§ 16-1600 Reincorporation of special village under this chapter. A village incorporated by special law and subject to its provisions may be reincorporated under this chapter by adopting a proposition therefor. Such a proposition may be submitted at an annual election or at a special election to be called for that purpose. The board of […]
§ 16-1602 Notice and conduct of election. If the proposition is to be submitted at an annual election, notice thereof shall be given by the board of trustees by posting notices in five public places in the village, and publishing the same in the official newspaper at least twenty days before such annual election. In […]
§ 16-1604 Certificate of election. The officers conducting such election shall make a certificate thereof, showing the whole number of votes cast upon such proposition, and the number in favor of and against it, and within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls of such election, must file such certificate in the office of […]
§ 16-1606 Effect of reincorporation. If the proposition be adopted, the reincorporation of the village under this chapter shall take effect immediately upon the filing of the certificate of election in the office of the village clerk and the secretary of state. From and after such filing such village shall be deemed incorporated under this […]
§ 16-1608 Reincorporation of certain villages confirmed. All villages in the state incorporated by special laws and subject to their provisions which have attempted to reincorporate under the provisions of chapter four hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and the acts amendatory thereof, between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven […]