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Should county supervisors be expected to rely upon the
legal advice of an attorney whom they did not hire and can not
fire?
15. List the arguments for and against a public defender for
every county.
16. Would county assessment of property be an improvement
upon the present system of township assessment and county
equalization?
17. What is the so-called "City-County" problem?
18. What problems arise in connection with City-County
consolidation?
19. Is there any need of county government within the limits
of large cities?
20. How should the problem of the overlapping of the func-
tions of the county and the large city be solved?
21. Make a chart showing the organization of a typical county
government.
22. Make a chart showing how county government ought to
be organized according to your own conception of it.
23. Make a chart showing how county government ought
to be organized according to the recommendations of the leading
authorities in the field of local government. Compare these
charts and explain the differences that exist.
24. From what sources are the suggestions for reform in local
government coming? What are some obstacles in the way of
reform?
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References
Beard's Readings in American Government and Politics, New and Re-
vised Edition, Chap. XXIX.
Munro's The Government of the United States, Third Edition, Chap.
XLIV.
Ogg and Ray's Introduction to American Government, Fourth Edition,
Chaps. XXXIX-XL, XLVI.
Bates and Field's State Government (1928), Chap. XVI.
Porter's County and Township Government in the United States (1922),
Chaps. XV-XVII.
Mathews and Berdahl's Documents and Readings in American Govern-
ment (1928), Chap. XXVII.
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? APPENDIX
POLITICAL TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS WITH WHICH
THE STUDENT SHOULD BECOME FAMILIAR
1. Abatement
2. Absolute pardon
3. Accessory
4. Accessories before the fact
5. Accessories after the fact
6. Accomplice
7. Acquittal
8. Adjective law
9. Adjourn sine die
10. Administration
11. Administrative personnel
12. Administrator
13. Affidavit
14. Alien
15. Amnesty
16. Appellate jurisdiction
17. Aristocracy
18. Arson
19. Assault and battery
20. Attorney-at-law
21. Attorney-in-fact
22. Bail
23. Bailiff
24. Bicameral legislature
25. Bigamy
26. Bill of attainder
27. Bill of rights
28. Bloc
29. Blue sky laws
30. Body politic
31. Bona fide
32. Bribery
33. Budget
34. Burglary
35. Caucus
36. Change of venue
37. Citizen
38. Citizenry
39. Citizenship
40. Civil law
41. Civil service
42. Closed primary
43. Closure rule
44. Committee of the Whole
45. Commutation
46. Compulsory referendum
47. Constituents
48. Constitution
49. Contempt of court
50. Contract
51. Corporation
52. Counterfeiting
53. Crime
54. Criminal law
55. Cross-examination
56. Dark horse
57. Decree
58. De facto
59. Dejure
60. Democracy
61. Demurrer
62. Deposition
63. Direct government
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APPENDIX
64. Direct initiative
65. Direct primary
66. Direct tax
67. Due process of law
68. Embezzlement
69. Eminent domain
70. Equity
71. Executor
72. Ex post facto
73. Extradition
74. Federal government
75. Felony
76. Filibustering
77. Forgery
78. Franchise
79. General election
80. Gerrymandering
81. Government
82. Grand jury
83. Habeas corpus
84. Impeach
85. Indict
86. Indictment
87. Indiana ballot
88. Indirect initiative
89. Indirect primary
90. Indirect tax
91. Initiative
92. Injunction
93. Inquest
04. In rem
95. Intestate
96. Intrastate
97. Intervention
98. Judgment
09. Jurisdiction
100. Jury
101. Jus sanguinis
102. Jus soli
103. Kidnaping
104. Larceny
105. Laissez faire
106. Lame duck
107. Law
108. Libel
109. Lien
no. Lobby
in. Log-rolling
112. Majority
113. Mandamus
114. Mandate
115. Manslaughter
116. Massachusetts ballot
117. Mayhem
118. Merit system
119. Misdemeanor
120. Monarchy
121. Murder
122. Murder, First degree
123. Murder, Second degree
124. Nation
125. Naturalization
126. Negligence
127. Non-contiguous territory
128. Nuisance
129. Office
130. Open primary
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147. Poll-tax
148. Pork-barrel legislation
149. Posse comitatus
150. Presidential government
151. Presidential primary
152. Primary
153. Primogeniture
154. Probate
:SS. Probation
156. Proportional representation
157. Protectorate
:S8. Public bill
:S9. Quo warranto
[60. Real property
;6i. Reapportionment
62. Recall
:63. Referendum
:64. Representative government
165. Reprieve
66. Rider
:67. Robbery
:68. Secret diplomacy
:69. Senatorial courtesy
70. Short ballot
71. Sovereignty
C72. Split ticket
173. Spoils system
174. Stare decisis
175. State
76. Statute
77. Subpoena
78. Subsidy
79. Suffrage
80. Summons
81. Talesman
:82. Tax
:83. Tort
. 84. Treason
:8s. Treaty
:86. Ultimatum
87. Unitary government
88. Unit rule
:89. Venire facias
go. Venireman
91. Verdict
:92. Veto
:93. Warrant
:94. Writ of certiorari
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? LIST OF SUGGESTED REFERENCES
Frank G. Bates and Oliver P. Field, State Government (1928).
