ds one or more persons to act for it in its
corporate capacity and to have general charge of its interests.

Should there be one, or more than one? Why? How many are there?

Every business transaction should be recorded, and the town should have a
recording officer or secretary.

What is the recording officer in this town called? What is his name? Which
officer would naturally be the custodian of public papers?

It takes money to build bridges and to carry on other public works, and
the town needs some one to take charge of the public funds.

What is the officer called? Who occupies that position in this town? How
is he prevented from misappropriating the money belonging to the people?

Our plan for raising public money for local purposes is, in general, that
each person shall contribute _according to the value of his property._
Hence the town needs a competent and reliable man to value each person's
property.

What is such an officer called? What is the name of the one in this town?
Is any property exempt from taxation? Why? Just how is the value of the
real estate in the town ascertained for the purpose of taxation? The value
of the personal property? Get a list and find out what questions this
officer asks. Read the statement at the bottom of the list carefully, and
then form an opinion of a person who would answer the questions
untruthfully for the purpose of lowering his taxes.

The immediate care of the roads will demand the attention of one or more
officers.

How many in this town? What are such officers called? Name them.

Differences about property of small value sometimes arise, and to go far
from home to have them settled would involve too much expense of time and
money; hence the necessity of local officers of justice. These officers
are needed also because petty acts of lawlessness are liable to occur.

How many justices of the peace are there in each town? Why that number?
What is the extent of their jurisdiction?

The arrest of criminals, the serving of legal papers, and the carrying out
of the decisions of justices of the peace, make it necessary to have one
or more other officers.

What are such officers called? How many in each town? Why? Look up the
history of this office; it is interesting.

The public schools of the town may be managed either by a town board of
trustees, who locate all of the school-houses, engage all of the teachers,
and provide necessary material for all of the scho