Section 231. Presentation of claims to court of claims

Any county of this
  state, containing one or more  towns,  villages  or  cities  which  have
  heretofore  issued  bonds  to  aid  in  the construction of any railroad
  passing through such towns, villages or cities, may present to the court
  of claims a claim for the amount of state taxes collected from  or  paid
  by  any  such  railroad  within the several towns, villages or cities of
  such county which were so bonded to aid in the construction of any  such
  railroad,  since  the  eighteenth  day  of  May,  eighteen  hundred  and
  sixty-nine, and which said taxes were paid by the  county  treasurer  of
  such  county  to  the  state treasurer. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred
  upon the court of claims to hear, audit and determine such claims and to
  make awards and render judgments therefor against the state and in favor
  of such claimants.