ments of this Act, the same is recorded. After the list has been fully completed, the inspectors cause six copies to be made, each of which is certified by them to be a correct list of the voters of the district, one of which is filed in the office of the town-clerk of the town, and of the clerk of the village, and in the office of the county clerk of the county, and one of which copies is retained by each of the inspectors. Any one of the inspectors may, at any authenticated meeting of the board, administer the oath or oaths required by law, when this Act was passed, to test the qualification of electors, and may also administer on the day of the making and completing of the list, to any elector of the district who may be offered as a witness to prove the qualification of any person claiming the right to be registered, the following oath "You do swear or affirm that you are an elector of this district; that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching the place of residence and other qualifications as an elector of the person now claiming the right to be registered as a voter in this district. And whosoever wilfully swears falsely upon such examination is deemed guilty of perjury. spective election districts at the place designated for holding the polls of election, for the purpose of revising and correcting the lists; and for this purpose they meet at 9 A.M. and remain in session until 7 P.M. of that day; and they there revise, correct, add to, and subtract from, and complete the lists; and on that day add to the list the name of any person who would on the first Tuesday in November be entitled, under the provisions of the constitution and the laws of the state, to exercise the right of suffrage in their respective election districts. But in making such addition on that day or on any prior day, they shall not place on the list the name of any person except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Act of 1880 (chap. 576). The proceedings of the board of inspectors are open, and all persons residing and entitled to vote in the district are entitled to be heard by the inspectors in relation to corrections or additions to the register. One of the lists so kept by the inspectors as stated is used by them on the day for making corrections or additions for the purpose of completing the registry for such district. No addition is made to the register of the name of any person, nor is the name of any person placed thereon, except of one who The same lists, required to be made has appeared in person before the and perfected at general elections, are board; and any person not born in in the same manner made and perthe United States, on applying to fected by the inspectors, or other have his name placed on the registry, officers of election, at all elections shall prove that he is a citizen of the for town and village officers, and all United States. It is the duty of the elections for school trustees, or boards inspectors, at their meeting for revis- of education in any village wherein, ing and correcting the list, to erase under the provisions of law, any of therefrom the names of non-residents the villages mentioned in this Act of the district and those not entitled elect school trustees or boards of to vote at the election then next to education by ballot; and the probe held. Any elector residing in the visions and requirements of this Act, district and entitled to vote therein so far as the same may be, are applimay appear and require his name to cable to such elections, except that be recorded in the alphabetical list; the officers required to make such and upon complying with the require-registries meet for that purpose on the Friday preceding the town or village charter election, and on the Friday preceding the election for school officers, for the purpose of making up, revising, correcting, and completing such register. Nothing in this Act is held to apply to any vote cast, or offered to be cast, nor to any vote under or by virtue of the provisions of any law enacted to enable qualified electors of this state absent therefrom in the military serIvice of the United States, or in the Army or Navy thereof, to vote. The provisions of this Act apply to the towns of Richmond county and to the town of Olean, Cattaraugus county, and the town of Cortlandt, Westchester county. It does not apply to any town unless at least twenty-five electors thereof petition the supervisor of the town for such registry at least one week before the time for meeting of the inspectors on the Friday of the week preceding the day of general election. This petition is immediately filed by the supervisor in the office of the townclerk, who at once notifies the inspectors. This Act is not construed to repeal, or in any manner interfere with, any general or special Act for a registry of voters in any of the cities, villages, or towns of this state. No vote is received at any general election in this state, unless the name of the person offering to vote be on said registry made on the Friday preceding the election, except that the person offering to vote in any district not in an incorporated city nor in an incorporated village having over At 10,000 inhabitants, furnish to the board of inspectors his affidavit giving his reasons for not appearing on the day for correcting and certifying the list, and prove by the oath of a householder of the district in which he offers his vote that he knows such person to be an inhabitant of the district; and any person whose name is on the registry may be challenged, and the same oaths shall be put as are prescribed by law. any general election held in the state any of the inspectors of such election may take the affidavit required by law to