The People v. . Lacoste

Section first of article first of title sixth of chapter eighteenth of part first of the Revised Statutes, provides for the election of wardens and vestrymen in the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State. The section contains this provision: "At all such elections" (referring, with other elections, to the annual election of wardens and vestrymen), "the rector * * shall preside, and receive the votes of the electors and be the returning officer, and shall enter the proceedings in the book of minutes of the vestry, and sign his name thereto, and offer the same to as many electors as he shall…