qualified voter, the court would not compel the inspectors to register him, and thus place him in a position where he might cast an illegal vote. Id.

Where a person, applying for registration, claims to be a citizen by virtue of the naturalization of his parent, secondary evidence thereof may be given, if, by reason of the loss of the certificate of naturalization, the primary evidence can not be adduced. People v. McNally, 59 How., 500; 9 Abb. N. C., 468. The elector is competent to supply the loss of the certificate by his own oath. Id.

Where a person has been naturalized by a court of competent jurisdition, his right to citizenship can not be questioned by the election officers. People v. Walsh, 9 Abb. N. Č., 465.

The power of a county judge, or justice of the Supreme Court, under this section, to correct alleged errors in the matter of registration, is limited to cases where the board of inspectors refuses to strike from the list the name of a person not qualified to vote, or neglects or refuses to place thereon the name of a person entitled to register, but does not authorize such officer to strike from the list, on a summary application, the names of persons who have complied with all the statutory requirements to entitle them to registration. Matter of Ward, 48 State Rep'r, 613.

If the inspectors register persons who refuse to take the oath required by law, or refuse to present themselves in person on the days required for personal registration, or who fail to comply with other steps which the law requires and which the inspectors as ministerial officers plainly see have not been taken; or, if they refuse to register persons complying with the laws, or in any way undertake to exercise a judicial power which is not conferred upon inspectors of election; the privilege conferred upon judicial officers to correct these errors by a special proceeding of a summary character may be wisely exercised. Id.

The inspectors of election have no judicial power to determine contested questions of fact as to residence or any other matter which involves judicial discretion. Id.; People, ex rel. Stapleton, v. Bell, 119 N. Y. 175; 23 State Rep'r, 950. A judicial officer, who has power to revise a ministerial action of the board of inspectors, does not by this statute gain a power to do a thing which the board of inspectors may not do. Matter of Ward, ante. His power is statutory and is limited to the correction of an error which would not have taken place but for the invalid action of the board of inspectors. Id. The statute does not seek to give other power, but expressly provides that the power of the judicial officer may be exercised only if the board refuses to strike from the list the name of the person not so qualified to vote, or neglects or refuses to place upon the list the name of a person entitled to register. Id. A judge may not, by such a statutory power, strike a name from the list which the inspectors of election could not strike from the registry. Id.

Students at a college or seminary, who have left and abandoned their former residences, and who have no other residence for the time than the college or seminary town, were held, in this case, not to be precluded by sec. 3, art. 3 of the State Constitution, from registering and voting in such town.

The board of registration acts only ministerially in receiving and registering the name of the voter and must, therefore, register all who conform in their application for registration to the formal requirements of the law. Matter of Hamilton, 80 Hun, 511; People ex rel. Stapleton v. Bell, 119 N. Y. 175. It must refuse registration to any who may fail in such confirmation. Id. It is only when the board fails in the discharge of such ministerial duty that the judge, under the provisions of the act, can compel by order the performance of such ministerial duty. Id. No power is conferred upon the judge under this section, upon a summary application, to determine, upon the facts and law, the right of a citizen to register and vote without regard to the question of conformance on his part, or on the part of the board of registration, with the formal requirement of the statute regulating the registration of voters. Id.

Under 37 of the Election Law, as amended by chap. 275 of 1894, a judge at chambers has the right to strike from a registry list the name of a person, who is not qualified as a voter in the election district, or who cannot become so qualified before the election Matter of Goodman, 146 N. Y. 284. But such provision does not, it seems, apply to a case of doubt, where there is a dispute about the facts, or there is ground for differing inferences, but only where the facts show affirmatively that he is not, and cannot become, qualified. Id.

An order to show cause why the name of a person should not be stricken from the registry list need not be served upon any one except such person, though the order provides for service upon others. Matter of Griffiths (County Court, 1896), 16 Misc. 128.

32. Forms for registration.- Subdivision 1. The board of inspectors of each election district in the state shall, at their meetings for registration for the general election in each year, make a quadruplicate register-one copy by each inspector— of the names and residences of those persons, and none other, who are or will be qualified to vote in such district at such election, which register, when finally completed, shall be the register of electors of the district for such election. Such register shall also be used at all other elections held in such district during the year succeeding the election for which it is made, except for town meetings and village elections for which no registration is required. In cities of the first class, the register shall be arranged in fifteen columns. In the first column of such register there shall be entered at the time of the completion of the registration on the last day for registration, a number opposite the name of each person so enrolled, beginning with "1" and continuing in numerical order. On each day of regis tration there shall be entered in the second column thereof the surnames of such persons in the alphabetical order of the first letter thereof, and in the third column the Christian names of such persons respectively. In the fourth column shall be entered the residence number or other designation, and in the fifth column the name of the street or avenue of such residence or a brief description of the locality thereof. In the sixth column shall be entered the number of the floor or room occupied by the elector at the residence given by him, in the seventh column shall be entered his age, in the eighth, ninth and tenth columns his length of residence in the state, county and election district, respectively; in the eleventh column shall be entered the fact, if he be a native citizen. In the twelfth column the fact, if he be a naturalized citizen; in the thirteenth column shall be entered the date of the registration of the elector. The fourteenth column shall be reserved for entering the consecutive number on the stub of the official ballot voted by the elector on election day. In the fifteenth column shall be entered, opposite the name of each elector, under the heading "remarks," the facts regarding challenges, oaths and other facts affecting such elector required to be recorded.

