of Eastchester and Pelham which lies southerly of a straight line drawn from the point where the northerly line of the city of New York meets the center line of the Bronx river to the middle of the channel between Hunters and Glen islands in Long Island sound, and that part of the town of Hempstead which is westerly of a straight line drawn from the southeasterly point of the town of Flushing, through the middle of the channel between Rockaway Beach and Shelter island to the Atlantic ocean. of question. ballot § 2. At the next general election held in this state there Submission shall be submitted to a vote of the duly qualified electors of the said territory the question of its consolidation under one municipal government; and for this purpose there shall be pro- Ballots and vided by the proper authorities, in each election district therein, boxes. separate ballots, as hereinafter described, and separate ballotboxes, in the manner and by the persons, as required by the provisions of chapter six hundred and eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act in relation to the elections, constituting chapter six of the general laws," and any act or acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, for the submission of a constitutional amendment or other proposition or question to a popular vote. One-half of the number of said ballots shall read, "For consolidation," and the other half of the number of said ballots shall read, "Against consolidation," and the endorsement on said ballots shall read, "Consolidation." Each elector shall be provided, in addition to the other ballots furnished at said election, with two ballots, one of which shall be "for" and the other "against" said consolidation. All the provisions of said chapter six hundred and eighty Provisions of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, relating to the law applisubmission of a constitutional amendment or other proposition or question to a popular vote shall in all respects be followed, complied with, applied to and carried into effect, in the submission of said proposition or question of consolidation to a popular vote as herein provided; and no ballot on said proposition or Ballots not question shall be deemed invalid by reason of any error in dimen deemd sions, style of printing or other formal defect, or by having been deposited in a wrong ballot-box, but all such ballots shall be canvassed and returned as if said error or formal defect had not existed, or as if they had been deposited in the box required of election cable, to be invalid etc. Bailots cast, how deemed an expression of voter. for that purpose. The ballots cast in each of said election districts, except in the city of New York, shall be deemed and taken as an expression of the voter, as the case may be, in favor of or against the consolidation with the city of New York, of the city, county, village, town or part of a town mentioned in the first section, in which the said district is situated, and the ballots cast upon said proposition or question in the city of New York shall be deemed and taken as an expression of the voter, as the case may be, in favor of or against the con solidation of the territory mentioned in section one of this act Certificate under one municipal government. Within ten days after the votes upon said question of consolidation shall have been canvassed and returned the secretary of state shall make and file a certificate in his office of the result of said vote of each city, county, village, town or part of a town included within the territory mentioned in the first section of this act. of result by secretary of state. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Official acts legalized. May file certificate and take oath. Chap. 65. AN ACT to legalize the official acts of John E. Lillis, a justice of the peace of the city of Lockport, and to authorize him to file a certificate of the city clerk as to the filing of his bond, and to take and subscribe the official oath. BECAME a law February 28, 1894, with the approval of the Governor. Passed a majority being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The official acts of John E. Lillis, a justice of the peace in and for the city of Lockport, in the county of Niagara, done and performed, duly elected to the office, are hereby legalized, ratified and confirmed, So far as such official acts may be affected, impaired or questioned, by reason of the failure of said justice to file the certificate of the city clerk of the city of Lockport, that the said justice has filed his bond, duly approved, and for failure to file the official oath, and said justice may within sixty days from and after the pas sage of this act file the certificate of the city clerk of said city, as to the filing of his bond, and take and subscribe the official oath of office, and the same shall have all the force and effect ind validity as if filed within the time required by law. suits not affected. § 2. Nothing in this act contained shall affect any suit or Pending proceeding now pending before said justice. §3. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 66. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the village of Lansingburgh." BECAME a law Februray 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: amended. Section 1. Section one of title two of chapter two hundred and Charter four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the vil lage of Lansingburgh," as amended by chapter four hundred and five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1. The officers of the village of Lansingburgh shall be: 1. A president. 2. Two trustees in each ward. 3. A clerk. 4. A treasurer. 5. A street commissioner. 6. A poundmaster. 7. A sealer of weights and measures. 8. Two police justices. 9. One police commissioner. 10. Five fire commissioners. 11. Five water commissioners. All the said officers shall be residents of the said village. Village officers. officers. The president and the treasurer shall be elected by ballot by the Elective electors of the said village. The said trustees shall be elected officers. by ballot by the electors of the ward in which the said trustees Appointive respectively reside. The other said officers, except police com missioner, shall be apopinted by ballot by the trustees of the said village, in the manner hereinafter provided, but neither the President president nor any trustee of the said village shall hold the office of a street, police, fire or water commissioner. and trustees disqualified. Police justices, their appoint terms. Salary and fees. § 2. Section two of title two of chapter two hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. Within fifteen days after the passage of this act the board ment and of trustees of the said village shall meet and appoint by ballot, by not less than five affirmative votes, two police justices; one of whom shall hold the office of police justice until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and one until the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; and on the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and on the same day in each alternate year thereafter, the trustees of said village shall appoint a police justice for the term of four years, and the said persons so elected or appointed shall qualify for the said office by taking and filing with the clerk of said village the constitutional oath of office. Each of the said police justices shall be paid an annual salary of four hundred and fifty dollars, payable monthly. The police justices shall not receive any fee or fees for services in any civil or criminal case or proceeding. The police justices shall each have, exercise and possess, the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon the police justice, or police justices of the said village by title six of chapter two hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the village of Lansingburgh," and the several acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, or by ordinance of the said village. When the police justices, first to be appointed, as hereinbefore provided, shall have been so appointed and shall have qualified, the terms of office of the existing police justice, and of the assistant police justices of said village, in office at the time of the pas sage of this act, and the powers and duties thereof, shall termiTransfer of nate, end and cease, and all unfinished cases and proceedings cases, before them, or either of them, shall be transferred to one of Powers and jurisdiction. Terms of existing justices. unfinished So in the original. the police justices appointed under this act. In case of vacancy Vacancies. by death, removal from office, resignation, or other cause, in the office of police justice, the board of trustees shall in the manner provided by this act, appoint a police justice to fill his predecessor's unexpired term of office, who shall qualify in the manner provided by this act. It shall be the duty of said board to pro- Office and vide the police justices with a suitable office in fireman's hall in the said village, and to provide fuel, lights, stationery and blanks therefor. § 3. Section five of title three of chapter two hundred and four of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four is hereby amended so as to read as follows: office supplies. missioner, and duties. 5. The street commissioner of the said village shall, under Street comthe direction of the said board of trustees, superintend all the his powers work done in or upon any of the streets, highways, or other places in the said village, and shall employ the requisite number of laborers therefor, and at every meeting of the trustees, he shall certify to them the names of such laborers and the work done by them respectively; and he and his successors in office shall have and possess all all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred and imposed upon overseers of highways of towns so far as consistent with this act, and shall render to the trustees such statements of work done, and other matters relating thereto, as may be required of him. He shall receive an annual salary of five hun-Salary. dred dollars. He shall qualify for the said street commissioner by taking and filing said village the constitutional oath of office. The term of office Oath of of street commissioner shall be one year. The term of office of term. the present street commissioner shall end upon the first Monday of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. If the person appointed street commissioner shall neglect or refuse to qualify Failure to within ten days after notice of his appointment by the president of said village, he shall be deemed to have declined to accept the said office, and the board of trustees shall appoint by ballot another person to serve as street commissioner for the said village. In case of a vacancy in the office of street commissioner by death, Vacancies. resignation or other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a street commissioner for the unexpired term, by the board of trustees, by ballot. with the clerk of office and qualify. |