am'a 1901 695 state at a general or special election, to be published for a like period before such election in newspapers selected in like manner, together with a brief statement of the law or proceedings authorizing such submission, the fact that such submission will be made and the reading form in which it is to be submitted. If such proposed amendment or other proposition or question is to be submitted at a special election, to be held less than three months from the time of appointing it, the first publication in each newspaper shall be made as soon as practicable after such appointment, and shall continue once in each week to the time of the election. § 8. Creation, division and alteration of election districts. -Every town or ward of a city not subdivided into election districts shall be an election district. The town board of every town containing more than four hundred electors, and the common council of every city except New York, in which there shall be a ward containing more than four hundred electors, shall, on or before the first day of July in each year, whenever necessary so to do, divide such town or ward respectively into election districts, each of which shall be compact in form, wholly within the town or ward, and shall contain respectively as near as may be, four hundred electors, but no such ward or town shall be again. divided into election districts until, at some general election, the number of votes cast in one or more districts thereof shall exceed six hundred; and in such a case the redivision shall apply only to the town or ward in which such district is situated. If any part of a city shall be within a town, the town board shall divide into election districts only that part of the town which is outside of the city. No election district including any part of a city shall include any part of a town outside of a city. A town or ward of a city containing less than four hundred electors may, at least thirty days before the election or appointment of inspectors of election of such town or ward, be divided into election districts by the board or other body charged with such duty when, in the judgment of such board or body, the convenience of the electors shall be promoted thereby. The creation, division or alteration of an election district outside of a city shall take effect immediately after the next town meeting, and at such next town meeting inspectors of election shall be elected for each election district as constituted by such creation, division or alteration. Times, Places, Notices, Officers and Expenses of Elections. city shall be deemed election districts of the toctions of and 50 If the creation, division or alteration of an election district is rendered necessary by the creation or alteration of a town, or ward of a city, it shall take effect immediately, but a new town or ward shall not be created, and no new town or ward shall be subdivided into election districts between the first day of August of any year, and the day of the general election next thereafter. If inspectors are not elected or appointed for such district outside of a city before September the first next thereafter, the town board of the town shall appoint four inspectors of election for such district. If a town shall include a city, or a portion of a city, only such election districts as are wholly outside of the except for the purpose of town meetings. The police board of The City of New York shall divide such city into election districts on or before the first day of July in any year whenever necessary so to do as hereinafter provided. The election districts existing pursuant to the provisions of law in the year eighteen hundred and ninetyseven in the counties of New York and Kings shall confar as possible tinue with their present boundaries until at some general or city election the number of registered electors therein shall exceed six hundred provided, however, that any election district containing less than seventy-five electors in such counties, made necessary by the crossing of congressional lines with other political divisions, may be consolidated with contiguous election districts in any year when no representative in congress is to be voted for in such districts. On or before the first day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight the police board of The City of New York shall divide that portion of such city that is outside the counties of New York and Kings into election districts which shall be compact in form and shall contain as near as may be four hundred electors as shown by the registration of electors for the general election held therein in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.] Such election districts so established in The City of New York shall not again be changed until at some general election for the office of governor the number of registered electors therein shall exceed six hundred, except where changes are made necessary by a change in the boundaries of congressional, senate or assembly districts or ward lines, provided, however, that when the number of registered electors in any election district shall for two consecutive years, be less than two hundred and fifty, such district may be consolidated with and 50 095 $$ 9-10 Article I. of Elections contiguous election districts in the discretion of said police board. 's § 9. Maps and certificates of boundaries of election districts. When a ward of a city or an assembly district with. in a city shall be divided in two or more election districts, the officers or board creating, dividing or altering such election districts, shall forthwith make a map or description of such division, defining it by known boundaries, and cause such map or des cription to be kept open for public inspection in the office of the city clerk, and cause copies thereof to be posted not less than ten days prior to the first day of registration in each year, in at least ten of the most public places in each election district so created, divided or altered, and shall, prior to every election, furnish copies of such map or description to the inspectors of election in each election district of such ward or assembly district. The officers creating, dividing or altering an election district in a town shall forthwith make a certificate or map thereof, exhibit. ing the districts so created, divided or altered, and their numbers respectively, and file the same in the county clerk's office, and a copy thereof in the town clerk's office, and cause copies of the same to be posted in at least five of the most public places in each election district of such town, and the county clerk shall, prior to every general election, furnish copies of such map or certificates to the inspectors of election in each election dis trict of such town, provided such election district is not coter minous with the town lines. § 10. Designation of places for registry and voting, publication of same; and provision of furniture therefor.-On the firs Times, Places, Notices, Officers and Expenses of Elections. § 10 Tuesday of September in each year, the town board of each town, and the common council of each city, except New York, and the police board of The City of New York, shall designate the place in each election district in the city or town at which the meeting for the registration of electors and the election shall be held during the year. Each room so designated shall be of a reasonable size, sufficient to admit and comfortably accommodate at least ten electors at a time outside of the guard rails. No building, or part of a building, shall be so designated in any city if within thirty days before such designation, intoxicating liquors, ale or beer, shall have been sold in any part thereof. No room shall be designated elsewhere in a city, if within thirty days before such designation, intoxicating liquors, ale or beer, shall have been sold in such room, or in a room adjoining thereto, with a door or passage-way between the two rooms. No intoxicating liquors, ale or beer shall be sold in such building in a city or such room or adjoining room elsewhere after such designation and before the general election next thereafter, or be allowed in any room in which an election is held during the day of the election or the canvass of the votes. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. If any place so designated shall thereafter and before the close of the election be destroyed, or for any reason become unfit for use, or can not for any reason be used for such purpose, the officers charged with the designation of a place for such election shall forthwith designate some other suitable place for holding such election. Not more than one polling place shall be in the same room, and not more than two polling places shall be in the same building. The officers authorized to designate such places in any town or city, shall provide for each polling place at such election, the necessary ballot and other boxes, guard rails, voting booths and supplies therein, and the other furniture of such polling place, necessary for the lawful conduct of each election thereat, shall preserve the same when not in use, and shall deliver all such ballot and other boxes for each polling place, with the keys thereof, to the inspectors of election of each election district at least onehalf hour before the opening of the polls at each election. The officers authorized to designate the registration and polling places in any city, except The City of New York, shall cause to be published in two newspapers within'such city a list of such places so designated, and the boundaries of each election district in which such amid 1901 C.536 vections registration and polling place is located. Such publication shall § 11. Election officers; designation, number and qualifications. |