be furnished by persons offering to vote whose names are not on the registry of electors; and such inspectors, or one of them, shall upon request take and certify such affidavit without fee or reward. And all other officers authorised by law to take affidavits shall at all times, upon request, take and certify any affidavit so required to be furnished as stated, without any charge therefor. The other provisions of this Act (laws of 1880, chap. 576) as to checking on the list of voters voting, the entry to be made by clerks at each poll; statement to be made by electors; punishment for wilful false swearing; checking of poll - list; clerk for board of register; registers to be open and public; compensation blanks, &c.; powers to preserve order; punishment for falsely registering, &c., false swearing, &c., are practically the same as those described when treating of chap. 570 of the laws of 1872. MILITARY CODE. The military code of the state is embodied in chap. 80 of the laws of 1870, and it may be divided into sixteen articles, viz. :— I. Of the persons subject to military duty. II. Of the enrolment of persons subject to military duty. III. Of the general organisation of the militia, and of the organisation of the National Guard of the State of New York. IV. Of the organisation of the general staff. V. Of the duties of certain officers of the general staff, and of various matters connected with their respective departments. Of the adjutant-general; of the inspector-general; of the chief of ordnance; of the judge-advocategeneral. VI. Of the election and appointment of military officers, and the tenure of their offices. VII. Of the organisation of bands of musicians. VIII. Of arms, uniforms, and equipments. All able-bodied male citizens, and males of foreign birth who have declared their intention to become citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, residing in this state, and not exempted by the laws of the United States, are subject to military duty, excepting— 1. All persons in the Army or Navy or Volunteer force of the United States, and those who have been honourably discharged therefrom. 2. All the members of any regularly organised company or department in any city, village, or town in this state, and also those who have served the full time in such companies, and have received proper certificates as exempt firemen. But no member of the National Guard is re IX. Of armouries-how provided lieved from duty in the National and how taken care of. X. Of the drills, parades, and rendezvous of the National Guard. XI. Of compensation for military services. XII. Of the regimental, battalion, and separate troop battery fund, and their boards of auditors. Guard by reason of his joining any such fire company or department. 3. All commissioned officers, who have served as such in the militia or the National Guard of this state, or in any one of the United States, for the term of five years; but no officer is so exempt unless he has been hon XIII. Of courts of inquiry and ourably discharged from said service courts-martial. Of courts of inquiry and courtsmartial for the trial of officers; of regimental and battalion courts-martial; of the imposition of penalties and fines for violating the provisions of this Act; of the collection of fines and penalties; general provisions applicable to all courts-martial and courts of inquiry. XIV. Of invasion, insurrection, and breaches of the peace. Of invasion and insurrection; of riots, tumults, breaches of the peace, and resistance to process; of drafts of the militia. XV. General and miscellaneous provisions. XVI. Of rifle practice. after having served the said term of five years; and also all supernumerary commissioned officers who, within one year from the date of being rendered supernumerary, and yearly thereafter, have reported themselves as such to the adjutant-general. 4. Every non-commissioned officer, musician, and private who has performed service in any regiment, battalion, troop, battery, or company of the National Guard for the term of five years and been honourably discharged therefrom. 5. Idiots, lunatics, paupers, habitual drunkards, and persons convicted of infamous crimes. The aforesaid excepted persons included in subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4 are liable to military duty in case of war, insurrection, or invasion, or imminent danger thereof. Under the direction of the commander-in-chief, and whenever he deems it necessary, and orders such enrolment to be made, all persons liable to military duty, other than members of the National Guard, are enrolled by suitable persons, appointed by the commander-in-chief, in each town and city of the state; and this enrolment distinctly states the name and residence of each person enrolled. Three copies of the enrolment are prepared by the person making it, and after the same have been corrected, as provided in the code, one is filed in the office of the town or city clerk in which the enrolling person's district is situated, one is filed in the office of the clerk of the county wherein such district is situated, and one is filed in the adjutant-general's office. These rolls are so filed within ten days after the enrolment is made; and the officer or person making the enrolment, at the time of making the same, serves upon each person enrolled a notice, by delivery to him personally or by leaving it with some person of suitable age and discretion at his place of residence, that he is enrolled as liable to military duty. All persons, except members of the National Guard and of regularly organised fire companies or departments, claiming exemption from such duty, must, on or before the fifteenth day then next ensuing, file a written statement