Section 294. Armed forces' burial plot

1. The town board in each of the
  towns of this state may upon the application in writing of  any  veteran
  armed forces' association in the town, or upon a petition of any writing
  of  five  or  more  veterans of the armed forces of the United States in
  towns where no veteran armed forces  organization  exists,  purchase  or
  provide  an armed forces' plot in one or more cemeteries where no burial
  plots are now owned by armed forces organizations, in which burial plots
  deceased members of the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States  may  be
  interred  and,  except in the county of Broome, may also provide for the
  annual care of armed forces' burial plots in cemeteries, at the rate  of
  not  to  exceed  twenty  dollars for each grave of a member of the armed
  forces in such burial plot or plots, and the expense shall  be  included
  in  the town expenses, assessed, levied and collected in the same manner
  as other town expenses are levied and collected.
    2. In the county of Broome, the board of supervisors shall provide for
  the annual care of armed forces'  burial  plots,  either  heretofore  or
  hereafter  established,  in  all  cemeteries in such county, at the rate
  aforesaid, and the expense thereof shall be  a  county  charge  audited,
  assessed,  levied  and  collected in the same manner as are other county
  charges.