§ 251. Payment of expense of acquisition. One-half of the expense
incurred in the condemnation and acquirement of said toll bridge shall
be paid by the department of taxation and finance upon the warrant of
the comptroller out of any specific appropriations made to carry on the
provisions of this article, but no such payment shall be made until the
county or counties in which said toll bridge is situate shall have
complied with all the provisions hereof. One-half of the expenses
thereof shall be a charge, in the first instance, upon the county or
counties in which said toll bridge is situate, and the same shall be
paid by the county treasurer upon the requisition of the comptroller,
but the amount so paid shall be apportioned by the board of supervisors
so that thirty-five per centum of such cost shall be a general county
charge and fifteen per centum shall be a charge upon the town or towns
or city or cities in which said toll bridge is wholly or partly located.
In case a toll bridge is located in two counties the fifty per centum of
the expense to be borne by the counties shall be apportioned between
them on the basis of their assessed valuation and the fifteen per centum
shall be apportioned by the board of supervisors upon the town or towns
or city or cities in the same manner. The board of supervisors of a
county, the town board of a town or the common council of a city may
determine that the portion of the expense chargeable to such county,
town, or city, as the case may be, shall be raised by taxation and
levied and collected as other municipal taxes, or the money therefor may
be raised, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.