Telephone, effect on rural life and government, 24 Tennessee, influence of early Virginia precedents on county government, 20; county officers of, made appointive, 28; uniform accounting law in, 122 Texas, American county system established in, 22; lack of accounting law in, 123; county local option in, 150 Town, dominant idea in local government of New England, 17; relation of county to, in New England, 143; inappropriateness of, for performance of certain functions, 143-144 Township officers in Los Angeles County charter, 225-227 Treasurer, elective in Massachusetts, 27; appointive, 172; _see_ county treasurer Tuberculosis, effect upon general public health movement of fight against, 195 Turnpike companies, as road builders and operators, 94 Uniformity in county legislation, 112 _et seq._ Urban communities, growth of, 57 Urban counties, 57-65 Utah, establishment of counties in, 22; lack of accounting law in, 123 Vermont, lack of accounting law in, 123 Virginia, origin of counties of, 16; constitutional convention, discussion concerning local government in, 29; reaction against appointive system of, 29; lack of accounting law in, 123; highway progress in, 142; independent cities of, 153 Westchester County, work of Research Bureau, 7; patronage in political advertising, 53-54; recommendations of official commission in, for county home rule, 148; auditing practices in, 184; discrepancies between estimates, etc., for poor relief in, 184; _see_ County planning, V. Everit Macy Westchester County Chamber of Commerce, its activities in county planning, 197; in activities for better county government, 204 Westchester County Research Bureau, statement concerning budget making, 186-187 Western Reserve, New England influences in, 20, 104 West Virginia, uniform accounting law in, 122 Wisconsin, compromise plan of county government, township system in, 21; spoils system in, 52; provisions for county graduate nurse in, 196; county libraries in, 199 Wyoming, auditing system in, 122; county libraries in, 199 Transcriber’s Notes In a few cases, obvious punctuation errors have been corrected. Page 27: “Massachussetts had always had it” changed to “Massachusetts had always had it” Page 142: “cases to impofe standards” changed to “cases to impose standards” Page 192: “comparative efficiency of employes” changed to “comparative efficiency of employees” Page 236: “comparative efficiency of employes” changed to “comparative efficiency of employees” Page 238: “No officer or employe of the county,” changed to “No officer or employee of the county,” Page 245: “No attorney, agent, stockholder or employe of any firm” changed to “No attorney, agent, stockholder or employee of any firm”