§ 72. Power of the board of supervisors to assume responsibility for
assistance and care. 1. The board of supervisors of the county may, by
resolution adopted by a majority vote, direct that the cost of all or
any part of the assistance and care for which the towns and cities are
made responsible under the provisions of subdivisions one and two of
section sixty-nine shall be a charge on the county social services
district and administered under the direction of the county
commissioner.

2. Copies of any such resolution shall be sent to each town clerk and
to the mayor and clerk of each city in the county social services
district within ten days after the adoption of the resolution. However,
no resolution adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to
subdivision one of this section shall take effect in a city in the
county social services district until confirmed by the legislative body
of the city.