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by such officer or inspector in reference to any of the provisions of this article. In cities of the first class the commissioner of labor shall enforce the provisions of this article, and for that purpose he and his subordinates shall possess all powers herein conferred upon town, village, or city boards and departments of health and their commissioners, inspectors, and other officers, except that the board or department of health of said cities of the first class shall continue to issue employment certificates as provided in section one hundred and sixty-three of said chapter.

9. Section one hundred and seventy-three of said act as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 173. Copy of article to be posted. Except as other provision is made by this act, a copy of this article shall be posted in a conspicuous place on every floor in each establishment wherein three or more persons are employed who are affected by its provisions.

§ 10. The said act is hereby further amended by inserting between articles twelve and fourteen of said act, a new article to be known as article thirteen, and to read as follows:

ARTICLE XIII.

BUREAU OF MERCANTILE INSPECTION.

Section 180. Mercantile inspectors.

181. Deputies.

182. General powers and duties.

183. Reports.

184. Laws to be posted.

There shall be a bureau of mer

180. Mercantile inspector. centile inspection, which shall be under the immediate charge of a mercantile inspector, but subject to the direction and supervision of the commissioner of labor. The mercantile inspector shall be appointed and be at pleasure removed by the commissioner of labor, and shall receive such annual salary not to exceed two thousand dollars as may be appropriated therefor.

§ 181. Deputies.-The commissioner of labor may appoint from time to time not more than ten deputy mercantile inspectors, not less than two of whom shall be women, and who may be removed by him at any time. The deputy mercantile inspectors

may be divided into three grades, but not more than two shall be of the third grade. Each deputy inspector of the first grade shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars, each of the second grade an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars, and each of the third grade an annual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars.

§ 182. General powers and duties.- Subdivision 1. The commissioner of labor may divide the cities of the first class of the state into districts, assign one or more deputy mercantile inspectors to each district, and may in his discretion transfer them from one district to another; he may assign any of them to inspect any special class or classes of mercantile or other establishments specified in article eleven of this chapter, situated in cities of the first class, or to enforce in cities of the first class any special provisions of such article.

Subd. 2. The commissioner of labor may authorize any deputy commissioner or assistant and any special agent or inspector in the department of labor to act as a deputy mercantile inspector with the full power and authority thereof.

Subd. 3. The commissioner of labor, the mercantile inspector and his assistant or assistants and every deputy or acting deputy mercantile inspector may in the discharge of his duties enter any place, building or room in cities of the first class where any labor is performed which is affected by the provisions of article eleven of this chapter, and may enter any mercantile or other establishment specified in said article, situated in cities of the first class, whenever he may have reasonable cause to believe that any such labor is performed therein.

Subd. 4. The commissioner of labor shall visit and inspect or cause to be visited and inspected the mercantile and other establishments specified in article eleven of this chapter situated in cities of the first class, as often as practicable, and shall cause the provisions of said article to be enforced therein.

Subd. 5. Any lawful municipal ordinance, by-law or regulation relating to mercantile and other establishments specified in article eleven of this chapter, in addition to the provisions of this chapter and not in conflict therewith, may be enforced by the commissioner of labor in cities of the first class.

§ 183. Reports. The commissioner of labor shall make an annual report to the legislature of the operation of this bureau. § 184. Laws to be posted. A copy or abstract of the appli

cable provisions of this chapter, to be prepared and furnished by the commissioner of labor, shall be kept posted by the employer in a conspicuous place on each floor of every mercantile or other establishment specified in article eleven of this chapter, situated in a city of the first class, wherein three or more persons are employed who are affected by such provisions.

7. This act shall take effect October first, nineteen hundred and eight.

Chap. 521.*

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing a more complete means of identification of electors.

Became a law, June 19, 1908, 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:

Section 1. Subdivision one of section thirty-two of chapter nine hundred and nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act in relation to the elections, constituting chapter six of the general laws," as amended by chapter six hundred and thirty of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, chapter one hundred and thirteen of the laws of nineteen hundred and one and chapter six hundred and seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and five, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Subdivision 1. Where personal registration is required.— 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 -in the forms hereinafter prescribed in this subdivision and in subdivision two of this section, 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 all election districts in which personal registration of all electors is required, except in cities containing a population of one million and over, the register shall be arranged in nineteen ·Passed at extraordinary session.

columns and the leaves thereof shall be indexed from A to Z. 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" opposite the first name entered on the page indexed A and continuing in numerical order to and including the last name entered upon the last page of such register. On each day of registration there shall be entered in the second column thereof the surname of such persons in the alphabetical order of the first letter thereof, on the page bearing the index letter of such surname and in the third column the christian name or 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, and in the seventh column shall be entered his age, in the eighth, ninth and tenth columns shall be entered his length of residence by years, months and days as the case may be in the state, county and election district, respectively; and in the eleventh column shall be entered the country of his nativity, which shall mean the country, state or province of the elector's birth, irrespective of his former political allegiance. In the twelfth column, if he be a naturalized citizen, shall be entered the date of the naturalization certificate under which he claims citizenship and in the thirteenth column shall be entered the designation of the court issuing such naturalization certificate. In the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth columns shall be entered respectively the name of the state, the city or town and the number and name of the street or avenue of the residence of such person from which he last registered or voted, and the year in which he last registered or voted. In the eighteenth column shall be entered the date of the registration of the elector. The nineteenth 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 twentieth 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. In all election districts in cities containing a population of one million and over the register instead of being arranged as hereinbefore pro

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vided in twenty columns shall be arranged in twenty-two columns, and the leaves thereof shall be indexed from A to Z. 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" opposite the first name entered in the page indexed A and continuing in numerical order to and including the last name entered upon the last page of such register. On each day of registration there shall be entered in the second column thereof the surname of such persons in the alphabetical order of the first letter thereof, on the page bearing the index letter of such surname and in the third column the christian name or 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, and in the seventh column shall be entered the full name of the householder, tenant, subtenant or apartment-lessee with whom the elector resides, and in the eighth column shall be entered his age, in the ninth, tenth and eleventh columns shall be entered his length of residence by years, months and days as the case may be, in the state, county and election district, respectively; and in the twelfth column shall be entered the country of his nativity which shall mean the country, state or province of the elector's birth, irrespective of his former political allegiance. In the thirteenth column, if he be a naturalized citizen, shall be entered the date of the naturalization certificate under which he claims citizenship and in the fourteenth column shall be entered the designation of the court issuing such naturalization certificate. In the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth columns. shall be entered respectively the name of the state, the city or town, and the street number and the name of the street or avenue of the residence of such person from which such person last registered or voted, and the year in which he last registered or voted. In the nineteenth column shall be entered the date of the regis tration of the elector. The twentieth column shall be reserved for the signature of the elector at the time of registration or in case the elector alleges his inability to write, for entering therein the number of the "identification statement for registration day" made by such elector as hereinafter provided. Above each hori