§ 134. Existing county, town, city or village public general
hospitals. Whenever a county, town, city or village has, previous to the
passage of this act, established a public general hospital, the
governing board of said county, town, city or village may by resolution
provide that thereafter such hospital shall be controlled and maintained
in accordance with the provisions of this act. Any public general
hospital which may hereafter be established by any governing board of
any county, town, city or village shall be subject to all the provisions
of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-four,
inclusive, of this chapter.