§ 224. Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit\nservices. The board of supervisors shall have power to contract with\nnon-profit organizations and other corporations, associations and\nagencies within the county formed for the purposes hereinafter\nenumerated; and the board of supervisors shall also have power to\ncontract with non-profit organizations and other corporations,\nassociations and agencies formed for such purposes within an adjoining\ncounty provided the services which are the subject of the contract are\nto be rendered within the county of such board. The resolution of such\nboard shall name the organization, the amount and manner of payment for\nthe service to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of a\nverified account of the disbursements with verified or certified\nvouchers therefor attached, a refund of any unused amount, and such\nother conditions upon the use thereof as the board may deem proper,\nincluding the power to require a bond of the disbursing officer thereof.\nExcept as hereinafter mentioned, no county money shall be paid to such\norganization until a memorandum receipt, signed by the principal officer\nand disbursing officer of such organization, agreeing to comply with the\nterms of the resolution, is delivered to the county treasurer. Such\nappropriations and payments may be made for the following objects and\npurposes:\n (1) Armistice, memorial, or other recognized national patriotic\nobservance;\n (2) Commemoration programs of historical events of county-wide\ninterest and concern;\n (3) Propagation of game, game birds, and fish;\n (4) Prevention of cruelty to children and animals;\n (5) Grounds and buildings for the improvement of agricultural\nconditions in the county, when owned and operated by a county\nagricultural society;\n (6) Administration expense of organizations rendering a service,\ntraining, or aid to indigent blind;\n (7) Elimination of noxious weeds, rodents and wild animals;\n (8) (a) The board of supervisors of any county in which a county\nextension service association has been organized may from time to time\nappropriate and pay out for the support and maintenance of county\nextension service associations and the work thereof, and for the\nemployment by the county association of professional staff, and for any\nother purposes which the board of supervisors shall deem proper and may\nraise money for such purpose by a tax on real and personal property in\nthe county. The board of supervisors may direct the county treasurer to\npay out moneys from such appropriation upon the order of the treasurer\nof the county association, upon his giving a proper receipt therefore,\nand the chairman of the board of supervisors may be authorized to enter\ninto an agreement to pay such funds in regular installments in advance,\nand such agreement shall be sufficient authority in the hands of said\ncounty treasurer to pay out such moneys, provided that this money shall\nbe expended under an agreement to be entered into between the county\nassociation and Cornell university, as agent for the state, for the\ncooperative management of said work of the county extension service\nassociation and the proper supervision of the professional staff\nemployed therefor. The agreement shall identify by his or their titles\nthe professional staff to be employed by the associations and shall\nstate the salary or salaries to be paid and the sources from which\npayment is to be made. If services of professional staff employed by\nCornell university are to be furnished, or if programs of extension work\nare to be furnished or conducted by Cornell university, the agreement\nshall identify such services or programs and state the terms on which\nthey are to be furnished, including the sources from which payments are\nto be made. The co-operative relations therein established shall\ncontinue until either party to the agreement shall notify the other\nparty that it wishes to te
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