or nature.    * (14) Maintenance and operation of an educational television station,  organized pursuant to section two hundred thirty-six  of  the  education  law.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    * (14) Publicizing the advantages of the county or region.    * NB There are 2 sub (14)'s    15.  The  board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may appropriate  such sums of money as it  may  deem  proper  toward  the  operation  and  maintenance  of  educational  television  stations, in addition to those  authorized  by  subdivision  fourteen  of  this  section,  and  for  the  production  of  educational  television programs for the educational and  cultural benefit of both children and adults in the  county.  Such  sums  appropriated  shall be paid in pursuance of a contract authorized by the  board of supervisors on behalf  of  the  county,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  board  of  supervisors  may  prescribe, and no such  contract shall become effective until it is approved by the commissioner  of education of the state of New York.    15-a. Legislative intent and declaration of policy. 1. The  county  of  Nassau  has,  by several acquisitions from the United States government,  become the owner of land within the county  commonly  known  as  Mitchel  Field  for  the purpose of providing educational, cultural, recreational  and civic facilities for the benefit of all the people  of  the  county.  The  United  States  government  has,  by land exchange with the county,  assembled a large parcel of land in Mitchel Field to  be  used  for  the  development  of  a  federal office building complex. Several educational  institutions have also erected facilities within the immediate area.  Inaddition to facilities for the aforesaid purposes, some of the land will  be  used  for  compatible  commercial  purposes designed to generate tax  revenues and further serve the public. All of the Mitchel Field  complex  is  within  the Uniondale fire district, which is capably protecting the  property and residents but which has found and will find it increasingly  difficult to extend the protection to Mitchel Field as it  becomes  more  fully  developed.  Accordingly,  the  Uniondale  fire  district requires  additional facilities to accommodate the fire protection  needs  of  the  Mitchel  Field  complex.  These  needs  include  coverage  of the Nassau  community college complex, certain facilities and dormitories of Hofstra  university, the Hebrew academy of Nassau county and  the  Nassau  County  Veterans  Memorial  Coliseum. In addition, the county of Nassau plans to  construct a new college campus for Nassau and a number of buildings  for  public  use,  including a performing arts center and a central reference  library. All of these facilities are being used and will be used for the  benefit of the people of the county and for  the  improvement  of  their  health,  welfare, education, culture, recreation, prosperity and for the  improvement of trade and commerce. In order to insure the necessary fire  protection for the foregoing facilities and for  such  other  facilities  located  within the Uniondale fire district, it is deemed essential, and  in the best interests of the county of Nassau, to insure  that  adequate  fire protection will be provided to the Mitchel Field complex.    2.  Power to provide for fire protection for the Mitchel Field complex  and the other structures and buildings located within the Uniondale fire  district.    In order to provide  more  adequate  fire  protection  for  the  above  mentioned   facilities  at  Mitchel  Field  within  the  Uniondale  fire  district, the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau may, upon the  recommendation  of  the  county  executive,  expend  county  moneys  and  construct   on  county-owned  property  located  within  the  said  fire  district, such buildings and facilities  as  may  be  required  for  the  preservation, protection and storage of fire apparatus and equipment and  such  other  purposes  for  which  such  buildings  and  facilities  are  customarily utilized.    The  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of  Nassau,   upon   the  recommendation   of   the   county   executive,  may,  with  or  without  consideration, lease such land and the buildings and structures  thereon  to the Uniondale fire district on such terms and conditions as the board  of  supervisors  of  the  county  of Nassau may determine. The aforesaid  expenditure, construction and lease are hereby deemed  to  effectuate  a  county purpose and a public purpose of the county of Nassau.    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  deems  proper  toward  the  maintenance  of a planned  parenthood association organized and operating to give  family  planning  services to persons residing in the county.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    * 16. The board of supervisors of any county and the governing body of  a city in which any county is wholly contained may appropriate such sums  of  money  as  it  may  deem  proper toward the maintenance of a private  non-profit comprehensive area wide health planning corporation organized  pursuant to United States Public Law 89-749, as amended.    * NB There are 2 sub 16's    17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones  Board established by the act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide for the  establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign  commerce,  and  for  other  purposes," for a grant to Erie county of theprivilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Monroe county which  has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws of  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six,  and  a  sub-zone  to  be   located   in  Cattaraugus  county  which  has  the  authority  to create said sub-zone  pursuant to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be  located in Chautauqua county which has  the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision  twenty-five  of  this section. Said  sub-zones may only be created with the approval of the governing body of  the appropriate host county. The county of  Erie  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,  subject to the provisions of this article,  towards  the  promotion  and  establishment of such zones.    17-a.  The  county  of Cattaraugus may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a  grant  to  Cattaraugus  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade zone or zones and  foreign  trade  sub-zone  or  sub-zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county of Cattaraugus  may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    18. The county of Suffolk may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Suffolk county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law, including a  sub-zone to be located in the county of Nassau, which has the  authority  to  create  such  zones  pursuant to subdivision twenty of this section.  Such sub-zone shall only be created upon the approval of  the  governing  body  of the county of Nassau. The county of Suffolk may enter into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of this article, towards the promotion and  establishment of such zones.    