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. 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 commissioner. 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 elections 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 pur pose of applying such section. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916. § 212. Appointment, removal and examination of inspectors of election and clerks. Inspectors of election and general 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 of a governor cast the highest number of votes for governor shall each file with the commissioner of elections, on or before the first day of April of each year, a list of persons who are duly qualified to serve as inspectors of election and such clerks. The commissioner of elections shall thereafter examine each person whose name appears on such lists as to their qualifications for such offices. Such commissioners shall give each person whose name appears on such lists not less than three days' notice of such examinations. Such notice must be either written or printed and state the date, time and place such examination is to be held and must be sent either by mail or special messenger. Any person receiving the notice shall appear before such commissioner of elections at the place fixed for such examination at the time stated in the notice, and the said commissioner of elections shall examine such person as to his qualifications for the office of inspector of election or clerk, as the case may be. Such examination may be either written or oral or both, and if the person so examined is found by the commissioner to be qualified and is, in the judgment of the commisioner a fit and proper person for such office, the commissioner or some person designated by him shall administer the constitutional oath of office and-issue to him a certificate of appointment and he shall serve until his successor is appointed; but if such person is found disqualified or is, in the judgment of the commissioner, not a fit and proper person for such office, his name shall be stricken from the list. A supplemental list of persons for election officers may also be filed containing not more than ten names for each office. Additional supplemental lists for any election district may be filed at any time before the appointments for such district are made, or when a vacancy shall exist for any cause, and all appointments shall be made from the original list if those named therein are found disqualified as herein provided; if not so qualified, then from a supplemental list so filed. If no list is filed by a party, and if within three days after notice in writing by the commissioner to the chairman of the county committee of such party, no list is filed, the commissioner of elections may appoint qualified persons, members of the party in default, to act as election officers, and the enrollment of such person shall be sufficient evidence of the party affiliation of such person. If a qualified person cannot be obtained for any election office from the list or lists filed by a party, and if within three days after notice in writing by the commisisoner of elections to the chairman of the county committee of such party, an additional list is not filed containing the name or names of one or more qualified persons, the commissioner of elections may fill such office by the appointment of a qualified person, a member of the party in default. The commissioner of elections shall from time to time, as he may deem necessary, hold a school for the instruction of inspectors of election and general clerks. Such school shall not be held at any hour earlier than seven o'clock in the evening, and notice shall be given by the commissioner to each inspector of election and clerk stating the time and place such school will be held. The notice shall be by mail and either written or printed. If any inspector of election or clerk shall fail to attend such school after receiving notice thereof, the commissioner may remove him from office and fill the vacancy in the manner provided for in this article. Each election officer shall be paid one dollar for the time spent in attending a school of instruction, and the election officers of the towns of Monroe county, if such school be held at any place outside the town in which they respectively reside, shall be paid in addition the car fare going to and returning from the school. The money due an election officer for attending a school of instruction shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the pay for his other services. The commissioner of election shall have the power on any day of election, registration or primary election to remove from office forthwith any inspector of election or clerk for intoxication or failure to perform his duty in a satisfactory manner and to make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy caused by such removal. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7; amended by L. 1919, ch. 504, in effect Oct. 1, 1919. § 213. Office for commissioner. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of Monroe county to provide an office for such commissioner of elections suitable for the preservation of the records of said office and for the doing of the work devolved upon such commissioner under and by reason of this article and the necessary furniture thereof. The expense of providing and furnishing such office shall be a county charge and be audited and paid as other county expenses are paid. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916. § 214. Custody of records. All books, documents, papers, records and election appliances or appurtenances held or used by or under the control of any officer or officers of Monroe county or of any political subdivision thereof or therein and relating to or used in the conduct of general or special elections or official primaries, including voting machines used and owned by any political subdivision of Monroe county shall, upon request of the commissioner of elections be transferred to the care, custody and control of such commissioner. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916. $215. Employees. The commissioner of elections may appoint such employees as the board of supervisors of Monroe county shall by resolution from time to time authorize, and such employees shall receive such salaries and compensation as such board shall by resolution fix and determine. Each employee shall perform such duties as the commissioner of elections shall prescribe and shall hold office at the pleasure of such commissioner. The salary of the commissioner of elections of Monroe county shall be three thousand dollars per annum. Such salaries and compensation shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of the county officers are paid. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916. § 216. Notices. All notices which are now or which hereafter may be required by law to be given by the secretary of state or any other officer to any officer of Monroe county or of any political subdivision thereof or therein relating to the holding of any election or official primary, and stating the officers to be elected or nominated or party positions to be filled thereat, or the questions to be voted upon by the people from and after the appointment and qualification of the first commissioner hereunder shall be communicated by the secretary of state or other officer to the commissioner of elections of Monroe county. Added by L. 1916, ch. 7, in effect Feb. 21, 1916. 217. Filing papers; general powers and duties of commissioner. All certificates of nomination for office to be voted for by the electors of Monroe county or any political subdivision thereof or therein at any election to which this article applies, all declina |