§ 477. Local option. Subject to the provisions of this article, and
pursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine
of article one of the constitution of the state, the legislature hereby
gives and grants to every municipality the right, power and authority to
authorize the conduct of bingo games by authorized organizations within
the territorial limits of such municipality provided, however, that
where the electors of a village shall hereafter approve a local law or
ordinance pursuant to section four hundred seventy-eight of this
article, the right, power and authority under this article of any town
in which such village is located shall not extend to such village during
such time as such village local law or ordinance is in effect.