Section 849. Appropriations for conservation purposes in Washington county

1.  The board of supervisors of Washington county is  hereby  authorized
  and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the board of
  supervisors  of  one  or  more  adjoining counties possessing equivalent
  powers for  the  joint  construction  or  acquisition,  maintenance  and
  control  of  facilities for the promotion and conservation of fish, game
  and other natural resources, and may  annually  appropriate  and  expend
  such  sums as may be necessary pursuant to such agreement. The agreement
  may provide for  the  method  of  acquisition  or  construction  of  the
  facility, the management and operation thereof; the method of fixing the
  proportionate  share  of  each  county  and of making contributions; the
  custody of moneys; the audit of claims; the duration of  the  agreement;
  and  such  other matters as may be appropriate in the circumstances. The
  agreement  shall  have  a  maximum  duration  of  ten  years,  but  such
  limitation  shall  not  prohibit  successive  agreements. Nothing herein
  contained shall prevent the financing of the county's share of a project
  pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law.
    2. The board of supervisors of Washington county is hereby  authorized
  and  empowered  to annually appropriate moneys to defray such portion of
  the cost of maintenance of a fish screen in  Ticonderoga  creek  between
  Lake   George   and  Lake  Champlain,  heretofore  constructed  and  now
  maintained by the Lake George Screen Committee,  Incorporated,  as  such
  board  may  see fit. Moneys so appropriated shall be held in the custody
  of the county treasurer and paid out by him only upon order of the board
  of supervisors after due and proper audit and allowance.   The board  of
  supervisors  is  hereby authorized to enter into such agreement with the
  Lake George Screen Committee, Incorporated, as may be  deemed  necessary
  to effectuate the provisions of this subdivision.
    3.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall be deemed to supersede, alter or
  abridge the powers and duties of the department of conservation, or  any
  division,  agency  or  officer  of  said  department, or to deprive said
  department, or any division, agency or officer thereof  of  jurisdiction
  now or hereafter conferred upon it in relation to conservation matters.