§ 74-a. Administration of assistance by county for city; reimbursements and advances; cost to county to be raised by tax on taxable property of city and to be included in county tax levy. 1. The county shall administer in and for the city the public assistance and care for the administration of which the city is responsible and shall be entitled to all reimbursements and advances against reimbursements on account of the assistance and care so administered to which the city would otherwise be entitled and which would otherwise be payable to the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

2. The cost to the county of all assistance and care thus administered by the county in and for the city shall be a charge against and be levied as a tax upon the taxable property of the city and the amount to be so raised by tax shall be included by the county in its next ensuing tax levy.

3. This section is applicable only to those cities described in subdivision one of section seventy-four of this chapter.