The actual and necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the district laboratory supply station and sub-stations shall be paid in the manner prescribed for the payment of other bills of the municipality or county. All such sums shall be a charge upon the municipality, when a single municipality is included in a district, and, upon the county when more than one municipality is included, to be paid from amounts appropriated by the municipality or county for laboratory services or general public health purposes.
New York Legal Code