When the county commission of any county or the mayor of said city shall certify to the governor that it has appropriated or raised the sum of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 184.250 to 184.270, a like sum, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars shall be allotted said county or city for such purpose from the appropriation herein made.
§ 184.270, RSMo