El Palacio . onsupon which it has to caét a vote; an ele-ment, therefore, that is the delight of dem-agogic politicians and the despairof thosewho are believers in, and workers for,the development of a real and efficientdemocracy within the lifetime of the ex-láling generation. It is the presence ofthis element of the population that hasgiven such great Ímpetus to the growthof the mixed method of choosing countyofficials in the southweát and especially inNew México, to which I am particularlyrefernng m this paper. In New México we have three meth-ods of seleding county ofíicials, and it isthis
El Palacio . onsupon which it has to caét a vote; an ele-ment, therefore, that is the delight of dem-agogic politicians and the despairof thosewho are believers in, and workers for,the development of a real and efficientdemocracy within the lifetime of the ex-láling generation. It is the presence ofthis element of the population that hasgiven such great Ímpetus to the growthof the mixed method of choosing countyofficials in the southweát and especially inNew México, to which I am particularlyrefernng m this paper. In New México we have three meth-ods of seleding county ofíicials, and it isthis threefold system I refer to as themixed method, for want of a betterde-scriptive term. The traditional countyofficers such as the clerk, sheriff, countysupenntendent of schools, probate judgeand commissioners- are eleded by diredvote of the people, on an unreátricftedadult suffrage basis. Real control of ed-ucation in New México, however, as isincreasmgly the case in other parts of the 88 EL PALACIO. O CQ H enQOJ i: oz Q< ce<Q U u» en aa -O unión also, is centered in ihe countyboard of education, and its members,oddiy enough, are appointed by ihe dis-tri(ít judge of the judicial diátrid vvithmwhich the county lies. Anolher newand important official is the county healthofficer, who has the difficult task of en-forcing heakh rules among a population largely indifíereni or even hostile to officer is appointed by the board ofcounty commissioners. Finally, until thelaál session of the legislature of the átatethe county road supervisor, who had realjurisdiíftion over and responsibility for theroads of the county, was appointed bytKe governor. However, at this laál ses- EL PALACIO 89 sion of ihe legislalure, the road laws ofthe átate were radically revised, ihe realcontrol of road development put direétlyinto the hands of the átate, and the coun-ty boards permitted to appoint their ownroad supervisors if they so preferred. To the professional poli
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