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