Subdivision 2. In all election districts other than in cities of the first class, the register shall be arranged in eight columns. In the first column of such register there shall be entered at the time of the completion of the registration on the last day thereof, a number opposite the name of each person so enrolled, commencing with "1" and continuing in numerical order. On each day of registration there shall be entered in the second column thereof the surnames of such persons in the alphabetical order of the first letter thereof, and in the third column the Christian names of such persons respectively. In the fourth column shall be entered the residence number or other designation, and in the fifth column the name of the street or avenue of such residence, and a brief description of the locality thereof. In the sixth column shall be entered the date on which the elector was registered. The seventh column shall be reserved for entering the consecutive number on the stub of the official ballot voted by the elector on election day. In the eighth column shall be entered opposite the name of each elector, under the heading "remarks," the facts regarding challenges, oaths and other facts affecting such elector required to be recorded.

Subdivision 3. In cities of the first class, the board of inspectors of each election district shall, immediately after the close of each day of registration, make and complete one list of all persons enrolled in their respective districts, in the numerical order of the street numbers thereof which list shall be signed and certified by the board of inspectors. Such list shall be delivered by the chairman of the board of inspectors to the police captain of the precinct in which the election district is located, or an officer thereof, who shall forthwith deliver the same, if in the city of New York, to the supervisor of the City Record, if in the city of Brooklyn, to the board of elections, and if in the city of Buffalo, to the city clerk. In the city of New York such list, compiled by assembly districts, shall be published in the City Record within three calendar days after the last day of registration and before the election. In the city of Brooklyn the board of elections, and in the city of Buffalo the city clerk shall, as soon as possible after the delivery of such list, and before the day of election, print and distribute, in pamphlet form, for each ward, not less than fifty times as many copies of said list as there are election districts in such ward, so that each ward pamphlet shall contain the lists of the several election districts in such ward. Such lists shall be made in the following form, to wit:

GRAND STREET.

Residence number, or other designation.

14. 15.

Name of voter.

Smith, John M. Jones, Charles M.

§ 33. Method of registration.-Subdivision 1. In cities and ir villages having five thousand inhabitants or more, the names of such persons only as personally appear before the inspectors, and who are or who will be at the election for which the registration is made, qualified electors, shall be enrolled upon the register at a meeting for registration for a general election, except that whenever any election district in a village having five thousand inhabitants or more shall embrace within its boundaries, territory without the limits of such village, the inspectors shall, at their first meeting for registration for a general election, place upon such register the names of all persons appearing on the register of the last preceding general election, who resided without the limits of such village, but within the election district, who voted at such last preceding general election, except the names of such electors who are proven to the satisfaction of such inspectors to have ceased to be electors since such general election, or have moved within the limits of such village. They shall also place upon such register, at their first and subsequent meetings, the names of all other persons known or proven to their satisfaction, who are or will be entitled to vote at the election, who reside within such election district, but without the limits of such city or village.

Subdivision 2. In cities of the first class the board of inspectors shall issue to every person enrolled upon the register, a certificate in which shall be written the name and address given by such person, and the date of such entry upon the register. Such certificate shall be retained by the person to whom it is issued as evidence of the fact that such name and address were entered upon the register.

Subdivision 3. At the first meeting for registration in all election districts where only two meetings for the enrollment of electors are held for any general election, as provided in section thirty of the election law, the inspectors shall at such first meeting, place upon the register the names of all persons who voted at the last preceding general election, as shown by the register or poll book of such election, except the names of such electors as are proven to the satisfaction of such inspectors

to have ceased to be electors in such district since such general election, and also at said first meeting and at the second meeting, they shall place on the register the names of all persons known or proven to the satisfaction of the inspectors who are, or will be, entitled to vote at the election for which such registration is made.

Subdivision 4. At the meeting of the board of inspectors in a city or village having five thousand inhabitants or more, for revising and correcting the register for any election other than a general election, the inspectors shall retain upon the register of their respective districts, the names of all persons qualified to vote at such election in such district, which appear upon the register of electors for the last preceding general election in such election district, except the names of such electors as are proven to the satisfaction of the inspectors to have ceased to be electors of such district since their names were placed upon such register, and shall, at such meeting, add only to such register the names of the persons qualified as electors, who shall personally appear before the board. If, however, such elector resides within such election district, but without the limits of such village, his name shall be placed upon such register, if it is shown to the satisfaction of such board that he is entitled to vote therein. In cities of the first class any elector who was enrolled upon the register in an election district of such city at the last preceding general election, and who since that time shall have removed into another election district in the same city, and who is otherwise qualified to vote at such special election, shall, upon demand, receive from the board of inspectors of the district in which his name was enrolled for such last preceding general election, a certificate duly signed by the said board of the fact that his name was upon such register, and has been erased therefrom because of such removal, and his name shall thereupon be erased from such register. Upon presentation of such certificate by the elector to the board of inspectors of the election district in which he resides, his name shall be placed upon the register for such district. The inspectors must note upon the register opposite the name of such elector, the fact of such certificate of removal, specifying the election district from which he has removed. They shall carefully attach such certificate to the register. No elector shall cause his name to be placed upon the register of an election district for any