federal or state enumeration; (2) on primary elections in such cities and villages; (3) on party conventions in and for any political subdivision of the state, made up wholly or partly of delegates elected in any such city or village; (4) on the choice, in such cities and villages, of the members of political committees and on the conduct of political committees, in and for any political subdivision of the state, made up wholly or partly of members from any such city or village; provided, that in case territory to which this article is not applicable shall at any time become incorporated with a city or village to which it shall then be applicable, only the provisions of sections twenty-two to twenty-six, inclusive, of this article shall apply to such new territory prior to the first day of registration thereafter. The terms used § 21. Definitions and construction. in this article shall, for the purposes of this article, have application as provided in this section, unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or manifest intent. The term "committee" shall apply to any committee chosen in pursuance hereof, or of the rules and regulations of a party, to represent the members of the party in any political subdivision of the state. The term "general committee" shall apply to the county committees in the various counties of this state in which are located any of the cities or villages to which this article is applicable, and in the city of New York to the county committee, the city committee, if any, and such borough committees as may be established by any party. The term "convention" shall apply to any convention of a political party, in and for any political subdivision of the state. The term "primary election" shall apply to any primary of a political party in any political subdivision of the state to which this article is applicable. The term "unit of representation shall apply to an election district, a ward of a city, an assembly district, a congressional district, a senatorial district, or any other political subdivision of the state which, by the rules and regulations of a party, may be the unit from which members of any political convention or committee to which this article is applicable, shall be chosen. The term "custodian of primary records " shall apply to those officers or boards whose duty it is, by the provisions of this chapter, to provide official ballots for general elections in the respective cities and villages to which this article is applicable. The term "party" shall apply to any political organization which at the last preceding election of a governor polled at least ten thousand votes for governor. No organization or association of citizens for the election of city officers shall be deemed a political party within the meaning of this article, and membership in any such organization or association shall not prevent a voter from enrolling with, and acting as a member of, a political party. § 22. Enrollment books. The custodian of primary records shall cause to be prepared on or before the fifteenth day of September in each year, original enrollment books to the number of two for each election district. Such enrollment books shall be so arranged that the names of all voters of the election district may be inscribed therein alphabetically. Said books shall be delivered by the custodian of primary records to the election inspectors of the respective election districts immediately before the first day of registration in each year. § 23. Enrollment books except in cities of one million inhabitants and of second class. In cities of the first class containing a population of over three hundred thousand and less than five hundred thousand and cities of the third class to which this chapter is made applicable pursuant to section seventy-three, such enrollment books shall be so arranged and printed that there shall be fourteen columns on each page: the first for the enrollment numbers of the voters; the second for the surnames of the voters; the third for the christian names of the voters; the fourth for their residence addresses; the fifth for the word " yes"; the sixth for the name of the party, if any, with which the voter shall enroll; the seventh for an entry to show a special enrollment; the eighth for the record of transfer or removal from one election district to another; the ninth for the word "voted" in case the voter votes at the first official primary election of the year; the tenth for a record as to challenges in case he is challenged thereat; the eleventh and twelfth columns for similar entries in case he votes at the second official primary election; and the thirteenth and fourteenth columns for similar entries in case there be a third official primary election or an unofficial primary election. ar § 24. Enrollment books in cities of one million inhabitants and of second class. The enrollment books prepared for election districts within a city of the first or second class except as herein before provided, shall be ranged and printed that there shall be twelve columns on each page: the first for the enrollment numbers of the voters; the second for the surnames of voters; the third for the christian names of the voters; the fourth for their residence addresses; the fifth for the word " yes"; the sixth for the name of the party, if any, with which the voter shall enroll; the seventh for the word "voted" in case the voter votes at the first official primary election of the year; the eighth for a record as to challenges in case he is challenged thereat; the ninth and tenth columns for similar entries in case he votes at the second official primary election; and the eleventh and twelfth columns for similar entries in case there be a third official primary election or an unofficial primary election. The § 25. Voting booths and enrollment boxes. custodian of primary records shall cause at least two voting booths of the same kind and description as voting booths used at general elections, to be erected in each place of registration, before the first day of registration in each year, and such booths shall be and remain in said places of registration during the registration at the four regular meetings for registration during that year; and