. Loyal citizenship. d little from thecondition in which our forefathers brought it fromseventeenth-century England. The scheme wasfairly satisfactory^ under the simple conditions offrontier life, but it is not suited to the needs of mod-ern America. There has been some movement to-ward a reform of county goverrmieiit. but it has notprogressed very far. In a few states, including (Cali-fornia, counties are now permitted to adopt chartersfor themselves. Los Angeles and other California 132 Loyal Citizenship counties have adopted charters providing for thesliorl ballot and a better-arranged admi
. Loyal citizenship. d little from thecondition in which our forefathers brought it fromseventeenth-century England. The scheme wasfairly satisfactory^ under the simple conditions offrontier life, but it is not suited to the needs of mod-ern America. There has been some movement to-ward a reform of county goverrmieiit. but it has notprogressed very far. In a few states, including (Cali-fornia, counties are now permitted to adopt chartersfor themselves. Los Angeles and other California 132 Loyal Citizenship counties have adopted charters providing for thesliorl ballot and a better-arranged administration. A unit of state administration. There is anotheraspect of the county that must be kept in mind. Thecounty exists only partly as a means for giving thepeople local self-goverimient. It is mainly a dislridfor the execution of state lousiness. The judges, prose-cuting attorney, and sheriff are almost wholly en-gaged in the enforcement of state laws. The county PEOPLE OFTHE COUNTY COUNTY-COMMISSIONER AUDITOP-. Fig. 61. A suggestion fur an directive organization ofcounty government. Try to diagram the actual govern-ment of your county, and then compare the organization ofyour county with the organization suggested in this figure. doiinfy fiorrrfinirnl ]?}.\ clerk is a xcvy iniporlaiil link in I lie election systrrnof the slale. in inosl stales llir assessor, tax collec-tor, and treasurer are Iar;j:ely en^a<;e(l in collectingtaxes for the slale ^a)\crnrnenl. ^ el onci llieirconduct llic stale has (tlniosl fto cofilrol. Iheir onl\ re-sponsibility is toward the })eople \Nho elect them tooffice. This makes the enforcement of stale laws verydifficult, if local jniblic oj)inion does not favor theirenforcement. A county attorney, for examj)le. islikely to prosecute men who sell liquor unlawfully ornot to prosecute I hem. according to the wishes of thepeople who elected liini to oflice. In a few states thegovernor has pow er to remove a sherilf or prosecul ingattorney who neg
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