The commissioners may appropriate moneys for the support of any hospital located within or without the limits of such county which is engaged in charitable work and extends treatment and medical attention to residents of such county, and may also appropriate moneys for the support of any home or place of detention of dependent, delinquent and neglected children located within the county, and may also appropriate moneys for the support of any sanitarium for the treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which sanitarium is engaged in charitable work and extends treatment and medical attention to residents of such county.
16 P.S. § 5330