§ 175. Election of fire district officers. 1. An annual election shall\nbe held in each fire district on the second Tuesday in December, except\nthat in the Ocean Bay Park fire district, the Lonelyville fire district,\nthe Davis Park fire district, the Cherry Grove fire district, the Fair\nHarbor fire district and the Fire Island Pines fire district, Suffolk\ncounty, such annual election shall be held on the second Tuesday in\nJuly, except that in the town of Salisbury, Herkimer county, such annual\nelection shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday\nin November from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the\nevening and except that in the Belfast fire district, Allegany county,\nsuch annual election shall be held on the first Tuesday in December. The\nboard of fire commissioners shall give notice thereof by the publication\nof a notice once in one or more newspapers having a general circulation\nin the district. The first publication of such notice shall be not less\nthan twenty-seven days and not more than thirty-four days prior to the\ndate of such election. Such notice shall specify the time when and the\nplace where such election will be held, the officers to be elected\nthereat and their terms of office, and the hours during which the polls\nwill be open for the receipt of ballots. The secretary of such fire\ndistrict shall prepare the ballots for all elections of fire district\nofficers and the polls shall remain open for the receipt thereof at all\nelections of fire district officers from six o'clock in the evening\nuntil nine o'clock in the evening and such additional consecutive hours\nprior thereto as the board of fire commissioners of such district may\nhave determined and specified in the notice thereof. The board of fire\ncommissioners shall designate a resident fire district elector, who\nshall be a registered voter of the town, to act as chairman of any\nelection of said district and shall designate not less than two nor more\nthan four resident fire district electors, who shall be registered\nvoters of the town to act as election inspectors and ballot clerks at\nsuch elections. No elective officer of the fire district shall serve as\nsuch chairman or as an election inspector or ballot clerk. The board of\nfire commissioners may adopt a resolution providing that such chairman,\nelection inspectors and ballot clerks shall be paid for their respective\nservices at any such annual election or at any special election of the\nfire district. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the amount of such\ncompensation, as follows: if the hours during which the polls will be\nopen for the receipt of ballots are from six o'clock in the evening\nuntil nine o'clock in the evening, a sum not to exceed seventy dollars\nfor each such official; if additional consecutive hours prior to six\no'clock in the evening are determined and specified in the notice of\nelection, a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars for each such\nofficial.\n 2. Every elector of the town who shall be a registered voter and who\nshall have resided in the district for the period of thirty days next\npreceding any election of fire district officers shall be qualified to\nvote for such officers. Every elector of the town who shall be a\nregistered voter and who shall have resided in the fire district for the\nperiod of thirty days next preceding any election at which a proposition\nshall be submitted, shall be qualified to vote upon such proposition.\n 3. Every fire district commissioner, treasurer and secretary must at\nthe time of his election or appointment and throughout his term of\noffice be a resident of such fire district. Membership in a volunteer\nfire company shall not disqualify any such fire district commissioner,\ntreasurer or secretary. A person who has been convicted of arson in any\ndegree shall not be eligible for election or appointment to the office\nof fire district commissioner, treasurer or secretary. Any
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