THE COUNTY.
Section 1. _The County in its Beginnings_.
Why do we have counties?
Clans and tribes
The English nation, like the American, grew out of the union of small
states
Ealdorman and sheriff; shire-mote and county court
The coroner, or "crown officer"
Justices of the peace; the Quarter Sessions; the lord lieutenant
Decline of the English county; beginnings of counties in Massachusetts
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Section 2. _The Modern County in Massachusetts_.
County commissioners, etc.; shire-towns and court-houses
Justices of the peace, and trial justices
The sheriff
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Section 3. _The Old Virginia County_.
Virginia sparsely settled; extensive land grants to individuals
Navigable rivers; absence of towns; slavery
Social position of the settlers
Virginia parishes; the vestry was a close corporation
Powers of the vestry
The county was the unit of representation
The county court was virtually a close corporation
The county-seat, or Court House
Powers of the court; the sheriff
The county-lieutenant
Contrast between old Virginia and old New England, in respect of local
government
Jefferson's opinion of township government
"Court-day" in old Virginia
Virginia has been prolific in great leaders
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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CHAPTER IV.
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