L. 1913, renum elections, constituting chapter seventeen of the consolidated laws," bered by as thus renumbered by chapter eight hundred of the laws of nine ch. 800, teen hundred and thirteen, is hereby renumbered article eighteen, bered and sections five hundred and seventy and five hundred and $$ 570, 571 seventy-one are hereby renumbered, respectively, sections six hun- bered dred and six hundred and one. art. 18; renum §§ 600, 601. added. § 2. Such chapter is hereby amended by inserting therein a New art. 17 new article, to be article seventeen, to read as follows: ARTICLE 17. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN. Section 570. Application of article; definitions. 571. Qualifications of women, for enrollment. 572. Enrollment of women outside of a city or village 573. Enrollment blanks for use outside of cities and vil lages of five thousand inhabitants; how provided. 575. Electioneering within one hundred feet of enroll- 576. Use of registers during personal enrollment of women. 577. Entries to be made in register where enrollment is 578. Ascertaining right to enroll where enrollment is 579. Challenge oath. 580. Delivery of enrollment blanks by inspectors; enroll ment. 581. First enrollment blanks for women, where enroll- 582. Declaration by inspectors. 583. Completion of enrollment. 584. Judicial review. 585. Transcripts from enrollment books; pamphlets. 586. Notice. 587. Booths, boxes, materials for personal enrollment; expenses. 588. Books and supplies for personal enrollment. 589. Signatures to designating petitions. 590. Fall primary; hours. 591. Special provision as to registration for the general election in the year nineteen hundred and eigh teen. 592. Duplication of entries in register for special elec- 593. Penalty for false certificates and declarations. § 570. Application of article; definitions. This article shall apply only to registrations, enrollments, elections and official primaries, and other matters relating thereto or connected therewith, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen; and a reference to a specified month or day shall mean a month or day in that year. The other provisions of this chapter shall continue to apply during that year except in so far as they are inconsistent with this article. The words "personal enrollment," as used in this article, mean the party enrollment of women upon personal appearance before inspectors of election in cities and villages of five thousand inhabitants or more, on the day provided therefor in this article. § 571. Qualifications of women, for enrollment. A woman who: 1. Is a citizen of the United States; and 2. Is a resident of the election district in which she offers to enroll; and 3. May be qualified to vote at the general election in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, and is or will be at least twentyone years of age on the day of the fall primary in such year, May enroll with a party in the manner provided in this article. § 572. Enrollment of women outside of a city or village of five thousand inhabitants. A woman who resides outside of a city or village having five thousand inhabitants or more, and who is qualified to enroll with a party, may enroll by signing and marking, and by filing or causing to be filed with the custodian of primary records, after the fifteenth day of May and on or before the fifteenth day of June, a declaration in substantially the following form, the blanks to be properly filled: Primary enrollment for the year nineteen hundred and eighteen. County of. ; election district number.... (name of the county and town of the town of shall be printed. Number of election district may be written in by anyone). I, the undersigned, do hereby declare that my residence address is correctly stated below my signature; that I am or will be at least twenty-one years of age on or before the (day of the month of the fall primary to be here inserted, in print) day of next September, which is the day of the next fall primary; that I am a citizen of the United States; that on the fifth day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, which is the day of the next general election, I will have been an inhabitant of this state for at least one year, and an inhabitant of the United States for the period of time required by law; that I intend to reside in the assembly district containing the town above named from now until such general election; that I am in general sympathy with the principles of the party under whose emblem I have made my mark hereunder; that it is my intention to support generally at the next general election the nominees of such party for state offices, and that I have not participated in any primary election or convention of any other party since the first day of last January." Then shall follow the party emblems and circles thereunder, arranged as provided in section seven; and the signature and residence address of the voter shall follow the circles, upon lines to be provided therefor. Below the signature and address the following instructions shall be printed: INSTRUCTIONS "1. Make a cross X mark in the circle under the emblem of the party with which you wish to enroll for the purpose of participating in its primary elections during the present year, and write your name and address on the lines provided therefor below the circles. 