Lew York (state) fans, statutes, cic. 70937 THE ELECTION CODE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; CONTAINING SUCH ELECTION LAWS AS ARE IN FORCE IN 1880; WITH NOTES, EXPLANATIONS, FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF SENATE AND JOSEPH B. CARR, SECRETARY OF STATE. ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1880. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Authorizing the secretary of State to compile, publish and distribute the election laws of the State. Resolved (if the Assembly concur) That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause the election laws now in force in this State, or which may become laws at this session of the Legislature, to be compiled and published in pamphlet form, with such notes, explanations, forms and instructions as in his opinion may be necessary; and that he cause the same, when published, to be distributed, through the several county clerks, in sufficient number to supply a copy to each of the several town clerks and inspectors of election in this State; and that the same be so distributed on or before October first, eighteen hundred and eighty. The Secretary of State acknowledges his indebtedness to EDWARD WADE, Esq., of the Albany bar, for valuable assistance rendered by him in the compilation and preparation of this volume of the Election Laws. TABLE OF CONTENTS. TITLE II. Of general and special elections; the time and purpose of holding them; and the persons by whom held, §§ 15–130. TITLE III. Of the mode of notifying general and special elections, ART. 1. Of the notice to be given by the secretary of State, §§ 131- ART. 2. Of the notices to be given by the county and State can- ART. 3. Of elections in cities and towns; of the notices to be given to city and town officers; the formation of elec- tion districts, and the appointment of inspectors of elec- TITLE IV. Of the manner of ascertaining the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage in the State of New York except in the city and county of New York and the city of Brooklyn; of the manner of ascertaining the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage in cities of sixteen thousand inhabitants and upwards, and the towns and villages abutting against the boundary of any such cities; of the manner of ascertaining the citizens of the several towns in any county of this State, having a population of over three hundred thousand, who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage therein and of the manner of conducting elections, §§ 158-298. ART. 1. Of the manner of ascertaining the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage in the State of New York, |