522 - County laboratories; boards of supervisors; powers and duties.

§  522. County laboratories; boards of supervisors; powers and duties.  1. The board of supervisors, when it shall have determined to  establish  a county laboratory, shall have the power:    (a)  to  acquire  by  purchase,  exchange or otherwise, necessary real  property, building or rooms or to erect necessary buildings;    (b) to cause to be assessed, levied and collected in the  same  manner  as other charges against the county, such sums of money as it shall deem  necessary  for  laboratory  purposes;  provided,  however,  that where a  laboratory  is  intended  to  serve  less  than  a  whole   county   the  expenditures made in connection therewith shall be assessed only against  the area served by the laboratory; and    (c)  to accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of  land or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property  or  any  donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of  said laboratory.    2.  Nothing  in this article shall be construed to repeal or amend any  provision of law not inconsistent herewith relating to  laboratories  in  counties  or  to  abrogate  any powers of boards of supervisors relating  thereto.