§ 838. Traffic signals in Onondaga county. The board of supervisors of
Onondaga county may annually appropriate such sums as it may deem proper
for the installation and maintenance of traffic signals upon highways in
the county, but the total amount of money so appropriated in any one
year shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of such work in the
county during the year. The board of supervisors of such county shall
annually raise by tax a sum sufficient to pay the amount of money
appropriated pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision or shall
finance the cost of such installations, in whole or in part, by the
issuance of tax anticipation notes or budget notes pursuant to the local
finance law.