§ 77-a. Construction and maintenance of memorial building or monument
by county or city. A county, or a city by resolution adopted by the
governing board of such municipality by a two-thirds vote of its
members, may construct and maintain a memorial building, park or a
monument at a place within the municipality or upon any public park
thereof, in commemoration of soldiers and sailors of the United States
in any war or wars in which the United States shall have engaged, at an
expense to be borne by the city or county at large. Such resolution
shall create a committee, to be at all times composed of members of such
governing boards, to have charge of such construction and of such
maintenance, direct expenditures therefor and let a contract or
contracts for such construction. Upon the adoption of such resolution,
the governing board or other proper authorities of such municipality
shall appropriate, raise by tax in the city or county, as the case may
be, and make available from time to time to the order of such committee,
the amount chargeable to the city or county for such construction and
maintenance. In a city having a board of estimate and apportionment, the
concurrence of such board, with any action by the governing board, shall
be necessary to any action by the city under this section. A county and
a city wholly contained therein may unite in the construction and
maintenance of such a memorial by such resolution being so adopted by
the governing board of each municipality, at an expense to be borne by
the city and county at large, or by the city and taxable property of the
county outside of the city, in such manner and in such proportions as
the resolution shall prescribe. Such resolution shall create a committee
to be at all times composed of members of each of such governing boards,
to have charge of construction and of such maintenance, direct
expenditures therefor and let a contract or contracts for such
construction. Upon adoption of such resolutions the governing board or
other proper authorities of such municipality shall appropriate, raise
by tax in the city or county, as the case may be, and make available
from time to time to the order of such committee, the amount chargeable
to the city or county for such construction and maintenance.