examine witnesses in their own behalf. Such court or justice shall have power, by a subpoena duces tecum, to compel the production before him of it, for examination, of any books or papers of any kind or of any other thing which he or it may require in the conduct of such inquiry, and which is relevant and material. Such court or justice shall have power to cause any person who shall neglect or refuse to appear before him or it as a witness, having been duly summoned, to be brought before him or it; and any person in attendance as a witness, who shall refuse to be sworn as a witness, or who being sworn shall refuse to answer any proper questions propounded to him, and any person who, having been duly summoned, shall neglect or refuse to appear before such court or justice, may be adjudged guilty of contempt and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

Derivation: Election Law, § 219, as added by L. 1906, ch. 502, § 1. § 560. Judgment and penalty.

The said court or justice thereof shall render judgment in such proceedings as follows: If such person or persons or committee or committees proceeded against, have failed to file the required statement, or have filed a false or incomplete statement, without willful intent to defeat the provisions of this article, the judgment shall require the person or persons proceeded against to file such statement or such amendment to the statement, as shall render the same true and complete, within ten days of the entry of the judgment, and to pay the costs and expenses of the proceeding. If such person or persons or committee or committees have failed to file a statement, or have filed a false or incomplete statement, and such failure to file or such false or incomplete statement was due to a willful intent to defeat the provisions of this article, or if the person or persons proceeded against shall fail to file the required statement or amendment as directed by a judgment of a court or justice within ten days after the entry of such judgment, the person or persons or committee or committees proceeded against shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. If such person or persons or committee or committees have filed a statement complying with the provisions of this article, or if the person or persons, committee or committees proceeded against, or either of them, are not required to file a statement as prescribed herein, the court or justice shall render judgment against the applicant or applicants, and in favor of such person or committee, for his or their costs and disbursements, to be taxed by such court or justice.

Derivation: Election Law, § 220, as added by L. 1906, ch. 502, § 1. § 561. Application of article limited.

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to elections of town or village officers in any .town or village, or to any person, association or corporation engaged in the publication or distribution of any newspaper or other publication issued at regular intervals in respect to the ordinary conduct of such business.

Derivation: Election Law, § 221, as added by L. 1906, ch. 502, § 1.

§ 562. Party funds not to be expended for primary purposes.

No contributions of money, or the equivalent thereof, made, directly or indirectly, to any party, or to any party committee or member thereof, or to any person representing or acting on behalf of a party, or any moneys now in the treasury of any party, or party committee, shall be expended in aid of the designation or nomination of any person to be voted for at a primary election, either as a candidate for nomination for public office, or for any party position.

Derivation: Added by L. 1911, ch. 891, § 64, in effect Nov. 15, 1911.
Amended by L. 1913, ch. 820, in effect Dec. 17, 1913.

ARTICLE 17.

LAWS REPEALED; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT.

Section 570. Laws repealed.

571. When to take effect.

§ 570. Laws repealed.

Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.

CONSOLIDATORS' NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REPEALS.

When a statute has been specifically repealed, that and the repealing statute are given without an explanatory note.

L. 1778, ch. 12, § 10. - Provides for the delivery of commissions under the great seal of state to delegates to the continental congress.

Obsolete.

L. 1778, ch. 39. Provides for a special election in the eastern district of the state to elect certain public officers. Temporary and obsolete.

L. 1787, ch. 15.-L. 1801, ch. 193, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised acts of 1801, one of which, L. 1801, ch. 61, regulates the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and members of assembly and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

L. 1789, ch. 35. — Directs the supervisors of the county of Westchester to meet on the fourth Monday of May in each year to canvass votes for members of assembly. Superseded by L. 1801, ch. 61, and included in the repeal by L. 1801, ch. 193, which repeals all acts which come within the purview of the revised acts of 1801.

L. 1791, ch. 5.

Amends L. 1787, ch. 15. Superseded by L. 1801, ch. 61, and included in the repeal by L. 1801, ch. 193, which repeals all acts which come within the purview of the revised acts of 1801.

L. 1792, ch. 33. Repeals L. 1789, ch. 12, and L. 1791, ch. 52,\ \regulating the election of representatives to congress. Obsolete.

L. 1792, ch. 72.- Provides for the appointment of presidential electors for the election in 1792, and for the convening of the legislature in case of an election prior to the ordinary time. Temporary and obsolete.

L. 1792, ch. 1 (16th Sess.). Repeals L. 1792, ch. 72, § 2, which apportions the presidential electors for the year 1792, among four districts of the state.

L. 1792, ch. 5.- Regulates the election of representatives in congress. Expires by limitation with the taking of a future census of the inhabitants of this state. Temporary and obsolete.

L. 1793, ch. 14. Provides for the election of senators in congress and expires by limitation forty days after the first meeting of the legislature after January 1, 1800. Temporary and obsolete.

L. 1796, ch. 32.-L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts" within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 25, p. 246, relates to the election of president and vice-president and contains the substance of the statute repealed. L. 1796, ch. 57, § 32. Continues L. 1792, ch. 5, which regulates the election of representatives in congress, until March 1, 1797. Temporary and obsolete.

L. 1797, ch. 62; L. 1799, ch. 51.-L. 1801, ch. 193, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised acts of 1801, one of which, L. 1801, ch. 61, regulates the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and members of assembly, and another of which, L. 1801, ch. 64, regulates the election of representatives in congress. The two contain the substance of the statutes repealed.

L. 1800, ch. 23. Revives L. 1793, ch. 14, which regulates the election of senators in congress. L. 1801, ch. 24, was afterward enacted to regulate the same subject. Abrogated and obsolete.

L. 1801, ch. 64.-L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 46, p. 243, regulates the elections of representatives in congress and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

L. 1802, ch. 81.-L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813 one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 68, p. 241, apportions the senate and assembly districts and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

L. 1804, ch. 2.

L. 1827, ch. 9, § 4, ¶ 1, repeals all laws "consolidated and re-enacted in " R. S., pt. 1, ch. 6; R. S., pt. 1, ch. 6, tit. 8, art. 3, § 11, contains the substance of the statute repealed.

L. 1809, ch. 16. —L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 25. p. 246, provides for the compensation of presidential electors and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

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L. 1810, ch. 193, § 12. - L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 41, p. 247, provides for the return by inspectors of elections of votes for governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and representatives in congress and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

L. 1812, ch. 56.-L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 25, p. 246, regulates the meetings of presidential electors and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

As the statutes covered by express repealing acts have been repealed by the Consolidated Laws, the repealing statutes have been recommended for repeal. L. 1812, ch. 169.-L. 1813, ch. 202, repeals all acts "within the purview or operation" of the revised laws of 1813, one of which, 2 R. L., ch. 46, p. 243, regulates the election of representatives in congress and contains the substance of the statute repealed.

2 R. L., 1813, ch. 25, p. 246.- Regulates the proceedings of presidential electors. So much as is inconsistent with L. 1825, ch. 33, is repealed by § 5 of that act. Abrogated and obsolete.

2 R. L., 1813, ch. 41, p. 247. Regulates elections of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and members of assembly. Superseded by L. 1822, ch. 250.

2 R. L., 1813, ch. 46, p. 243. Regulates the election of representa⚫tives in congress. Superseded by L. 1822, ch. 250.

L. 1819, ch. 37. Enacts that the election of representatives in congress