§ 477. Dutchess county. 1. All mentally ill, developmentally disabled,\nblind and deaf and mute persons, the expense of whose support and\nmaintenance now is, or, under the laws of the state of New York, may\nbecome a charge upon the city of Poughkeepsie, or the county of\nDutchess, exclusive of said city, or both, and who are maintained, or\nshall be maintained, in any of the institutions of the state of New\nYork, shall be supported by said county of Dutchess as one district.\n 2. All institutions in the state of New York maintaining any such\nperson whose support is properly chargeable, or shall be properly\nchargeable, to said city or county, are hereby required to render to the\ncounty treasurer of said county all bills for the support of such\npersons without any distinction between those persons from the different\nparts of said county.\n 3. This section shall not be held to affect chapter two hundred and\neighty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-three, an act for\nthe better support of the poor in the city of Poughkeepsie, except as to\nthe class of persons herein named.\n
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