The County: The 'Dark Continent' of American Politics - Henry S. Gilbertson

Cawcroft, E. “The Sheriff and a State Constabulary.” In Proceedings of the First Conference for Better County Government.
Civic League of Cleveland. (Formerly the municipal association.) The Sheriff’s office, 1912. 26 pp.

State Administrative Supervision

Brindley, J. E. “State Supervision of County Assessment and Taxation.” Annals of American Academy, May, 1913, pp. 213-226.

State Police

“Why the Farms and Villages of New York State Need Protection.” 1915. Committee for a state police, 7 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y.
“Why New York Needs a State Police.” 1915. Committee for a state police.

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]