Charles A. Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics,
New and Revised Edition.
Charles A. Beard and William Beard, The American Leviathan (1930).
Robert C. Brooks, Political Parties and Electoral Problems, Revised
Edition.
James Bryce, The American Commonwealth (1924).
J. A. Fairlie, The National Administration of the United States (1905).
James W. Garner, Political Science and Government (1928).
Raymond G. Gettell, Introduction to Political Science (1910).
F. J. Goodnow, Principles of Administrative Law of the United States
(1905)-
C. G. Haines and B. M. Haines, Principles and Problems of Govern-
ment (1926).
A. B. Hart, Actual Government as Applied under American Conditions,
Fourth Edition.
Arthur N. Holcombe, State Government in the United States (1926).
Jens P. Jensen, Problems in Public Finance (1924).
Howard L. McBain, The Living Constitution (1927).
Emlin McClain, Constitutional Law in the United States (1910).
Charles E. Martin and William H. George, American Government and
Citizenship (1927).
John Mabry Mathews, American State Government (1924).
John Mabry Mathews, Principles of American State Administration
(1917)-
John Mabry Mathews and Clarence A. Berdahl, Documents and
Readings in American Government (1928).
William Starr Myers, The American Government Today (1931).
William B. Munro, The Government of the United States, Third Edition
(i93i)-
120
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Frederic A. Ogg and P. Orman Ray, Introduction to American Govern-
ment, Fourth Edition (1931).
Caleb Perry Patterson, American Government (1929).
Kirk H. Porter, County and Township Government in the United States
(1922).
W. W. Willoughby, Constitutional Law of the United States (1929).
W. W. Willoughby and Lindsay Rogers, An Introduction to the Problem
of Government (1921).
J. T. Young, The New American Government (1923).
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? THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE
STAMPED BELOW
AN INITIAL FINS OF 25 CENTS
WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN
THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY
WILL INCREASE TO 50 CENTS ON THE FOURTH
DAY AND TO SI. OO ON TH^fSEVENTH DAY
25 1933
5^1936
FE B 21 m5
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legal advice of an attorney whom they did not hire and can not
fire?
15. List the arguments for and against a public defender for
every county.
16. Would county assessment of property be an improvement
upon the present system of township assessment and county
equalization?
17. What is the so-called "City-County" problem?
18. What problems arise in connection with City-County
consolidation?
19. Is there any need of county government within the limits
of large cities?
20. How should the problem of the overlapping of the func-
tions of the county and the large city be solved?
21. Make a chart showing the organization of a typical county
government.
22. Make a chart showing how county government ought to
be organized according to your own conception of it.
23. Make a chart showing how county government ought
to be organized according to the recommendations of the leading
authorities in the field of local government. Compare these
charts and explain the differences that exist.
24. From what sources are the suggestions for reform in local
government coming? What are some obstacles in the way of
reform?
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? LOCAL RURAL GOVERNMENT 115
References
Beard's Readings in American Government and Politics, New and Re-
vised Edition, Chap. XXIX.
Munro's The Government of the United States, Third Edition, Chap.
XLIV.
Ogg and Ray's Introduction to American Government, Fourth Edition,
Chaps. XXXIX-XL, XLVI.
Bates and Field's State Government (1928), Chap. XVI.
Porter's County and Township Government in the United States (1922),
Chaps. XV-XVII.
Mathews and Berdahl's Documents and Readings in American Govern-
ment (1928), Chap. XXVII.
