London, functions of county of, 165; County Council an example of county government unification, 164-166 Long ballot, its effect on organization of county government, 34; contributions of county to, 62 Los Angeles County, Cal., charter of, 61, 149, 172, 219, _et seq._; county candidates on ballot of, 62; civil service in, 191; public defender in, 200 Louisiana, police jury in, 21; insane in parish jails, 87; uniform accounting law in, 122; county local option in, 150 Macy, V. Everit, on operation of poor law in New York State, 84-85; superintendent of the poor, 200-203 Madison, James, influence in favor of retaining original county system in Virginia, 29 Mail facilities, effect on rural life and government, 24 Maine, influence of Massachusetts precedents in, 19; lack of accounting law in, 122 Marshall, John, influence in favor of retaining original Virginia county system, 29 Marshals, U. S., method of selection contrasted with that of sheriff, 33, 133 Maryland, county government, 19; lack of accounting law in, 122; highway progress in, 142; county libraries in, 199 Massachusetts, origin and early history of county in, 9; spoils system in, 52; county prisons in, 90; uniform accounting law in, 122; abolition of coroner’s office in, 133; leader in establishing state penal institutions, 137; reform institutions in, 137; state aid in highway construction in, 142; metropolitan district of, 154 Medical examiner, suggested as a substitute for coroner, 60; in Massachusetts, 133; _see_ also Chief medical examiner Medical referee (in New Hampshire), 134 Michigan, township-supervisor system in, 20; uniform accounting law in, 122; state penitentiary in, 137; county local option in, 150 Middle West, insane in almshouses, 87-88; New England influences in, 104 Milwaukee, Wis., report of City Club of, regarding city and county offices, 61; county government in, 114; proposals for city-county consolidation in, 152; relations to county, 154 Minnesota, alternative plans of county government in, 22; uniform accounting law in, 122; county local option in, 150; county libraries in, 199 Mississippi, origin of county system in, 21; county officers elective in, 29; lack of accounting law in, 122 Missouri, county-township system in, 20; alternative plans of, county organization in, 21; county officers elective in, 29; poor law and almshouse administration in, 86; equalization of taxes in, 110; lack of accounting law in, 122; county libraries in, 199 Monroe County, N. Y., absence of road records in, 98 Montana, establishment of counties in, 22; county local option in, 150 Mosquito Commission, in Hudson County, N. J., 39