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INDEX
- Accounting, (uniform) in Ohio, [122];
- significance of better, [181], [184]-[185];
- unit cost, [185]
- Administration, scientific, [181]-[192]
- Advertising (political), as a source of patronage, [53];
- see also [County press]
- Agricultural associations, importance in rural life, [203]
- Alabama, origin of county system in, [21];
- county officers elective in, [29];
- report of prison inspector quoted, [92];
- lack of accounting law in, [122];
- county local option in, [150]
- Alameda County, Cal., work of Tax Association in, [7];
- home rule charter proposed in, [81]-[149];
- classification as an urban county, [154];
- map of, diagram of proposed federation of, [161]-[162];
- savings effected through better purchasing methods in, [189];
- recommendations as to purchasing methods in, [190]
- Almshouse, description of early, [82], [83];
- insane in, [87], [137]-[138];
- in Westchester County, [200]-[201];
- a Texas, [266]-[273];
- see [South]
- American Judicature Society, proposals for county judiciary of, [131]
- American Revolution, influence of its philosophy on local government institutions, [25]
- Appointive power, lack of, in county, [30]
- Appointive system, workings of, in eastern states, [30]
- Appointments, new method employed in Westchester County, N. Y., [201]
- Arizona, uniform accounting law in, [122]
- Arkansas, lack of accounting law in, [122]
- Assessment and taxation, county as a unit of, [125];
- state control over, [126]
- Assessors, functions of, in New Jersey, [27];
- elective officers since 1693, [28];
- local selection of, [108]-[109]
- Auditing, significance of better, [181]; [187] et seq.
- Auditor, importance of independence of, [188]
- Automobile, effect on rural life and government, [23]
- Ballot, insignificance of county officers on, in many cases, [44]
- Baltimore, abolition of county government in, [153];
- classification as an urban county, [154]
- Board of Chosen Freeholders, powers reduced in Hudson County, N. J., [38]
- Board of Supervisors, clerks of, in New York, appear before constitutional convention, [3];
- function in fiscal administration of, [14];
- duty of, in law enforcement, [132]-[133];
- how constituted in ideal county, [171];
- text of provisions in Los Angeles County charter concerning, [220]-[223];
- see also [Governing body]
- Boroughs, proposed division of Alameda County, Cal., into, [160]
- Boston, city-county consolidation in, [158];
- metropolitan district compared to London, [164]
- Boundaries (county), made obsolete by conditions of modern life, [23];
- power to change county, [113];
- necessity for relocation of, [153]
- Boyle, Prof. John A., on reporting and accounting laws, [122]
- Bramhall, F. D, on obscurity of urban counties, [65]
- Bridges, frauds in building of, [77];
- awarding of contracts for, [98]-[99];
- awarding of contracts for, in Polk County, Iowa, [100];
- see [Roads and bridges]
- Bronx County, N. Y., formation of, [24]
- Budget, importance of adequate county executive in making of, [176];
- nature of, [177];
- significance of better, [181];
- accounting basis for, [185]-[187]
- Buffalo, N. Y., relation to county, [154];
- see [Erie County]
- Bureau of Inspection, etc., in Ohio, [121]
- Bureau of Public Efficiency, (Chicago), on special county legislation, [116]
- Butte County (Cal.), charter of, [149]
- California, extent of merit system in counties of, [52];
- county legislation in, [115];
- uniform accounting law in, [122];
- salary of county judges in, [130];
- highway progress and plans in, [142];
- success of municipal home rule in, [146];
- county home rule in, [145]-[147];
- county libraries in, [199], [207]-[219];
- see also [Alameda County], [Los Angeles County], [San Francisco County], [Assessors]
- Cartwright, Otho G., quoted, [176]
- Charities, State Board of, in New York, [128];
- modern methods in administration of, [136];
- gradual abandonment of county as unit for administration of, [138]
- Chicago, candidates for county offices voted for in, [62];
- law enforcement in, [106];
- county government in, [114];
- see also [Cook County], Ill.