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? APPENDIX
POLITICAL TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS WITH WHICH
THE STUDENT SHOULD BECOME FAMILIAR
1. Abatement
2. Absolute pardon
3. Accessory
4. Accessories before the fact
5. Accessories after the fact
6. Accomplice
7. Acquittal
8. Adjective law
9. Adjourn sine die
10. Administration
11. Administrative personnel
12. Administrator
13. Affidavit
14. Alien
15. Amnesty
16. Appellate jurisdiction
17. Aristocracy
18. Arson
19. Assault and battery
20. Attorney-at-law
21. Attorney-in-fact
22. Bail
23. Bailiff
24. Bicameral legislature
25. Bigamy
26. Bill of attainder
27. Bill of rights
28. Bloc
29. Blue sky laws
30. Body politic
31. Bona fide
32. Bribery
33. Budget
34. Burglary
35. Caucus
36. Change of venue
37. Citizen
38. Citizenry
39. Citizenship
40. Civil law
41. Civil service
42. Closed primary
43. Closure rule
44. Committee of the Whole
45. Commutation
46. Compulsory referendum
47. Constituents
48. Constitution
49. Contempt of court
50. Contract
51. Corporation
52. Counterfeiting
53. Crime
54. Criminal law
55. Cross-examination
56. Dark horse
57. Decree
58. De facto
59. Dejure
60. Democracy
61. Demurrer
62. Deposition
63. Direct government
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APPENDIX
64. Direct initiative
65. Direct primary
66. Direct tax
67. Due process of law
68. Embezzlement
69. Eminent domain
70. Equity
71. Executor
72. Ex post facto
73. Extradition
74. Federal government
75. Felony
76. Filibustering
77. Forgery
78. Franchise
79. General election
80. Gerrymandering
81. Government
82. Grand jury
83. Habeas corpus
84. Impeach
85. Indict
86. Indictment
87. Indiana ballot
88. Indirect initiative
89. Indirect primary
90. Indirect tax
91. Initiative
92. Injunction
93. Inquest
04. In rem
95. Intestate
96. Intrastate
97. Intervention
98. Judgment
09. Jurisdiction
100. Jury
101. Jus sanguinis
102. Jus soli
103. Kidnaping
104. Larceny
105. Laissez faire
106. Lame duck
107. Law
108. Libel
109. Lien
no. Lobby
in. Log-rolling
112. Majority
113. Mandamus
114. Mandate
115. Manslaughter
116. Massachusetts ballot
117. Mayhem
118. Merit system
119. Misdemeanor
120. Monarchy
121. Murder
122. Murder, First degree
123. Murder, Second degree
124. Nation
125. Naturalization
126. Negligence
127. Non-contiguous territory
128. Nuisance
129. Office
130. Open primary
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? APPENDIX
147. Poll-tax
148. Pork-barrel legislation
149. Posse comitatus
150. Presidential government
151. Presidential primary
152. Primary
153. Primogeniture
154. Probate
:SS. Probation
156. Proportional representation
157. Protectorate
:S8. Public bill
:S9. Quo warranto
[60. Real property
;6i. Reapportionment
62. Recall
:63. Referendum
:64. Representative government
165. Reprieve
66. Rider
:67. Robbery
:68. Secret diplomacy
:69. Senatorial courtesy
70. Short ballot
71. Sovereignty
C72. Split ticket
173. Spoils system
174. Stare decisis
175. State
76. Statute
77. Subpoena
78. Subsidy
79. Suffrage
80. Summons
81. Talesman
:82. Tax
:83. Tort
. 84. Treason
:8s. Treaty
:86. Ultimatum
87. Unitary government
88. Unit rule
:89. Venire facias
go. Venireman
91. Verdict
:92. Veto
:93. Warrant
:94. Writ of certiorari
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? LIST OF SUGGESTED REFERENCES
Frank G. Bates and Oliver P. Field, State Government (1928).
Charles A. Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics,
New and Revised Edition.
Charles A. Beard and William Beard, The American Leviathan (1930).
Robert C. Brooks, Political Parties and Electoral Problems, Revised
Edition.
James Bryce, The American Commonwealth (1924).
J. A. Fairlie, The National Administration of the United States (1905).
James W. Garner, Political Science and Government (1928).
Raymond G. Gettell, Introduction to Political Science (1910).
F. J. Goodnow, Principles of Administrative Law of the United States
(1905)-
C. G. Haines and B. M. Haines, Principles and Problems of Govern-
ment (1926).
A. B. Hart, Actual Government as Applied under American Conditions,
Fourth Edition.
Arthur N. Holcombe, State Government in the United States (1926).
Jens P. Jensen, Problems in Public Finance (1924).
Howard L. McBain, The Living Constitution (1927).
Emlin McClain, Constitutional Law in the United States (1910).
Charles E. Martin and William H. George, American Government and
Citizenship (1927).
John Mabry Mathews, American State Government (1924).
John Mabry Mathews, Principles of American State Administration
(1917)-
John Mabry Mathews and Clarence A. Berdahl, Documents and
Readings in American Government (1928).
William Starr Myers, The American Government Today (1931).
William B. Munro, The Government of the United States, Third Edition
(i93i)-
120
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Frederic A. Ogg and P. Orman Ray, Introduction to American Govern-
ment, Fourth Edition (1931).
Caleb Perry Patterson, American Government (1929).
Kirk H. Porter, County and Township Government in the United States
(1922).
W. W. Willoughby, Constitutional Law of the United States (1929).
W. W. Willoughby and Lindsay Rogers, An Introduction to the Problem
of Government (1921).
J. T. Young, The New American Government (1923).
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STAMPED BELOW
AN INITIAL FINS OF 25 CENTS
WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN
THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY
WILL INCREASE TO 50 CENTS ON THE FOURTH
DAY AND TO SI. OO ON TH^fSEVENTH DAY
25 1933
5^1936
FE B 21 m5
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