Section 16-1608. Reincorporation of certain villages confirmed

All villages
  in  the  state  incorporated  by  special  laws  and  subject  to  their
  provisions which have attempted to reincorporate under the provisions of
  chapter  four  hundred  and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and
  ninety-seven and  the  acts  amendatory  thereof,  between  July  first,
  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-seven and January first, nineteen hundred
  and four, or under the provisions of chapter sixty-four of the  laws  of
  nineteen  hundred  and nine to the date of the adoption of this chapter,
  and  which  have  held  their  elections,  elected  their  officers  and
  conducted  their  municipal  affairs under or agreeably or substantially
  under or substantially agreeable to the provisions of said law  for  the
  period  of  one  year, or longer are hereby declared to be regularly and
  duly incorporated villages under  this  chapter;  and,  so  far  as  any
  defects,  omissions  or  irregularities  to  the  proceedings  for  such
  reincorporation affect their annual and special elections  and  meetings
  and  their  acts  and proceedings at such elections and meetings and the
  election of their mayors and their other village officers  and  all  the
  acts  and  proceedings  of their boards of trustees and all the acts and
  proceedings of their officers, their said annual and  special  elections
  and  meetings  and  the  election of their mayors and trustees and their
  other village officers and all acts and proceedings of their  boards  of
  trustees  and all the acts and proceedings of their officers, are hereby
  declared to be legal and valid; and so far as any defects, omissions  or
  irregularities  in their proceedings for such reincorporation affect the
  title to the offices held by their mayors, trustees and other  officers,
  their said mayors, trustees and other officers are hereby declared to be
  legally  holding  and  entitled  to  their  offices  de  jure  until the
  expiration thereof as provided by this chapter.
    This section shall not affect any action or proceeding now pending  in
  any court.