PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO VILLAGES WHOSE POPULATION EXCEEDS FOURTEEN THOUSAND. President's term of office. In every such village the term of office of the president shall be two official years. Village Law, § 311. Board of police commissioners. Every such village by adopting a proposition therefor at an annual election may establish or abolish a separate board of police commissioners composed of five members, who must at the time of their election and during their term be the owners of property assessed upon the last preceding assessment-roll of the village. If the proposition to establish such board be adopted, the board of trustees at its next annual meeting shall appoint such commissioners for the terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively; and at each annual meeting thereafter the board of trustees shall appoint one commissioner for the full term of five years. Said board shall ́have all the powers and is subject to all the liabilities and must perform all the duties of the president and board of trustees so far as the same relate to the police or police department, and to the exclusion of said president and board of trustees. Village Law, § 312. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Expiration of terms of cers. A police justice or an assessor in office when this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he was elected or appointed. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the terms of all other officers shall expire on the Monday following the third Tuesday in March. Village Law, § 351. 1 Consolidation of villages; number of trustees; wards; clerk. Within five days after the consolidation takes effect the boards of trustees of the consolidating villages shall meet in joint session and determine, within the limitations prescribed by section forty-four, the number of trustees to be elected in the new village at the first election, and if such new village is a village of the first class, may also divide such village into wards of a number equal to one-half of the number of trustees to be elected. Such wards shall contain a population as nearly equal as may be, and be of convenient and contiguous territory, in as compact form as practicable. They shall make a certificate of such division which shall contain a description of each ward, and file the same in the office of the village clerk, who shall at least fifteen days before such first election post copies thereof in at least ten conspicuous public places in such village and publish a copy thereof at least once in each newspaper printed in the new village. They shall also at such joint meeting appoint a clerk of the new village, who shall hold his office until his successor is appointed, Village Law, § 355. First election in consolidated village. At their joint meeting, the boards of trustees of the consolidating villages shall fix the date of the first election, which must be held within twenty days after the joint meeting, except that if the election on the question of consolidation is held in the month of January, such first election must be held on the day of the next annual election under this chapter. They shall provide for giving notice of such election as in case of an annual election under this hapter. If such village is not divided into wards, the first election shall be held in the consolidating villages by election districts or otherwise as if such consolidation had not taken place. If such village is divided into wards, each ward shall constitute an election district for the first election and the boards of trustees of the consolidating villages at their joint meeting shall appoint two inspectors of election, a poll clerk and a ballot clerk for each ward to conduct such election therein. Such inspectors shall not both be chosen from the same political party. Section twenty-nine of this chapter applies, so far practicable, to the first election in the new village, except that if an election is held after the thirtieth day of September and on or before the date fixed for the next annual election, one-half of the number of trustees elected shall hold office until the end of the next official year, and one-half during the next two official years. If such village is divided into wards, two trustees shall be elected in each ward, and if the election is held after the thirtieth day of September and on or before the date fixed for the next annual election, one of such trustees shall be elected to hold office until the end of the next official year, and one to hold office during the next two official years. Section fifty. three of this chapter applies, so far as practicable, and the joint boards of trustees shall constitute the canvassing boards at such first election. The certificate of such first election shall be filed with the clerk of, the new village on the day of canvass, and thereupon the terms of office of the officers of the consolidating villages shall expire and the terms of officers elected for the new village shall commence. Village Law, § 356. EFFECT OF VILLAGE LAW. Effect of chapter on special villages. A village incorporated under and subject to a special law, and each offcar thereof, possesses all the powers and is subject to all the liabilities and responsibilities conferred or imposed upon a village incorporated under this chapter, or upon an officer thereof, not inconsistent with such special law. Village Law, § 380. Effect of revision on general villages. The following villages are subject to the provisions of this chapter, as if incorporated thereunder : 1. Villages incorporated under chapter four hundred and twenty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, or the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and which have not been reincorporated under a special law. 2. Villages incorporated or reincorporated under chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy, or the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. 3. Villages incorporated under chapter four hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, or the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. 4. Villages incorporated by special law and reincorporated under a general law and now subject to its provisions. Village Law, § 381. 484 |