Section 838. Traffic signals in Onondaga county

The board of supervisors of
  Onondaga county may annually appropriate such sums as it may deem proper
  for the installation and maintenance of traffic signals upon highways in
  the  county,  but  the  total amount of money so appropriated in any one
  year shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of  such  work  in  the
  county  during  the  year. The board of supervisors of such county shall
  annually raise by tax a sum  sufficient  to  pay  the  amount  of  money
  appropriated  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this subdivision or shall
  finance the cost of such installations, in whole  or  in  part,  by  the
  issuance of tax anticipation notes or budget notes pursuant to the local
  finance law.