it shall be the duty of the custodian of primary records to furnish in each voting booth so erected the same articles as are required by law to be placed therein for a general election, which articles shall remain therein during such registration. He shall also provide in like manner one enrollment box in each place of registration of sufficient capacity to hold all the enrollment blanks and envelopes which are to be furnished for such place of registration, which shall be similar to the ballot boxes prescribed by law to be used at a general election. § 26. Enrollment blanks and envelopes. There shall also be prepared and distributed by the custodian of primary records in the manner and at public expense as provided in this chapter for the furnishing of official ballots, such a number of enrollment blanks and envelopes for each election district to the primary elections of which this article is applicable, as will exceed by two hundred the total number of voters registered in such district at the last preceding general election. The enrollment blanks shall be printed on white paper, and on the face thereof shall be printed the following, or the substance thereof, the blanks to be filled in in type so far as possible: Assembly District (or Ward); ... ..Election District; Enrollment number. to support generally at the next general election, state or national, the nominees of such party for state or national offices; and that I have not enrolled with or participated in any primary election or convention of any other party since the first day of last year. The word 'party' as used herein means a political organization which at the last preceding election of a governor, polled at least ten thousand votes for governor. .Party. (insert emblem.) о (insert emblem.) о Party. "Make a cross X mark, with a pencil having black lead, in the circle under the emblem of the party with which you wish to enroll, for the purpose of participating in its primary elections during the next year." The circles underneath the emblems shall be one inch in diameter, and in them nothing shall be printed. The party emblems shall be the same as those which were on the ballots for each party respectively at the last preceding general election, and such emblems shall be so arranged on each blank that the emblem of the majority party at the last preceding general election of a governor shall be first, and the other emblems shall follow in order in accordance with the vote cast for such office at such election; over each emblem shall be printed, in type clearly legible, the name of the party represented by such emblem. The enrollment blanks shall have thereon only the emblems of those parties to which this article is applicable and shall be distributed inclosed within the enrollment envelopes having corresponding enrollment numbers. The enrollment envelopes shall be of such size as to permit inclosure therein, without folding, of the enrollment blank, and of such weight and texture of paper as to make it impossible to read or decipher the printed matter on the blank when the same is sealed on the inside thereof. Nothing shall be printed or written upon the enrollment envelopes except the following words, or the substance thereof, blanks to be filled in in type as far as possible: "Primary Enrollment for Year.... City (or Village) of..... District." ; County of..... . Assembly District (or Ward); .Election § 27. Delivery of enrollment blanks to voters. When, in any city or village to which this article is applicable, a voter shall, at any of the four regular meetings for registration in any year, present himself to the board of election inspectors in any election district, his name and residence address shall be entered at the proper place in the two original enrollment books for that district. After he shall have been registered as a qualified voter of that election district for the next ensuing general election, the board of election inspectors, or a member thereof, shall forthwith and before such voter leaves the place of registration, enter his registration number, beginning with number one for the first voter registered on the first day, and so on in numerical order, opposite his name, in the first column of the registration books and the enrollment books, and shall write the name of the voter on the blank having the number which shall be opposite his name on the registration books, and shall fill in the other blank spaces on the enrollment envelope and blank, and shall deliver to such voter the enrollment envelope and blank having his name on it. No voter shall be given more than two sets of enrollment blanks and envelopes in any event, nor more than one set unless he shall spoil, deface, improperly mark, or otherwise destroy the first set given him. In case a second set is given him, the member of the board of election inspectors in charge of the enrollment books shall draw a line through such voter's enrollment number in the first column in said books, and of the registration books, and shall insert in such space in said columns the number which shall be upon the new set to be given him, which number shall always be the lowest number of the enrollment blanks and envelopes then unused in such booth. § 28. Enrollment by voters. Such voter desiring to enroll shall then enter a voting booth in said place of registration, and, after having closed the door thereof, may make a cross X mark with a pencil having black lead in the circle underneath the emblem of the party of his selection and thereupon inclose said enrollment blank in said envelope and seal the same, and, before leaving the place of registration, shall forthwith deposit the same in the enrollment box in said place of registration in the presence of the inspectors of election, without in any way indicating the party with which he has or has not enrolled, and the inspectors shall thereupon enter in the enrollment books in the fifth column thereof the word "yes." If a voter declines to enroll, he may return the blank and envelope to the inspector in charge of the enrollment box, and such inspector shall seal said envelope with the blank therein, indorse the name of such voter thereon and deposit the same in the enrollment box; and a |