L. 1883, ch. 117, amended. Assessor: appointment, tenure, salary. questions, or either, at the school meetings, annual and special, or either, in such district. Before any such machine is used at any such meeting, three persons, to be chosen by the voters present from among their number, shall examine it and see that all the counters are set at zero (000) and that the ballot labels are properly placed, and that the machine is in all respects in proper condition for use. The use of such machine shall be deemed a compliance with any provision of law requiring the vote to be by ballot. Such board of education, with district funds available, may purchase the necessary voting machine or machines; or, if the county board of elections shall consent thereto, such machines belonging to the county may be used at any such meeting, the expense of delivery and returning and setting up, and any other expense connected therewith, to be defrayed by the school district; but such machines belonging to the county shall not be so used at the time or times when they may be required under the election law. The manner of making nominations or submitting questions or propositions for the purpose of preparing ballots for the machine shall be prescribed by a rule previously adopted at an annual or special school district meeting and approved by the commissioner of education; provided, however, that the petition, certificate, declaration, notice or other paper required by such a rule, for the making of any such nomination or submission, except as to a question or proposition required by law to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting, and except as to questions or propositions which the board has authority by law to present at an annual meeting without specifying them in the notice thereof, shall be filed with the board of education not later than six days before the meeting. Any such rule may be amended in like manner. The board of education shall cause such rule, and amendments from time to time, to be printed, for general distribution in the district. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 76 AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and seventeen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An act to amend, consolidate and revise the charter of the village of Peekskill and the several acts amendatory thereof," in relation to the appointment of a board of review to hear and determine complaints in relation to the assessment-rolls Became a law March 3, 1927, with the approval of the Governor, Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one-a of title two of chapter one hundred and seventeen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An act to amend, consolidate and revise the charter of the village of Peekskill and the several acts amendatory thereof," as added by chapter three hundred of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1-a. The board of trustees at any time during the month of March in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four after the present assessor. review: close of the annual election in such month and at such other times thereafter as may be necessary whenever a vacancy occurs, shall by resolution of such board appoint one assessor who shall hold office from the date of such appointment and who shall serve as such assessor during the pleasure of said board of trustees at such salary as may be fixed by said board to be paid as other village salaries are paid. On and after the date of the annual Terms of election of the village of Peekskill for the year nineteen hundred assessors and twenty-four, the term of office of the assessors now in office terminated. shall terminate and their successors shall be appointed as above provided. The said assessor shall possess all the powers conferred Powers of upon, be subject to all the obligations imposed upon and perform all the duties appertaining to the office of assessors in the village of Peekskill as now provided by law and the charter of said village, and all references in said charter to the "board of assessors" or "the assessors" shall for such village of Peekskill mean the assessor appointed as provided by this act, 'except as hereinafter provided. There is hereby created a board of review to consist Board of of three members to be appointed by the board of trustees, who number, shall be resident taxpayers of the village of Peekskill and who tenure, shall serve at the pleasure of such board at such per diem com- tion. pensation as such board may fix. Within thirty days after their Organizaappointment, such members shall meet and organize by electing a president. It shall be the duty of the board of review to hear Hearing and determine complaints in relation to the assessment-rolls and mination of all such duties formerly imposed upon assessors by the charter complaints of the village shall be performed by the board herein created. sessmentSuch board may, in the hearing of complaints employ a stenographer at the expense of the village to take the minutes of its hearings. If such board, by a majority vote, determine to reduce or increase the assessment complained of, a decision to that effect setting forth the value at which such property is to be assessed shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the village. One copy of such decision shall be delivered to the assessor for the purpose of making the changes as indicated in the decision and a copy shall be mailed to the last known address of the complainant, or the party appearing in his behalf. If no reduction or increase is to be made, no decision need be made and filed. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 77 AN ACT authorizing the creation of a state debt and making an appropriation for the acquisition of a site for a new state hospital Became a law March 3, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: compensa tion. and deter as to as rolls. Section 1. The creation of a state debt to the amount of seventy- Creation of five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby authorized to provide authorized. 1 Remainder of section new. state debt Temporary commis Selection sition of site. moneys for the acquisition of a site for a new state hospital for the care and treatment of the insane, such debt to be contracted as a part of the aggregate annual debt authorized by section fifteen of article seven of the constitution, and in the manner provided by section fourteen-a of the state finance law. § 2. The state office site and building commission, constituted sion. as provided by chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby continued as a temporary commission, shall select and may acquire for the state a site for a new state hospital and acqui- for the care and treatment of the insane, in such locality as, in the judgment of the commission, will best serve the needs of the state. The commission may purchase the real property embraced in the site selected or may acquire it by appropriation in the manner provided in sections two to eight inclusive of chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, which shall apply to the acquisition herein authorized. Appropria. tion. Not to be expended for personal serv (ce. L. 1909, ch. 23, art. 9a, title and § 3. The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section fifteen of article seven of the constitution and section fourteen-a of the state finance law for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, including payment of the purchase price of such real property or of any judgments or awards of the court of claims, or agreed compensation, in case of acquisition under chapter five of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-six. § 4. No part of the moneys appropriated by this act shall be expended for personal service. