Section 72. Power of the board of supervisors to assume responsibility for assistance and care

1.  The board of supervisors of the county may, by
  resolution adopted by a majority vote, direct that the cost  of  all  or
  any  part  of the assistance and care for which the towns and cities are
  made responsible under the provisions of subdivisions  one  and  two  of
  section  sixty-nine  shall  be  a  charge  on the county social services
  district  and  administered  under   the   direction   of   the   county
  commissioner.
    2.  Copies of any such resolution shall be sent to each town clerk and
  to  the  mayor  and  clerk  of  each  city in the county social services
  district within ten days after the adoption of the resolution.  However,
  no  resolution  adopted  by  the  board  of  supervisors   pursuant   to
  subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall  take effect in a city in the
  county social services district until confirmed by the legislative  body
  of the city.