In
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, the name
"borough" is applied to a certain class of municipalities with some of
the powers of cities.]
QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.
1. What is the essential difference between township government
and county government?
2. What is the distinct advantage of the former?
3. Why is direct government impossible in the county?
4. Speak of the degree of efficiency in county government.
5. Why is direct government impossible in a city?
6. What difficulties in direct government were experienced in
Boston in 1820 and many years preceding?
7. What remedy for these difficulties was adopted?
8. Show how the word "town" is used to indicate
a. The land of a township.
b. A somewhat large collection of streets, houses, and families.
c. And even, in some instances, a city.
9. What is the town commonly understood to be in American
usage?
10. What is the difference in the United States between a town
and a city?
11. What is the difference in England between a town and a
city?
12. Distinguish between citizens and burgesses in England.
Section 2. _Origin of English Boroughs and Cities_.
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