of such exemption, verified by affidavit, in the office of the county, town, or city clerk designated in said notice: blank notices for such purpose are furnished by the adjutant-general. Such clerk thereupon, if such person be exempt according to law, marks the word state, and such clerk transmits a copy of the corrected roll to the adjutantgeneral. To the end that the members of the National Guard and of regularly organised fire companies or departments shall not be thus enrolled, the commanding officer highest in rank in the National Guard and in the fire department in each city or town, whenever an enrolment is ordered, files in the office of such county, town, or city clerk a certified list of the names of all persons in his command. For the purpose of preparing the enrolment, the assessors in each city, village, town, or ward of this state allow persons appointed for that purpose, as stated, at all proper times to examine their assessmentrolls and to take copies thereof; and the clerks of all counties, towns, and cities, in like manner, at all proper times allow the said persons to examine and copy the poll-lists on files in their offices. All hotel, inn, or tavern keepers, keepers of boardinghouses, persons having boarders in their families, and any master or mistress of any dwelling-house shall, upon the application of any person authorised to make such enrolment, give information of the names of all persons residing or lodging in such houses liable to be enrolled, and all other proper information concerning such persons as such authorised person may demand. If any person, of whom information is required by any such authorised person, in order to enable him to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall refuse to give such information, or shall give false information, he or she forfeits or pays $10 for each item of information demanded of him or her by any such authorised person and falsely stated, and the like sum for each individual name that may be refused, concealed, or falsely stated; and every person who refuses to give his own name and proper information forfeits and pays a like sum, such penalties to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the people of the State of New York; and it is the duty of such authorised persons to report the names of all persons who incur any penalty thus prescribed to the district attorney of the district in which they reside, whose duty it is to prosecute the same. The commander-in-chief organises and arranges the state into such division districts as local circumstances and public convenience permit; and he may alter, divide, annex, consolidate, or disband the districts in his discretion, and retire any officer rendered supernumerary by any such alteration, division, annexation, consolidation, or disbandment. By the said Act of 1870, the National Guard of the State of New York consists of the uniformed militia, and such volunteers as enrol themselves or enlist therein, and are organised in such number of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, troops, batteries, and companies, and of such arms of the service as the commanderin-chief determines and designates. The divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, troops, batteries, and companies remained as established at the date of said Act-subject, however, to the power of the commander-inchief to alter, divide, consolidate, transfer, or disband the same; provided that the aggregate force of the same in the time of peace, fully armed, uniformed, and equipped, should not exceed the number of 20,000 noncommissioned officers, musicians (exclusive of musicians organised into bands not enlisted), and privates. But the commander-in-chief has power, in case of war, insurrection, or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, to increase the force beyond the said 20,000, and organise the same as the exigencies of the service may require. The organisation of the National Guard conforms generally to the provisions of the laws of the United States, and the system of discipline and exercise conforms as nearly as may be to that of the Army of the United States. Every commissioned officer provides himself with arms, uniform, and equipments; and every non-commissioned officer, musician, and private provides himself with a uniform and equipments according to the rules and regulations prescribed by law, and subject to such restrictions, limitations, and alterations as the commander-in-chief may order; but every non-commissioned officer, musician, and private is furnished at the expense of the state with arms; and such uniform, arms, and equipments shall in no case be different from those prescribed by the general regulations of the military forces of the State of New York, unless by special authority of the commander-in-chief. In lieu of uniforms and equipments being furnished by the state to noncommissioned officers and privates, there is annually paid by the state to the military fund of each regiment, battalion, and separate troop, battery, or company of infantry, for the purpose of aiding the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of said organisations in procuring their uniforms and equipments, a sum equal to $8 for each of its non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates who paraded during the year preceding, fully uniformed, armed, and equipped according to the provisions of this Act, at least seven different times-four of which, in the case of regiments and battalions, shall have been on the occasion of the parade of the whole organisation. The money thus appropriated for uniforms and equipments is held sacred and inviolate for that purpose, and shall not in any event be expended for any |