2. Learn the important duties of each officer.
3. Are officers paid by fees or by salaries? Which is the better method?
4. What is the length of the term for which each county officer holds his position?
5. How many members constitute the county board? Are they commissioners or supervisors? When do the meetings of the board occur?
6. Obtain a copy of the county board's report and ascertain what important business has been transacted.
7. What buildings has the county at the county seat? Does it own property elsewhere?
8. What process is followed in laying out a new town? in the incorporation of a village?
REFERENCES.
1. The functions of government. Hoxie, How the People Rule, 11-16. Reinsch, Young Citizen's Reader, 31-46. Dole, Young Citizen, 73-92.