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continue in the care, custody and control of the board of elections; and the said board of elections in any such county shall continue to be charged with the duty of performing each, every and all of the duties of the county clerk or commissioner of elections of said county, relating to elections heretofore devolved upon such board by the former provisions of this section, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. In the city of New York the board of elections shall continue to exercise the same powers and duties now exercised by it, excepting as otherwise provided in this chapter. All books, documents, papers, records and election appliances held or used by any commissioner or commissioners of election, in any county whose powers and duties have been heretofore terminated shall continue in the custody of the board of elections for such county.

Added by L. 1911, ch. 649; and amended by L. 1916, ch. 537, in effect May 15, 1916.

§ 207. Office hours, rules and regulations of board of elections. The offices of each board of elections shall be public and open during every business day of the year. The board of elections in each county shall designate the hours when said offices shall open and close. Each board of elections may adopt its own rules and regulations for the transaction of its business.

Added by L. 1911, ch. 649, in effect July 13, 1911.

§ 208. All records to be public; records of transactions of the board of elections.

All the records in the office of the board of elections shall be public and open for inspection by any citizen of the State of New York during the hours when the said office shall be open, and the said board of elections shall provide ample and sufficient facilities for keeping said records and making copies of the same.

Each board of elections shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be public and transcribed in a book or books within twenty-four hours after the adjournment of said board. Minutes of all meetings of the board of elections shall show how each commissioner of elections voted upon any resolution or motion proposed at said meeting of the board.

Added by L. 1911, ch. 649, in effect July 13, 1911.

§ 209-a. Article not applicable to Oneida and Broome counties; powers and duties of county clerks in such counties defined.

After this section takes effect the foregoing provisions of this article shall not apply to the counties of Oneida and Broome, excepting section one hundred and ninety-nine. For the purpose of applying such section, the county clerk in each of such counties shall be deemed a board of elections. In each of such counties, except as otherwise provided in this section, the county clerk shall have therein the powers and duties of a board of elections, as well as those of a county clerk, prescribed by this chapter or other statute, and references to such board shall be deemed to mean and include, with respect to any such county, the county clerk thereof. All books, documents, papers, records and election appliances or appurtenances held or used by or under the control of the board of elections in the county of Oneida or county of Broome, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, when this section takes effect, be transferred to the care, custody and control of the respective county clerks of such counties. Each such county clerk may adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for conducting the business of his office in relation to carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The official papers, records and documents in the office of such county clerk from time to time relating to general, special or primary elections, or in his custody under any provision of this chapter, shall be public and open to inspection by any citizen of the state during office hours. The county clerk of each such county shall be 'the custodian of primary records of his county. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, either general or local, the board of supervisors of Broome county may from time to time provide by resolution for the appointment by the county clerk of such county of additional assistants, at the expense of the county, in the office of such clerk, and the board of supervisors of Oneida county may in like manner provide for the appointment by the county clerk of Oneida county of two additional deputies representing each of the two political parties which at the last general election preceding such appointment cast the highest and the next

highest number of votes for governor and of additional assistants, whenever such board of either county, respectively, shall determine that such deputies or assistants are necessary for the proper performance of the additional duties devolved upon such clerk by this section; but the aggregate compensation of such additional assistant appointed on account of such additional powers and duties in the county of Broome shall not exceed one thousand dollars annually, and of such deputies and assistants in the county of Oneida shall not exceed three thousand two hundred dollars annually, exclusive of necessary emergency employees.

Added by L. 1916, ch. 454, in effect July 1, 1916.

ARTICLE 7-A.

COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF MONROE.

Section 210. Commissioner of elections for Monroe county.

211. Appointment, qualifications and removal of commissioner.

212. Appointment, removal and examination of inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks.

213. Office for commissioner.

214. Custody of records.

215. Employees.

216. Notices.

217. Filing papers; general powers and duties of commissioner.

218. Purchase of supplies, including voting machines; expenses of com. missioner.

219. Apportionment of expenses.

220. Publication of notices.

221. Polling places, election districts, et cetera.

222. Voting machines.

223. Construction of article.

§ 210. Commissioner of elections for Monroe county.

The office of commissioner of elections in the county of Monroe is hereby created, and all the rights, powers, authority, duties and obligations immediately heretofore by law vested in and imposed upon any officer or officers of the county of Monroe or any political subdivision thereof or therein, excepting the appointment, duties and obligations of inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks, who shall be appointed as hereinafter provided and serve as provided by law with respect to general or special eleétions and official primaries in the county of Monroe or in any political subdivision thereof or therein, except elections held at a time other than the time of the general election, or of village and school district officers, and special elections for town, village and school district purposes held at such other time, shall, by force of and as an effect of this article, be transferred to and be continued in the commissioner of elections in the county of Monroe hereby created from and after the time of appointment and qualification of the first commissioner hereunder.

Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916.

§ 211. Appointment, qualifications and removal of commissioner. Within five days after this article takes effect the county judge, special county judge and the surrogate of Monroe county, or a majority of them, shall appoint a commissioner of elections who must be a resident voter of such county and shall file in the office of the clerk of such county a certificate of the appointment. Such commissioner of elections shall take the constitutional oath of office and file the same in the county clerk's office and shall hold office for a term of four years; his successor to be appointed in like manner. Such term of office, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall begin on the first day of May in every fourth year, beginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty. The term of the commissioner first appointed hereunder shall begin on the day the appointment is made and expire on May first, nineteen hundred and twenty. In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner of elections, such county judge, special county judge and surrogate, or a majority of them, shall appoint a resident voter of Monroe county to fill such vacancy and shall file a certificate of such appointment in the office of the clerk of Monroe county. The person so appointed shall take the constitutional oath of office and serve the remainder of the term. The commissioner of elections appointed pursuant to this article shall be subject to removal by the governor in like manner as sheriffs of counties. Upon the appointment and qualification, pursuant to this section, of the first commissioner for such county, the board of elections therein shall be deemed abolished; and the terms of office of its members shall then expire. The provisions of article seven of this chapter shall not thereafter apply to the county of Monroe except section one hundred and ninety-nine; and the commissioner provided for herein shall be deemed a board of elections for the purpose of applying such section.

Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916.

§ 212. Appointment, removal and examination of inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks.

Inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks in and for the various election districts in the county of Monroe shall be appointed as follows: The chairmen of the county committees of the two political parties which at the last preceding general election

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