- Chief medical examiner (in New York City), [134];
- text of law, [257]-[265]
- Children, prohibition against commitment to almshouses, [83];
- injustice done to destitute, under New York poor laws, [85];
- treatment of, in Westchester County, [202]
- Cincinnati, Ohio, proposals for city-county consolidation in, [152]
- Cities, reconstructive forces in American, [1];
- greater need for government in, [151];
- consolidation with counties, [151]-[167];
- importance solving the county problem of, [167];
- commission government in, [169]
- Citizenship (rural), [194]
- Civil Service, slow growth of reform in counties, [52];
- state control over, [126]-[127];
- in Los Angeles County, Cal., [172]-[173], [231]-[239]
- Clerk of Court, duties of, [13];
- relation to the bench, [135];
- see [County Clerk]
- Cleveland, Ohio, county government in, [114];
- proposal for city-county consolidation in, [152];
- relation to county, [154]
- Clinton County, N. Y., (County “B”), irregularities in county offices of, [72]-[73]
- Colorado, establishment of counties in, [22];
- extent of merit system in, [52];
- uniform accounting law in, [122];
- provisions in constitution of, affecting Denver, [155]
- Commission plan of city government, [169]
- Commissioner of Charities and Correction, [202]
- Commissioners (county) in Pennsylvania, [28]
- Commitments to almshouses,—abuses of, in New York, [85], [200]
- Comptroller (state), ineffective as check upon county officers without adequate examining staff, [36]
- Connecticut, origin of county in, [9];
- local system of courts in, [12];
- public prosecutor in, [12];
- influence of Massachusetts precedents in, [19];
- convention in, [38];
- appointive judiciary in, [131]
- Consolidation (city and county), under California constitution, [149];
- in general, [151]-[167]
- Constables, law enforcement by, in New York State, [107], [138]
- Constabulary, Pennsylvania, [140];
- in Los Angeles County charter, [231]
- Constitution (state), provisions concerning counties, [112], [115]
- Cook County, Ill., President of Board of Commissioners elected by people, [40];
- large fees of treasurer in, [51];
- county commissioners prevent accounting for county treasurer’s fees, [52];
- duplication of local governments in, [63];
- humanitarian functions of, [80], [81];
- prisoners in county jail of, [80];
- insane cared for by, [81];
- dependent children cared for by, [81];
- appropriations for, in 1913, [81]
- Coroner, origin of, [13];
- falsity of theory underlying his election, [32];
- fees of, [50];
- failures in urban counties, [59];
- abolition of, proposed, [133];
- appointive, [172];
- see [Massachusetts], [New York] (city).
- Corruption and form of government, [102]
- Council, powers of, in Indiana counties, [37]
- Council of appointment in New York State, [28]
- County, the, treatment of problem in New York constitutional convention, [2], [3];
- popular apathy concerning, [5];
- neglect of, in college courses, and by journalists, [6];
- general statistics concerning, in U. S., [7]-[8];
- colonial origin of, [9] et seq.;
- legal relation to state government, [10], [11];
- general manner of its development, [22]-[23];
- decline of, in England, [23];
- unadapted to urban conditions, [24];
- its failure as a humanitarian agency, [92];
- relation to state government, [113], [127], [128];
- power to erect new, [113];
- limitation on powers of, [113];
- misuse of funds by, [120];
- as unit for tax assessment, [125];
- growing importance of, in certain directions, [143];
- superiority over town as tax assessment and collection unit, [144];
- abolishment of, proposed in New York City, [157];
- the ideal, [168]
- —— chambers of commerce, [203]
- —— clerk, duties of, [13];
- independence of county judge, [130];
- relation to the bench, [135];
- appointment of advocated, [135];
- appointive method of selection of, [171], [172]
- ——committee, actual power in selecting county officers, [48];
- basis of party organization, [55]
- —— court, consisted of justices of the peace in Virginia, [17];
- its administrative functions in some states, [17];
- jurisdiction of, [129]-[132];
- see also [County Judge], [Cook County]
- —— custodian, office of, created in a New York county, [5]
- —— governments, lack of control over local policies, [15];
- ineffectual in operation owing to lack of unity, [43];
- lack of popular interest in and its effects, [43]-[44];
- their stereotyped condition in face of new responsibilities, [60];
- at work, [66]-[79];
- defects in, as affecting highway matters, [95];
- general criticism of, [170]
- —— health officers in North Carolina, [195]-[196]
- —— hospital in Westchester County (N. Y.), [202]
- —— jail, separate jurisdiction of, in Milwaukee, [62];
- overcrowding of, [91];
- buildings faultily constructed and unsanitary, [91];
- need of publicity concerning, [92];
- in Westchester County (N. Y.), [202];
- insane in, [271]-[273];
- see also [Cook County], Ill.
- —— judge formerly appointed county officers in Tennessee, [28];
- see also [New York] (state), [County Court]
- —— libraries, [198]-[199]
- —— lieutenant, militia officer in colonies, [17]
- —— manager, proposed, [175];
- probable influence of, [176]-[177];
- proposed in Oregon, [178];
- in New York, [178]-[179];
- in Alameda County, Cal., [180];
- text of proposed law providing for, [251]-[256]
- —— officers, duties of, in colonial New England, [18];
- effect of obscurity on, [44];
- effect of divided allegiance upon efficiency of, [68];
- in Los Angeles County, [223]-[225];
- under Los Angeles County charter, [227]-[229]
- —— physician, in New Jersey functions of, [134];
- in North Carolina, [195]
- —— planning in Westchester County, N. Y., [197]-[198]
- —— poor farm in Westchester County, N. Y., [201]
- —— prisons, administration of, by counties, [89]-[92];
- see also [County jail]
- —— superintendent of schools appointive, [172]
- —— surveyor as road master, [96]
- —— treasurer, created in Massachusetts, [18];
- see [Cook County], Ill.
- Court houses, scandals characteristic of building of, [76];
- in Hudson County, N. J., [74]-[75]
- Courts, differentiation of functions necessary in urban communities, [59];
- see also [County Court], [local system of], in colonial Connecticut, [12]
- Cox, Governor James J., efforts to improve tax assessment system in Ohio, [111]
- Cuyahoga County, O., see [Cleveland]