---- 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 Dakota, alternative plans of county government in territory of, 22 Darke County, O., management of road affairs by board of commissioners, 98 Dayton, O., city manager plan in, 175 Defectives, treatment of, in Westchester County, N. Y., 201 Delaware, lack of accounting law in, 122 Democracy, spirit of, in early nineteenth century, 25-26 Denver, selection of sheriff by mayor in, 133; classification as an urban county, 154; constitutional provisions affecting government of, 155-156; commission form of government in, 156; power of mayor in, 156; unified control in, 174 Deputy (chief) county officers, importance of, and relation to elective superiors, 50 Direct primary, doubtful value of, in county government, 48 District attorney (state), origin of, in colonial Connecticut, 12-13; popular interest in, 46; elected on false issue of law enforcement, 107-108; functions of, 134; essentially a local officer, 155; _see_ New York (state); _see also_ Prosecutor District attorney (federal), method of selection contrasted with that of local prosecutors, 33 Efficiency, Bureau of (in Los Angeles County), 191 Elective road officials, 96 Electric railways, effect on rural life and government, 23 Engineering services, duplication of in Milwaukee, 62 England, importance of its precedents in colonies, 17 Erie County, N. Y., form of county government in, 114