Essex County, N. J., classification as urban county, 154; county park system in, 163; office of supervisor in, 173-174 Examiners (state), character of service rendered to local officials, 123 Executive, how absence of, militates against proper law enforcement, 34-35, 74 Federation, proposed in Alameda County, Cal., 159-160 Feeble-minded, removed from county control, 83 Fees, attraction of, to politician and disposition of, 50-51; of coroner, 50; theory of system, 51; failure of system, 51, 202; abolishment of, in Los Angeles County, 173 Finance, laxity in methods of, 70; in bridge construction, 183 Fire protection, proposed as county function in Alameda County, Cal., 160 Flaherty _v._ Milliken, decision in, involving sheriff’s liability, 53 Florida, uniform accounting law in, 122 Freeholders, Board of Chosen, (N. J.), 173 Georgia, uniform accounting law in, 122 “Good roads” movement, effect on highway administration, 95, 140 Governing body, ill-adapted for executive functions, 41; insufficient control over elective county officers, 41; _see also_ Boards of supervisors, Freeholders, Commissioners Governor, formerly appointed county officers in Kentucky, 28; ineffective control over county officers, 36; suggestion that sheriffs be appointed by, 133; county officers appointed by, in Massachusetts, 158 Hamilton County (O.), _see_ Cincinnati Haviland, Dr. C. Floyd, on treatment of insane in Pennsylvania, 88 Health (public), neglected in rural communities, 60; beginnings and basic idea of movement for, 83; county as a unit for administration of, 143; program of, needed in rural sections, under county control, 195 Highways, as a unifying factor in modern life, 94; amount spent in U. S. in 1913, 94; growing state control over, 95; diminution of county control over, 140 _et seq._; state aid for, 141; _see also_ Roads and bridges Home office, relations to county of London, 166 Home rule (county), 145-150; text of provisions in California constitution, 207-218; proposed constitutional amendment in New York, 247-250 Hospital service, duplication of agencies for, in Milwaukee 61; _see also_ County hospital Hudson County, N. J., court house scandal in, 7; boulevard commission in, 38; separate powers of commission, 38; park system, 39; building of court house in, 75; classification as urban county, 154; supervisor in, 173-174 Humanitarian functions of county, 80-93 Idaho, establishment of counties in, 22; county local option in, 150