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 78 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in conformity with the state departments law, and to amend the state departments law, in relation to the state police Became a law March 3, 1927, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The title and schedule of sections of article nine-a of chapter twenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act in relation to executive officers, constituting chapof sections ter eighteen of the consolidated laws," as added by chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, are hereby amended to read as follows: schedule amended. 1 The amendments effected by this act are so numerous and extensive that it is impracticable to indicate the changes made. Section 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. ARTICLE 9-A STATE POLICE Functions under this article, how exercised. Organization; salaries; qualifications; appointment Acquisition of lands; power of superintendent. 99. Employment of state police in towns, villages and 99-a. Death or disability benefits. § 2. Section ninety-two of such chapter, as added by chapter one § 92 hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and seven- amended. teen and amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended. to read as follows: § 92. Functions under this article; how exercised. Functions, powers and duties of the superintendent of state police under this article shall belong to the executive department and be exereised and performed therein by him through the division of state police. The superintendent of state police shall be the head of the division of state police and shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and hold office during his pleasure. The present superintendent of state police is hereby continued in office until the expiration of his present term and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. The superintendent shall receive such annual salary as may be provided for by appropriation. The superintendent shall before entering upon the duties of his office file in the office of the attorney-general a bond to the people of the state of New York in the sum of twentyfive thousand dollars, with a surety or sureties to be approved by the governor, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. Suitable offices for the division of state police shall be provided in Albany by the superintendent of public works. § 3. Section ninety-three of such chapter, as added by chapter 93 one hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and amended. seventeen and amended by chapter eighty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 93. Deputy; inspector; other employees. The superintendent may appoint a deputy, an inspector and such employees as may be necessary, and fix their compensation within the appropriations made by the legislature. § 94 § 4. Section ninety-four of such chapter, as added by chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and repealed: •So in original. [Does not conform to section heading.] new § 94 added. § 99 amended. seventeen, and last amended by chapters two hundred and twentyseven and two hundred and twenty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby repealed and a new section ninety-four added in place thereof to read as follows: § 94.3 Organization; salaries; qualifications; appointment and reappointment; term; rules and regulations. The state police shall consist of six troops, each composed of one captain at an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars, two lieutenants at annual salaries of eighteen hundred dollars each, one first sergeant at an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, one troop clerk at an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, seven sergeants at annual salaries of eleven hundred dollars each, eight corporals at annual salaries of nine hundred and fifty dollars each, one saddler and one blacksmith, each having the rank and salary of corporal, and fifty-six privates at annual salaries of nine hundred dollars each. The members of the state police shall be appointed by the superintendent and may be removed by him after a hearing. Subject to the provisions of the state departments law, the superintendent also may appoint and after a hearing remove the additional officers and members therein authorized, namely: one lieutenant, three sergeants, three corporals and ten privates in each of the six troops. No person shall be appointed to the state police force unless he shall be a citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and forty years, able to ride, of sound constitution and good moral character, nor until he shall have passed a physical and mental examination based upon standards provided by the rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointment and reappointment to the force shall be for a term of two years. For each year of service, not exceeding four, every member of the force shall be entitled to an increase of one hundred dollars in his stated annual salary as fixed by this section, and service before this provision takes effect shall be counted. Voluntary withdrawal from the force during such term of appointment or reappointment without the consent of the superintendent shall be a misdemeanor. Reappointment shall be made by the superintendent in his discretion, but no member removed from the force shall be eligible to reappointment. The superintendent shall make rules and regulations subject to approval by the governor for the discipline and control of the force and for the examination and qualifications of applicants for appointments thereto. § 5. Section ninety-nine of such chapter, as added by chapter four hundred and one of the laws of nineteen hundred and twentytwo, is hereby amended to read as follows: § 99. Employment of state police in towns, villages, police districts. The governing board of any police district provided for under article fourteen-a of the town law or of any town or of any village, may from time to time respectively contract upon behalf of said district, town or village with the superintendent of state police upon behalf of the state for the regular assignment 2 Previously amended by L. 1920, ch. 83; L. 1921, ch. 328. 8 Amended by L. 1927, ch. 361, post. |