Section 703. Petition for annexation

1. Territory in one or more local
  governments adjoining one or more other local governments may be annexed
  to the latter pursuant to the provisions of this article.    A  petition
  for  such  annexation, describing the territory, stating the approximate
  number of inhabitants thereof, and signed (1) by  at  least  twenty  per
  centum  of  the  persons residing therein, if any, qualified to vote for
  officers of the city or town in which such territory is situated or,  if
  such  territory  is situated in a village, for officers of such village,
  or (2) by the owners of a majority in assessed  valuation  of  the  real
  property  in  such territory assessed upon the last preceding assessment
  roll of, or utilized by, the local government or governments in which it
  is situated, may be presented to the governing board or  boards  of  the
  affected  local  government  or  governments  in which such territory is
  situated and a certified copy or copies thereof to the  governing  board
  or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed
  to annex such territory.
    2.  The  petition  must also be authenticated as to all the signatures
  upon each separate sheet by appending at the bottom  of  such  sheet  an
  affidavit  of a witness as to the subscription thereof, substantially as
  follows:
 
  State of New York       )
                          )  ss.:
  County of ...........   )
 
  (name of witness) being duly sworn, says: I reside at .......... in  the
  .......... of .......... (fill in residence) in the state of New York; I
  know  each  of the persons whose names are subscribed to the above sheet
  having ............. (fill in  number)  signatures;  and  each  of  them
  subscribed the same in my presence.
 
                                          ............................
                                            (Signature of witness.)
 
   Sworn to before me this ....
   day of ............ , 19....
   ............................
   (Official title of officer)
 
    3.  If  the petition is signed by the owners of a majority in assessed
  valuation of the real property in such territory assessed upon the  last
  preceding  assessment  roll  of, or utilized by, the local government or
  governments in which the territory is situated, there must  be  attached
  to  the  petition  a  certificate  of  an  assessor  responsible for the
  preparation of such assessment roll certifying to such facts. If  signed
  by  at  least  twenty  per centum of the qualified resident electors, as
  defined in subdivision one of this section, there must  be  attached  to
  the  petition  a  certificate  of  the  board of elections of the county
  containing such territory, certifying to such facts.