19. The county of Niagara may make application  to  the  Foreign-Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Niagara county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Niagara may enter into such contracts and may appropriate such  sums  ofmoney  as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    20.  The  county  of  Nassau may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Nassau  county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Nassau may contract with a non-profit agency and  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21. The county of Genesee may make application to  the  Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of the  United  States,  to  expediate  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Genesee county  of the privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones within such county, pursuant to the provisions of  such act, and if such  application  be  granted,  to  have  established,  operated  and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county of  Genesee may contract with a non-profit agency and may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article, towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-a. The county of Clinton may make application to the Foreign  Trade  Zones   Board   established  by  the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An  act  to  provide  for  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones  in ports of entry of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Clinton county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones within such county, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if  such  application  be granted, to have established,  operated and maintained such zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Clinton  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of  money as it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards the promotion and establishment of such zones.    21-b.  The  county  of  Montgomery may make application to the Foreign  Trade Zones Board established by the  act  of  congress,  approved  June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Montgomery  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign trade  zone  or  zones  within  such  county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act,  and  if such application be granted, to have  established, operated and maintained such zone in accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Montgomery  may  enter  into  such  contracts  and  may  appropriate such sums of money as it may deem  proper,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article, towards the promotion and establishment of  such zones.    22. The board of supervisors or county legislative body of any  county  may  appropriate  such  sums  of  money as it may deem proper toward the  maintenance and operation of day care  coordinating  councils  or  theirequivalent, such councils to develop policies and procedures encouraging  more  efficient,  effective  and  economical  operations  of  child care  services.    23.  The  county of Onondaga may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such  act, and if such application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained such zone in accordance with law including a sub-zone to  be located in Cortland county which has the  authority  to  create  said  sub-zone  pursuant  to  subdivision twenty-three-a of this section. Said  sub-zone may only be created with the approval of the governing body  of  Cortland  county.  The  county of Onondaga may enter into such contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such further actions  as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the  promotion,  establishment  and maintenance of such zone or  zones.    23-a. The county of Cortland may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Cortland county of the  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade  zone or zones or foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within such county,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  such  act, and if such application be  granted, to have established,  operated  and  maintained  such  zone  in  accordance  with  law.  The  county  of  Cortland  may  enter  into such  contracts and may appropriate such sums  of  money  and  may  take  such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this  article,  towards  the promotion, establishment and maintenance of  such zone or zones.    24. The county of Jefferson, acting through the chairman of the  board  of  supervisors,  may  make application to the Foreign Trade Zones Board  established by the act of Congress, approved June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four,  entitled  "An  act  to provide the establishment,  operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for  other purposes," for a grant to Jefferson county  of  the  privilege  to  have established, operated and maintained, a foreign trade zone or zones  within  such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such  application be granted, to have  established,  operated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law. The county of Jefferson may enter into  such  contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may take such  further actions as it may deem appropriate, subject to the provisions of  this article, towards the promotion, establishment  and  maintenance  of  such  zone  or  zones.  Such chairman may delegate the responsibility to  operate and maintain such trade zone or zones to  the  Jefferson  county  industrial  development  agency  established  pursuant  to section eight  hundred ninety-two-e of the general municipal law.    25. The county of Chautauqua may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zonesin  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for  a  grant  to  Chautauqua  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a  foreign  trade  zone  or  zones  and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones  within such county, pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if  such  application  be  granted,  to  have established, operated and maintained  such zone or sub-zone in accordance with law. The county  of  Chautauqua  may  enter into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as  it may deem proper, subject to the provisions of this  article,  towards  the promotion and establishment of such zones.    26.  The  county  of  Oneida may make application to the Foreign Trade  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act  of  Congress,   approved   June  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide  for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade  zones  in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United  States, to expedite and encourage  foreign commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Oneida  county  of  the privilege to have established, operated and maintained a foreign  trade zone or zones and foreign trade sub-zone or sub-zones within  such  county,  pursuant to the provisions of such act, and if such application  be granted, to have established, operated and maintained  such  zone  or  sub-zone  in  accordance  with  law. The county of Oneida may enter into  such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money  as  it  may  deem  proper, subject to the provisions of this article, towards the promotion  and establishment of such zones.