Boundaries. Call for spe cial election. 2. The territorial limits of said borough shall be the same as now defined as the territorial limits of the township of Palmyra, as described and set forth in an act entitled "An act to establish a new township in the county of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, to be known as the township of Palmyra," approved April nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four. 3. Within twenty days after the passage of this act, the township clerk of township of Palmyra shall call a special election, to be held within said territory within sixty days from the date of the passage of this act, for the purpose of electing a mayor, six councilmen, an assessor, a collector and such other officers as are required or permitted to be elected by law, to hold office until the first day of January following such special election, which election shall be held between the hours of six o'clock A. M. and seven o'clock P. M., on a day to be fixed by said township clerk, and at the places in said township to be designated by said township clerk; and of the time, places and purpose of such special election said township clerk shall give at least three weeks' public notice by advertisements, signed by himself and set up in at least five public places within said territory, and at least one of which said notices. shall be within each election district, in said township of Palmyra, and be published in at least one newspaper circulating in said territory, at least two weeks prior to such election. Said township clerk shall provide for the electors voting at such election ballots on which shall appear the names of all the candidates for said offices who shall have been nominated by petition of at least five voters residing within the said territory and appearing on the said election register, used at the last regular election for members of the General Assembly of this State, revised as hereinafter provided. Said ballots shall be known as official ballots and shall be of a form to be selected by the said township clerk and Time for filing shall be printed on white paper. Petitions making nominations for any of said offices shall be filed with the said township clerk at least ten days prior to said election. Such election shall be held at the time so appointed by the said township clerk and at the place Ballots furnished. petitions. or places in the various election districts of said territory as may be designated by said township clerk, and shall be conducted by the present district boards of registry and election of said election districts. Registers Registration. of voters to be used at said election shall be the same as those used at the last general election for members. of the General Assembly of this State, and the said district boards of registry and election shall meet one week preceding the date fixed for said special election for the purpose of revising and correcting the register of voters of said municipality, one week's notice of the time and places of which meetings of said district boards of registry and election shall be given by the said district boards of registry and election by posting notices thereof in at least three of the most public places in each district in said territory. On the day following such meeting one copy of each of said registers shall be mailed to the chairman of the county board of elections of Burlington county to be filed by said board and one copy retained for the use of said district boards of registry and election. in said territory at such special election. The clerk of said township of Palmyra shall cause samples of the official ballot to be used at said special election to be printed, and shall furnish at least ten days prior to said special election a sufficient number of such sample ballots and stamped envelopes to the respective district boards of registry and election of said township, who shall at least five days prior to said special election mail one copy of the sample ballots to Sample each voter who is registered in their respective election districts for said special election. Said sample ballots shall be printed on paper different in color than the official ballot to be used at said special election, and. shall have printed at the top the words "Sample ballot and cannot be voted." No ballot shall be used by any voter at said election except the ballot furnished by the district boards of registry and election. The officers holding said election shall make return to the county clerk of the county of Burlington of the result of such election, and the officers elected at such election, on the filing of said return and the issuance ballots. Return made to county clerk. of certificates of election to them and upon their qualify- 4. That this act shall take effect immediately. Appointment. Term. Salary. Vacancy. CHAPTER 9. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act entitled 'An act to regulate elections (Revision of 1898)', approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight." Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. The office of superintendent of elections in counties of the first class in this State is hereby established. The said offices shall be filled by some suitable persons who shall be appointed by the Senate and General Assembly of his State in joint meeting ensembled. Such persons shall hold office for the term of five years from the date of such appointment and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Each of said persons shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum to be paid by the county treasurer. The persons so appointed shall have their offices in the counties for which they are appointed. In case a vacancy shall happen by death or otherwise at any time during the sitting of the Legislature, then and in such case, the vacancy so happening shall be filled during the sitting. by the Senate and General Assembly of the State, and if a vacancy by death or otherwise, shall happen during the recess of the Legislature, the Governor of the State, or in case of his death, absence or other disqualification, the person administering the government for the time being may make a temporary appointment, until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill the vacancy, and the term of the person so appointed shall commence from and after the expiration of the term of the present incumbent and he shall hold office for five years and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. 2. Each of said superintendents of elections may Chief deputy. appoint a chief deputy, a clerk, a secretary and such other assistants as he may deem necessary to carry out Assistants. the provisions of this act, and may remove the same whenever he deems it necessary so to do. Such persons when appointed by said superintendents of elections shall not be subject to any of the provisions of chapter 156 of the Laws of 1908 and the amendments thereto, but shall be in the unclassified service. Each of said superintendents of elections shall fix the salaries of the persons so appointed and said salaries certified to and approved under his hand shall be paid semimonthly by Salaries. the county treasurer of the counties in which such persons are so engaged. All other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act when certified to and approved by said superintendents of elections shall be paid by the county treasurer of the counties in which said superintendent of elections shall maintain his office. 3. The board of chosen freeholders of such counties Supplies. shall provide suitable room or rooms for the transaction of the business of said superintendent of elections and procure suitable furniture there for and such books, stationery, fuel and supplies as may be necessary from time to time. They shall provide a proper place for the safekeeping of the records and papers. 4. It shall be the duty of said superintendents of Duties. elections and their assistants in counties of the first class in this State, in order to enforce the laws of this State, regarding the conduct of elections to investigate all complaints relating to the registration of voters, and for that purpose the said superintendents of elections, and their assistants, shall have full power and authority to Penalty. Power to issue subpœnas. False statement. Presence at polling places. visit and inspect any house, dwelling, building, inn, lodging house or hotel and interrogate any inmate, housedweller, keeper, caretaker, owner, proprietor or landlord thereof or therein as to any person or persons residing or claiming to reside therein or thereat; to inspect and copy any books, records, papers or documents relating to or affecting the elections, either general, special or primary, or the registration of voters in the custody and control of district boards of registry and elections, county boards of registry and elections, or the clerks or other officers of municipalities; to require every lodging house keeper, landlord or proprietor to exhibit his register of lodgers therein at any time to such superintendent of elections, his subordinates or any other person so designated by the said superintendent of elections. Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish any information required or authorized by this act, or to exhibit the records, papers, or documents herein authorized to be inspected, or which are required to be exhibited, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 5. The said superintendent of elections shall have power to issue subpoenas for the purpose of investigating any complaint for violation of the election laws of this State, such subpoenas to be issued in the name of the superintendent of elections, and for the purpose of aiding him in enforcing the provisions of the election laws of this State. He may, in proper cases, issue subpoenas duces tecum. A subpoena issued by the superintendent of elections may be served by any peace officer or any other person designated by him for that purpose. Any person who shall omit, neglect or refuse to obey a subpoena attested in the name of the superintendent of elections and made returnable by him, or who shall refuse to testify under oath before him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. Any person who shall make any false statement under oath before the superintendent of elections, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. 6. The superintendent of elections, his subordinates, or any person or persons designated by him, may attend |