Sheriff, maladministration of, in a central N. Y. county, 4; historical origin of, 11; court duties of, 12; duties of, in Virginia, 17; elective officer in Pennsylvania since 1726, 28; in New Jersey after Revolution, 28; falsity of theory underlying his election, 32; large fees of, in New York County, 51; appointing power restricted in New Jersey, 52; relation to deputies according to N. Y. courts, 52-53; principal police agency in early local governments, 58; conflict with other police agencies, 60, 61; limitations as jail keeper, 90; as enforcer of state laws in N. Y. State, 107; imperfectly controlled by county judge, 130; functions as court officer discussed, 132; suggestion that governor appoint, 133; inability of, in dealing with crime, 139; encroachment upon functions of, by Department of Correction in N. Y. City, 157; appointive method of selection of, proposed, 171; importance of records of, 190; _see_ Rhode Island Short ballot, the basic principle of county reconstruction, 169-170; meaning of, 181 Solicitor, _see_ District Attorney South, development of county in, 9; the insane in county almshouses of, 87 South Carolina, influence of Virginia precedents on, 19; lack of accounting law in, 123; appointive judiciary in, 131 Southwest, importance of county as unit of local government in, 22 Special legislation, testimony of county officer concerning, in N. Y. constitutional convention, 4 State constitutions, provisions of, concerning counties, 112 ---- control in taxation, 126 ---- examiners in Ohio, 121 ---- government, stiffening hold on highway matters, 95; influence in county affairs, 112-119 ---- legislatures, power over counties, 112 ---- party organization, built upon county units, 55 ---- supervision of accounts recommended, 185 State’s attorney, _see_ District Attorney Suffolk County, Mass., _see_ Boston Suffolk County, N. Y., work of Taxpayers Assn. in, 7 Superintendent of the poor, appointive method of selection proposed, 171 Supervisor (town), functions of, in N. Y., 27; elective officers in N. Y. since 1691, 28; in Hudson County, N. J., 40; influence in road affairs, 97; _see_ Board of supervisors, Essex County and Hudson County, N. J. Surrogate, jurisdiction of, in probate matters, 130 Surveyor, appointive, 172; _see_ County surveyor System (of government), importance of, as contrasted with personnel, 66, 74, 78 Tammany Hall, its influence exercised through control of county offices, 55 Tax administration, inappropriateness of town as unit for, 144; dual system of, in California, 160 ---- collector, appointive, 172 ---- laws, nullification of, by local officers, 108 Taylor, Graham, on humanitarian functions of county, 80-81 Tehama County (Cal.), charter of, 149