hundred and sixteen as amended by chapter six hundred and thirty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty of said. state entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Niagara Falls" enacted as local law by section two of local law number two of the city of Niagara Falls, New York, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five entitled "A local law to amend chapter five hundred and thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen of the state of New York" entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Niagara Falls" providing for a building bureau in said city, is hereby amended to read as follows:

6. There shall be appointed by the city manager under this act the following officers, who shall receive for their services as such the compensation and salaries, if any, fixed by the city council, namely:

A corporation counsel; a deputy corporation counsel; a city treasurer; a deputy city treasurer; a deputy city clerk; a city engineer; a deputy city engineer; a superintendent of public service; two deputy superintendents of public service; a city electrician; a sealer of weights and measures; a health officer who shall be a physician; a commissioner of charities; a director of industrial affairs, whenever such appointment of a director of industrial affairs shall be directed by resolution of the city council and such appointment shall continue to be filled until directed by resolution of said city council to be discontinued; a superintendent of police; a chief engineer in the bureau of fire; a building commissioner.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 6

A local law in relation to the payment of salaries in the city of Niagara Falls, New York.

Became a law April 26, 1926, with the approval of the Council. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Niagara Falls.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Niagara Falls, New York, as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-four of chapter five hundred and thirty of the laws of the state of New York of nineteen hundred and sixteen entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Niagara Falls" is hereby superseded and enacted as local law, amended to read as follows:

§ 24. The salaries of all city officers shall be payable in equal semi-monthly installments on the fifteenth and last days of each month. All fees received by any city official pursuant to statute or to an ordinance of said city, shall be promptly and accurately accounted for by him to the city auditor on the last day of each month, and said moneys in such official hands thereby called for

shall be paid over by him forthwith to the city treasurer for the benefit of the city, except as otherwise provided by this act or by statute.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 7

A local law in relation to tax elections in the city of Niagara Falls, New York.

Became a law April 26, 1926, with the approval of the Council. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Niagara Falls.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Niagara Falls, New York, as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-four of chapter five hundred and thirty of the laws of New York of nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Niagara Falls," is hereby superseded and enacted as local law, amended, to read as follows:

§ 34. The city council shall, before April first, in each municipal year, from the whole number of inspectors of election, appoint three inspectors for each such tax election district; such inspectors shall be residents of the tax election district for which they shall be appointed. At least one week before any tax election shall be held the clerk shall notify in writing such inspectors of the holding of such tax election. And in the absence of any such inspector the others shall appoint some person or persons to fill the vacancy. They shall elect one of their number as roll clerk, whose duty it shall be to ascertain from the copy of the assessment roll, furnished such inspectors as hereinafter provided, whether the name of a person offering his vote appears thereon. In case of the temporary absence of such roll clerk, one of the other inspectors shall perform such duties. They shall elect one of their number poll clerk, whose duty it shall be to record the names of all persons voting at such tax election. In case of temporary absence of such poll clerk, one of the other inspectors shall perform such duties. The votes shall be taken by ballot, which shall be endorsed "tax," and also with the sum proposed to be raised for each object or the proposition to be voted upon; and each sum or proposition shall be voted on separately. The city council shall at every such election provide sufficient printed ballots for the use of the electors thereat with the words "for" and "against" at the beginning of each item. Each elector shall indicate his vote as follows: By placing a cross before the word "for" if he favors the proposition and before the word "against" if he opposes the proposition. The polls at any tax election shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the day of such tax election, and shall be open without intermission or adjournment until eight o'clock in the afternoon. Immediately

after the polls shall close it shall be the duty of the inspectors before taking any adjournment to canvass the votes and openly proclaim the results. They shall make a certificate of the number of votes cast for and against each propostion; such certificate duly verified shall be filed in the office of the city clerk not later than twelve o'clock noon of the day following any tax election. At the first regular meeting of the city council after the filing of the returns by the inspectors of any tax election as above provided, said city council shall proceed to canvass the returns so filed and declare the result.

§ 2. Section seventy of said chapter five hundred and thirty of the laws of New York of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby superseded and enacted as local law, amended, to read as follows:

§ 70. Whenever the council shall determine to exercise any of the powers conferred by the preceding section, it shall prepare a plan or prospectus, in writing, setting forth briefly the work proposed to be done, or a description of the lands or property proposed to be purchased or acquired by condemnation, or both, as occasion may require, and submit the same to a vote of the resident taxpayers of said city at a tax election to be called, noticed and held as herein provided. Prior to the holding of any such tax election, the council shall cause such plan or prospectus, together with a statement of the estimated cost of the work proposed to be done, or of the lands or property proposed to be purchased or to be acquired by condemnation, the estimated cost of the maintenance thereof, the estimated receipts or revenues to be derived therefrom when completed or acquired, and such other matter as it may deem proper, to be published in three consecutive issues of the official paper, and of such other daily newspapers published in said city, as may be designated by said council. Before any tax election shall be held hereunder, the city clerk by order of the council, shall publish a notice signed by him, twice a week for at least two successive weeks, in the official paper and in such other daily newspapers published in said city, as may be designated by said council, stating that on a certain day to be named therein, the qualified electors shall be called upon to vote upon such proposition or propositions, specifying the same, and setting forth the location of the polling places in the respective tax election districts. The inspectors of election shall make a certificate of the whole number of votes cast at such election, and of the number of votes cast for and against each proposition submitted, and duly verify the same and file it in the city clerk's office, not later than twelve o'clock noon of the day following any such tax election. At the next regular meeting of the city council following such tax election, the council shall convene at its usual place and time of meeting and the certificates from each polling place shall be produced, and the council shall forthwith canvass the same, and declare and make a certificate in writing of the result, and cause the same to be filed in the city clerk's office. If a majority of all the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the proposition, the council shall have power to forthwith proceed with the work, or to purchase or to

acquire by condemnation the lands or property specified in said proposition, or both, as the case may be, and to issue the bonds of the city therefor in the manner and form herein provided. The provisions of sections thirty-two, thirty-three and thirty-four of this act shall apply to any such tax election, except as herein otherwise provided, and except that the polls at any such election shall be opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon and shall remain open until eight o'clock in the afternoon.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

LOCAL LAW No. 8

A local law in relation to advisory referendum.

Became a law August 2, 1926, with the approval of the Council. Passed by the local legislative body of the city of Niagara Falls.

Be it enacted by the city council of the city of Niagara Falls, New York, as follows:

Section 1. Article fourteen of chapter five hundred and thirty of the laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of Niagara Falls" is hereby amended by adding at the end of said chapter a section to be known as section three hundred and thirty-one-a, enacted as local law, to read as follows:

§ 331-a. (1) The city council of said city may submit for the approval of the electors of said city the question of the adoption by said council of any resolution or ordinance affecting the interests of said city or the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of the qualified electors of said city, and the decision of said electors at such election shall be advisory only. Such election shall be upon notice the same as required for tax elections in said city.

(2) Voting at such election shall be by ballot, the form of which at each such election shall be determined by special resolution of said city council.

(3) At such election the polling places in each election district of said city shall be in charge of the regular board of election inspectors consisting of the four election inspectors regularly appointed in such district pursuant to statute. The organization of the inspectors of election, the opening and closing of the polls, and the general conduct of the election thereat when not otherwise herein specifically provided for shall be governed by the provisions of the election law of the state of New York, except when said election is not held at the time of the general election said election board shall delegate two of their members to act as ballot clerks, one to deliver and the other to receive ballots, and one of the remaining members of said board shall properly keep the list of voters at such election and the other remaining member shall

check the names of the voters voting against the registration list in possession of said board, excepting that upon the ballots being counted by the inspectors of election they shall return the ballots with their report to the city clerk of said city forthwith and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to see to the designation of the proper place for holding the election in each election district of said city and the furnishing of the necessary supplies therefor, and the duties of the commissioner of election of Niagara county, state of New York, so far as the designation of the equipment and providing for polling places in said city at general elections shall apply to and govern said city clerk at such special elections so far as the same shall be affected. The city clerk shall see that each board of election inspectors in each district is furnished with a duly certified copy of the regularly enrolled electors of such district at the opening of the polls, together with books for the registration of electors voting at such polling places in such form as shall be prepared and prescribed by said city clerk.

(4) Whenever such special election is held at the same time as the general election and the question to be voted upon is not placed upon a voting machine, the board of election inspectors in each election district may appoint two clerks, unless such clerks have been previously designated by said city council hereby required to make such designation, or in case of such designation by such city council a designated clerk shall fail to appear or be unable to act, one from each political party represented upon said board, and shall designate one of said clerks to have charge of said ballots and the voting list furnished for said special election, and the other clerk shall be designated to receive the ballots and deposit the same in the ballot box provided for the reception of the same and shall deliver the same to the election inspectors at the close of the polls for counting and return of the same, as herein provided. Such clerks shall be entitled to the compensation provided by statute for clerks of the board of election inspectors at general elections.

(5) Electors entitled to vote at any said election shall be those duly enrolled upon the registration list of voters filed with the said commissioner of elections of Niagara county.

(6) The certificate of the result of such election in each election district, which shall be made out and signed by the inspectors of election in each district shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the city clerk. The city clerk shall receive the sealed ballot boxes containing the ballots cast at said election from each election district properly sealed and shall safely keep the same until further order of the city council. The city clerk shall, upon receiving the certificates of the result of the election from the various boards of election inspectors in said city showing the result of the election in each respective district, forthwith tabulate and certify the total result of such election in the various election districts in said city, and certify the same to said city council at its next regular meeting, and said city council shall thereupon declare by resolution the result of such election in said city, unless