propositions duly submitted to the voters of such town in the election districts where such meeting and election was held, in the same manner as the votes for other candidates and propositions cast at the) general election are canvassed. The inspectors of elections in each election district shall make a full and true statement of the whole number of votes cast for and against each candidate for a town office and for and against each town proposition voted upon at such town meeting. Such statement shall be in the same form as statements by such inspectors of other votes cast at general elections, and shall be signed by the inspectors and delivered by one of their number, selected by them for that purpose, to the town clerk and justices of the peace of the town, who shall convene and receive the same on Thursday next following such town meeting at ten o'clok in the forenoon. Such justices and town clerk shall at such time recanvass such votes from the statements of the inspectors of the several election districts so delivered to them, and read and enter the results in the same manner as required of them by section sixty-four. No list of nominations of candidates for town offices to be filled at any such biennial town meeting and election, or the result of the official canvass of the vote cast thereat, shall be required to be published. All the provisions of the election law not inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall apply to and govern town meetings and elections held as provided herein. Town Law, § 572. Officers to be elected. There shall be elected at the town meeting and election to be held in each town in any such county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, in each odd-numbered year, one supervisor, one town clerk, three assessors, one collector, one or two overseers of the poor and not more than five constables. The persons first elected to the various offices above mentioned shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and eight, and serve until and including March third, nineteen hundred and ten. Their successors shall be elected at the biennial election and town meeting held in nineteen hundred and nine and biennially thereafter, for the term of two years commencing on the fourth day of March succeeding their election. There shall also be elected a town superintendent of highways unless the town shall have adopted a resolution that thereafter the town superintendent shall be appointed by the town board as provided in section forty-one of the highway law. The town superintendent's term of office shall begin on the first day of January succeeding his election and be for a term of two years. There shall also be elected at such town meeting and election and biennially thereafter, two justices of the peace for terms of four years, beginning on the succeeding first day of January. Town Law, § 573, as amended by L. 1918, ch. 372. Voting machines. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the use of voting machines as provided for by the election law. Town Law, § 574. TOWN MEETINGS IN COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND, ORANGE AND SULLIVAN. Time of meeting. The town meetings and elections of the towns in the counties of Rockland, Orange and Sullivan shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the year nineteen hundred and nine and biennially thereafter at the same places as general elections in such towns are held. Such town meetings and elections shall be open for the purpose of voting for the same length of time as the polls are kept open upon election day for the purpose of voting for candidates to be elected at such general election. No person shall be entitled to vote at any such town meeting unless he is registered and enti tled to vote at a general election. Town Law, § 580. Place of meeting; ballots; certificates of nomination. The town meetings and elections in such towns shall hereafter be held in the several election districts, to be conducted by the inspectors of election thereof. All elective town officers shall be elected and voted for at such general election in the same manner and on the same ballot as other officers who may be elected and voted for thereat. The provisions of the election law relat ing to the places and times of filing certificates, of nominations, the declination of nominations, the furnishing of ballots, ballot boxes and stationery, and the submission of town propositions are applicable in all respects to town meetings held in the towns in such counties under this article; and all the other provisions of the election law which apply when town meetings or elections are held at different times than general eléctions, are applicable to the holding of town meetings in such counties, unless otherwise contained in this article or inconsistent with its provisions. Town Law, § 581. Canvass of votes. At the close of the polls at any biennial town meeting and election in such towns, the inspectors shall proceed to canvass the votes for the candidates for the several town offices and for and against all town propositions duly submitted to the voters of such town in the election districts where such meeting was held, in the same manner as the votes for other candidates and propositions cast at the general election are canvassed. They shall make a full and true statement of the whole number of votes cast for each of the town officers balloted for, and of the whole number of votes for and against every question or proposition voted upon at such town meeting. Such statement shall be in the same form as statements made by such inspectors of the votes cast for the wer candidates voted for at such election, and shall be signed by the inspectors and delivered by one of their number, selected by them for that purpose, to the justices of the peace and town clerk of the town, who shall convene and receive the same at the office of the town clerk on the second day next following the town meeting at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Such justices and clerk shall immediately recanvass such votes upon the statements so made and delivered by the inspectors of the several election districts. The town clerk shall enter in his record a statement of the number of votes cast for each candidate, and for and against all town propositions duly submitted to the voters of such town in the several districts in his town, and declare in such record the propositions shown to be adopted, and the officers shown to be elected by such statement, or appointed as herein prescribed. Such record shall be signed by him and the justices acting as such canvassers. Inspectors of election in towns in the counties of Rockland, Orange and Sullivan shall be appointed by the town boards of such towns as provided in the election law. The provisions of the election law relating to inspectors of election shall apply to inspectors of elections in such towns notwithstanding the provisions of this article which are inconsistent therewith. All inspectors of election of such towns in office when this article takes effect shall hold office and continue to serve as such until the expiration of the terms for which they were elected or appointed. Town Law, § 582. Officers to be elected. At the town meetings to be held in such towns at the time of the general election in the year nineteen hundred and nine, there shall be elected one supervisor, one town clerk, one collector, one or two overseers of the poor, and not more than five constables for terms of two years each, beginning on the succeeding first day of January. At the biennial town meetings to be thereafter held in such towns in the odd numbered years, all of such officers shall be elected and shall hold office for the terms of two years beginning on the first day of January succeeding their election. There shall also be elected a town superintendent of highways unless the town shall have adopted a resolution that thereafter the town superintendent shall be appointed by the town board as provided in section forty-one of the highway law. The town superintendent's term of office shall begin on the first day of January succeeding his election and be for a term of two years. The collectors elected at such town meetings shall enter on the discharge of their duties after their predecessors shall have completed the duties of their offices in respect to the collection of taxes and the return thereof as now prescribed by law. Town Law, § 583, as amended by L. 1918, ch. 372. Justices of the peace, assessors and town superintendents of highways. At the town meetings to be held in such towns at the time of the general election in the year nineteen hundred and nine two justices of the peace shall be elected for terms of four years, beginning on the succeeding first day of January, and at each biennial town meeting thereafter there shall be elected two justices of the peace for a like term, beginning on the succeeding first day of January. At the town meeting to be held at the time of the general election in the year nineteen hundred and nine and biennially thereafter, three assessors shall be elected for terms of two years, beginning on the succeeding first day of January. Town Law, § 584. |