Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of David V. Moore and Michael F. Skane, Electors and Taxpayers of the Town of Beekman, Dutchess County, N. Y., Appellants, for Resubmission, etc., of the Local Option Questions under Section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law of the State of New York. Henry D. Slocum and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-03
Citations: 161 A.D. 953
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of David V. Moore and Michael F. Skane, Electors and Taxpayers of the Town of Beekman, Dutchess County, N. Y., Appellants, for Resubmission, etc., of the Local Option Questions under Section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law of the State of New York. Henry D. Slocum and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 953–953

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of David V. Moore and Michael F. Skane, Electors and Taxpayers of the Town of Beekman, Dutchess County, N. Y., Appellants, for Resubmission, etc., of the Local Option Questions under Section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law of the State of New York. Henry D. Slocum and Others, Respondents.
See Consol. Laws, chap. 34 (Laws of 1909, chap. 39), § 13, as amd. by Laws of 1910, chap. 485.— [Rep.

Opinion:
Order reversed and resubmission ordered, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, on the ground that the question of local option could not be legally submitted under the Liquor Tax Law where the notice of a meeting for Tuesday was not published till the previous Saturday. The requirement of at least live days' prior publication is mandatory. (Matter of Town of Livingston, 189 N. Y. 549; 23 Cyc. 99.) Although the conduct of the election is not complained of and the ballots showed a general expression by the town electors, this failure" in the length of time of publication made the vote cast wholly void and requires a resubmission. Jenks, P. J., Burr, Thomas, Carr and Putnam, JJ., concurred.