Section 13-G. Moneys for maintaining the New York State Assessors Association and any of its activities

The common council of any city is
  hereby authorized to appropriate and expend annually a sum to  meet  its
  proportionate  share of the actual and necessary expenses of maintaining
  and continuing the New York State Assessors Association and any  of  its
  activities,  in  this  state,  for  the  purpose  of  the improvement of
  assessment administration.