A home geography of New York city . education builds schoolhouses, appoints teachers andprincipals, and looks after the welfare of the people as far as edu-cation is concerned. Other Departments. There are a number of other city depart-ments, each of which has special work to do. Their names willtell you what work they do. There is the department of parks, thedepartment of bridges,the department ofwater supply, gas, andelectricity, the depart-ment of docks andferries, the law depart-ment, and others. You have learnedthat the city has manyofficials who make and , •, T Customhouse carry out its
A home geography of New York city . education builds schoolhouses, appoints teachers andprincipals, and looks after the welfare of the people as far as edu-cation is concerned. Other Departments. There are a number of other city depart-ments, each of which has special work to do. Their names willtell you what work they do. There is the department of parks, thedepartment of bridges,the department ofwater supply, gas, andelectricity, the depart-ment of docks andferries, the law depart-ment, and others. You have learnedthat the city has manyofficials who make and , •, T Customhouse carry out its ordi-nances. All these officials are paid by the city. There are, how-ever, laws of the state and laws of the United States that must becarried out in the city. The officials who carry out the state lawsare state officials. The officials who carry out the laws of the UnitedStates are federal officials. United States Officials. United States judges are officers of theUnited States, or federal officials. Those who break the laws of. no HUME (lEOCIKAPHY OF KEW YORK CITY the United States are tried in the federal courts before UnitedStates judges. Letter carriers, customhouse otticers, the soldiersin our forts, and the sailors in the navy yard are employed by theUnited States. County Officials. County officials are state officials. Personsbreaking the laws of the state are tried in the county court-houses. Coroners, the district attorney, the surrogate, and thesheriff are county officers. Who is the mayor of New York ? Who is the president of yourborough ? Who is the alderman of the district in which you live ?Ask your father. Who elects the mayor ? the borough presidents ?the aldermen? There are four counties of the state in New York city. Theboroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx are New York county, theborough of Brooklyn is Kings county, the borough of Queens isQueens county, and the l^orough of Richmond is Richmond county.
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