A. A portion of a county, a whole county, or several counties combined for the purpose of electing a Senator; the amount of territory depending upon population. Q. What is a Congressional district? A. A portion of a county, a whole county, or several counties combined for the purpose of electing a "Representative in Congress;" the amount of territory depending upon population. Q. What is a Judicial district? A. One county (as in the case of New York), or several counties united for the purpose of electing Supreme Court Judges. Q. Name the civil divisions in regular order and tell what a combination of each forms? A. Road and school districts form towns; towns when united form counties; counties when united form a State; and also in many instances, Senatorial, Congressional and Judicial districts. States when united form a Union. Q. How many States are there? A. Thirty-eight. Q. How many counties in New York State? A. Sixty. Q. How many towns in New York State? A. Nine hundred and forty; the number is changing from year to year; the exact number can be found by consulting the almanacs that give the election returns. Q. How many cities in the State of New York? A. Twenty. Q. How many School Commissioner districts in New York State? A One hundred and twelve. Q. How many Assembly districts? A. One hundred and twenty-eight. Q. How many Senatorial districts? A. Thirty two. Q. How many Judicial districts? A. Eight. Q. How many Congressional districts? A. Thirty-three. Q. How many School districts in New York State? A. About twelve thousand. Q. By what authority are counties organized? A. By the State Legislature. Q. How are Towns formed? A. By an act of the board of supervisors. Q. By whom are School districts formed? A. Generally by the school commissioners, sometimes assisted by the supervisor and town clerk of the town; sometimes by special legislation. Q. What power defines the number of Assembly, Senatorial and Judicial districts? A. The State Constitution. Q. What power decides upon the number of Congressional districts? A. The Congress of the United States. NOTE--The following table will be the guide for questioning through all the succeeding pages: I. Name of office II. Number of Officials holding the same office at the same time. III. Term of office. IV. Eligibility. V. Duties. VI. Salary or how paid. II--THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Q. What is a school district? Q. How many school districts in your town? Q. How many school districts in your county? Q. How many school districts in New York State? Q. What are the names of the officers in a school district? A. I. Trustee or trustees; or a board of education. II. Clerk. III. Collector. IV. Librarian Q. What is the number of officials holding the same office at the same time? A. I. One or three trustees, as a district decides. If a board of education, it may be not less than three nor more than nine. II. One clerk III. One collector.