16. Sum up the differences between local government in Virginia and that in New England (1) as to the management of local affairs and (2) as to the choice of local officers. 17. What did Jefferson think of the principle of township government? 18. What was the equivalent in Virginia of the New England town-meeting? 19. What was the value of this frequent assembling? 20. What schooling in political liberty before the Revolution did Virginia and Massachusetts alike have? 21. What was an impressive feature of the New England system? 22. What was an impressive feature of the Virginia system? SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS. 1. How many counties are there in your state? 2. Name and place them if the number is small. 3. In what county do you live? 4. Give its dimensions. Are they satisfactory? Why? 5. Give its boundaries. 6. Is there anything interesting in the meaning or origin of its name? 7. How many towns and cities does it contain? 8. What is the county seat? Is it conveniently situated? Reasons for thinking so? 9. If convenient, visit any county building, note the uses to which it is put, and report such facts as may be thus found out. 10. Obtain a deed, no matter how old, and answer these questions about it:-- a. Is it recorded? If so, where? b. Would it be easy for you to find the record? c. Why should such a record be kept? d. What officer has charge of such records? e. What sort of work must he and his assistants do? f. The place of such records is called what? g. What sort of facilities for the public should such a place have? What safety precautions should be observed there? h. Why should the county keep such records rather than the city or the town? i. Is there a record of the deed by which the preceding owner came into possession of the property? j. What sort of title did the first owner have? Is there any record of it? Was the first owner Indian or European? (The teacher might obtain a deed and base a class exercise upon it. It is easy with a deed for a text to lead pupils to see the common-sense basis of an important county institution, and thereafter to give very sensible views as to what it should be, even if it is not fully known what it is.) 11. Is there a local court for your town or city? 12. How do its cases compare in magnitude with those tried at the county seat? 13. If a man steals and is prosecuted, who becomes the plaintiff? 14. If a man owes and is sued for debt, who becomes the plaintiff? 15. What is a criminal action? 16. What is a civil action? 17. What is the result to the defendant in the former case, if he is convicted? 18. What is the result to the defendant in the latter case, if the decision is against him? 19. Is lying a crime or a sin? May it ever become a crime? 20. Are courts of any service to the vast numbers who are never brought before them? Why?