how filled. when made, etc. of two members, namely, the mayor of the city of Albany, and a person to be selected by those members of the common council of different political faith and opinion on state issues from those of the said mayor; such selection and designation to be evidenced by a certificate in writing to be filed in the office of the clerk of the common council of the city of Albany and signed by at least a majority of the said members of the said common council of different political faith and opinion on state issues from those Vacancies, of the said mayor. If, from any cause whatever, a vacancy or vacancies shall arise among said inspectors, poll clerks and ballot clerks appointed by said commissioners, the member of said board of election commissioners by whom the person or persons whose failure to act has caused such vacancy or vacancies was or were originally selected, as hereinafter provided, or the successor or successors in office of such member, is hereby empowered and Selection, directed on his own motion to fill such vacancy or vacancies. It shall be the duty of said board of election commissioners, at least thirty days before any election for each election district in said city, to select to serve as inspectors of election, four persons (two of whom on local issues shall be of different political faith and opinions from their two associates and of the same political faith and opinions as the majority of the electors in said district, as determined by the official canvass of the votes cast by said electors for their candidates for mayor at the previous charter election, and the other two of whom shall be of the same political faith and opinions as the electors in each such district, who cast for their candidates the next to the greatest number of votes, to be deter Qualifica mined as aforesaid), who shall be citizens of the United States and of the state of New York, of good character, and able to read and write the English language understandingly, qualified voters in the city of Albany, residents of the election district for which they are appointed, and not candidates for any office to be voted for by the electors of the city of Albany, or any of them at such election. The inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks so selected for the city of Albany to represent the party of the same political faith as the mayor shall be selected solely by said mayor. The inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks so selected for the city of Albany to represent the party of the opposite political faith to the said mayor shall be selected solely by the other member of said board than the mayor. Immediately tions of in spectors, etc. Manner of selection. Publicaiton of names. tion as to qualifica after and within twenty-four hours from the time such persons are so selected, the mayor of said city shall cause the names of the persons so selected for inspectors and for poll clerks, as hereinafter provided, stating opposite to each name the residence of such person, his occupation and the district in which he is to serve, to be published three times consecutively in each of the official city newspapers, and in case the said mayor shall fail to cause and make such publication as above specified within said twenty-four hours, then and in that event the other member of said board shall cause such publication to be made as aforesaid within forty-eight hours from the time such persons are so selected, which official publication shall be deemed a good and sufficient notice. All the Examinapersons so selected, notified and directed to appear, shall appear on." before the chief of police within five days from the first date of notice, to be examined as to their qualifications, and, if approved, shall immediately take and subscribe before the chief of police of the city of Albany the constitutional oath of office. Before otherwise entering upon their duties, the inspectors of each district Chairman shall meet and appoint one of their number chairman; or, if a majority shall not agree in such appointment, they shall draw lots for that position. Whoever shall be nominated, approved and Certificate sworn into office as an inspector of election, or appointed, as above ment provided, to fill a vacancy, shall receive a certificate of appointment from the board of election commissioners, or the one of them filling a vacancy, said certificate to be in such form as shall be prescribed by the board, and shall specify the election district in and for which the person to whom the same is issued is appointed to serve. Oath. of inspec tors. of appoint receive no present in The said members of the board of election commis- Board to sioners hereby created shall receive no compensation for any ser- pay. rices performed by them under the provisions of this act, but shall Clerk. be entitled to the service of one of the clerks appointed by the mayor, to be designated by the mayor. The term of office of any and all inspectors of election, Term of poll clerks and ballot clerks, who may have been heretofore spectors, appointed to act as inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks at any election to be hereafter held in the city of Albany, is hereby terminated, and the inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks who shall act in said city for the election to be held therein on the second Tuesday of April, eighteen hundred etc. and ninety-four, or at any election whatever to be held in said city hereafter, shall be appointed under and pursuant to the provisions of this act. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Action of council Chap. 62. AN ACT to legalize the action of the common council of the city of Binghamton in appointing commissioners of deeds for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, determining the num ber and defining the term of office of the commissioners so appointed, and legalizing the acts performed by such commissioners since their appointment. BECAME a law February 28, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a two-thirds vote. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The action of the common council of the city of legalized. Binghamton, New York, in appointing commissioners of deeds for said city for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, without designating the number of such commissioners, as required by section eighty-six of article eight of chapter six hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby legalized. Number of commissioners, determined. § 2. The whole number of commissioners appointed by said council for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, together with ten additional commissioners to be appointed by said council for a term ending January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be deemed to have been fixed and determined by said council on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the manner provided by said chapter six hundred and eightyTerm of three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and the term of office of each commissioner appointed by said council for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be deemed to continue until January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in the same manner as though said appointments had been regularly made to terminate on said date. Provided, however, that within ten days after the passage of this act said commissioners shall office. Proviso. *So in the original. take and file with the county clerk of Broome county their respective oaths of office; and in case of failure on the part of any such commissioners to take and file such oath of office within the time so limited, such failure shall be deemed to create a vacancy, which said council is authorized to fill for the unexpired term. legalized § 3. The official acts of all commissioners of deeds appointed Official acts in and for said city of Binghamton, for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, are hereby legalized, except that nothing herein contained shall be held to affect any legal proceeding now pending in which the act or acts of any such commissioner shall come in question. §4. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 63. AN ACT to provide for the completion and equipment of the building authorized by chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three and situated on Central park, in the city of New York, and occupied by the American Museum of Natural History, for the purpose of furnishing proper facilities for increased exhibition. BECAME a law February 28, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: and equipment of appor building. Section 1. The department of public parks in the city of New Completion York, with the concurrence of the board of estimate and tionment, is hereby authorized to complete and equip the addition, authorized by chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the building situ ated on that part of Central park, formerly known as Manhattan square, and now in the possession and occupation of the American museum of natural history, in accordance with a contract made in pursuance of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and chapter two hundred and seventy of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and chapter thirty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three. The plans for such completion and equipment shali Plans be prepared by the architect selected by the trustees of said museum, and shall be approved by the commissioners of said therefor. Compen sation of department. Said plans may include any alteration of the present building made necessary by the completion of said addition and such improvements and repairs to said building as the commissioners of said department and the trustees of said museum may agree are proper and necessary. The commissioners of said architects. department shall provide for the compensation of the architects out of the fund hereby provided for the completion and equip Equip- what ment of said addition; said equipment shall include all the cases, fittings, lighting and furniture required for the preparation, exhibition and preservation of the specimens, books and other property of the museum in said building. ment, to include. I sue of bonds. Repeal. § 2. For the purpose of providing means for carrying into effect the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the comptroller, upon being thereunto authorized by the board of estimate and apportionment, to issue and sell, but not at less than their par value, bonds or stock of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New York in the manner now provided by law, pay. able from taxation, but not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, and redeemable within a period of time not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue. § 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Territory referred to in act. Chap. 64. AN ACT providing for the submission of the question of consolidation of the city of New York with certain territory under a single municipal administration to a vote of the people. BECAME a law February 28, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Benate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The territory referred to in this act is as follows, to wit: The city of New York, Long Island City, the county of Kings, the county of Richmond, the towns of Westchester, Flushing, Newtown and Jamaica, and that portion of the towns |