Section 69. Responsibility for public assistance and care in a county social services district

The responsibility for the  administration of public
  assistance and care in a county social services district and the expense
  thereof may either be  borne by the county social services  district  or
  be  divided  between  such  district and the towns and cities therein as
  hereinafter provided.
    1.  Unless  otherwise  determined  by  the  board  of  supervisors  as
  hereinafter  provided, each town shall be responsible for the expense of
  providing safety net assistance for persons residing or  found  in  such
  town.
    2.  Unless  otherwise  determined  by  the  board  of  supervisors  as
  hereinafter provided, a city forming a part of a county social  services
  district  shall  be responsible for the expense of  providing safety net
  assistance for any person residing or found in its territory.
    3. A county social services district  shall  be  responsible  for  the
  expense  of  providing  all  assistance and care for persons residing or
  found in a town or city in its territory for which such town or city  is
  not responsible under the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
  section.    The  expense of such assistance and care granted by a county
  social services district shall be subject to reimbursement by the  state
  in the cases provided for by section sixty-two or by any other provision
  of this chapter.