2. The declaration, after it is so marked and signed, may be mailed or delivered, after May fifteenth and on or before June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, to (name or title and office address, with street and number if any, of custodian of primary records, to be printed) or it may be marked and signed in the presence of a commissioner of elections of this county (substitute the county clerk' in blanks for a county in which such clerk is the custodian of primary records) and left with him on or before said date. If the declaration is not marked and signed in the presence of such commissioner (or clerk, as the case may be), a witness must sign the certificate on the back of the declaration and insert his residence address. 3. If the person signing the declaration became a citizen by marriage, her statement as to being 'an inhabitant of the United States for the period of time required by law,' means that she has been such inhabitant since and including the fifth day of November, nineteen hundred and thirteen. This instruction does not apply to, and may be disregarded by, a woman citizen who was born in this country or who has naturalization papers in her own name or who is a citizen because her parents were citizens." On the back of the declaration shall be printed a certificate in the following form which shall be signed by a witness if the voter does not sign her declaration in the presence of a commissioner of elections, or county clerk where such clerk is the custodian of primary records: "I certify that the within declaration was signed in my pres § 573. Enrollment blanks for use outside of cities and villages of five thousand inhabitants; how provided. The custodian of primary records, before the fifteenth day of May, shall provide at the expense of the county a sufficient number of enrollment blanks to enable women who reside outside of cities and villages of five thousand inhabitants or more to enroll in the manner provided in this article. The custodian shall mail or deliver to any woman who applies by mail or in person therefor, a blank having thereon in print the name of the town in which she resides. He shall also deliver, on request, a reasonable number of blanks for the several towns in the county to the chairman or secretary of the county committee of each party. 8574. Meeting of inspectors for personal enrollment of women in cities and villages of five thousand inhabitants. Two inspectors of election, one from each political party represented on the board of inspectors of election in each election district, to be designated by the board of elections from the duly constituted election inspectors for such election district, in each city and village having five thousand inhabitants or more, shall meet in their respective election districts in any such city or village on the fourth Saturday in May, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, for the party enrollment of women, residing in the city or village, who apply in person therefor and are entitled to enroll as provided. in this article. Vacancies, if any, in the regular board of inspectors for any election district, by which either party has no representation on such board, shall be filled in the manner provided for in article eight in time for the making of such designations. If vacancies in the representation of a party on such regular board of inspectors in any election district be not so filled, the board or officer authorized to fill the same shall appoint, in the manner provided in such article, a member of such party to be one of the inspectors to conduct such enrollment. If one of the inspectors so designated or appointed be absent on such day of enrollment, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided in section three hundred and thirteen where two inspec tors who are members of the same political party are absent on a day of registration; and if both of the inspectors designated or appointed to conduct such enrollment be absent on such day of enrollment, the vacancies shall be filled as provided in such section where all of the inspectors are absent on a day of registration. Such meeting shall be held open from eight o'clock in the forenoon until ten o'clock in the evening. 575. Electioneering within one hundred feet of enrollment place forbidden. During the hours of personal enrollment provided for in the preceding section, no person shall do any electioneering within the place of enrollment or within one hundred feet therefrom in any public street or in any building or room, or in any public manner, and no political banner, poster or placard shall be allowed in or upon such enrollment place during such hours of enrollment. Distance markers shall be provided and posted in the same manner as required by this chapter for a general election. 576. Use of registers during personal enrollment of women. The registers of electors shall be used on the day for the personal enrollment of women under this article only for recording facts with respect to a woman offering to enroll, and entries made therein on any such day shall not constitute a registration, nor shall they constitute an enrollment except where the register also has columns for enrollment. Except in the case of a woman previously registered for a special election, the words "for enrollment" shall be written by the inspectors in the last column of the register opposite the name of a woman with respect to whom entries are made. 577. Entries to be made in register where enrollment is personal. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the entries to be made in the register, on the day of personal enroll |