The campaign was sure to be a struggle ; the Whigs nominated their " Eagle Orator " Gustavus Henry, and Johnson wasted no time in calling him to task for his " Henry-mandering " of the First District, as their debates made their way across the state from one county seat to the next.

Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.

In the late 6th century, the city re-emerged as the seat of a county and an archdiocese within the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks, but royal Frankish power was never strong.

Boone is the county seat of Watauga County and the home of Appalachian State University.

This quake destroyed the county seat of Alameda County then located in San Leandro and it subsequently moved to Oakland.

John C. Hammond and Henry P. Field, both Amherst graduates, introduced Coolidge to the law practice in the county seat of Hampshire County.

It is also the county seat of Merrimack County.

In 1994, the administrative county ( which did not include the county borough of Dublin ) was dissolved and the area divided among the administrative counties of Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin each with its county seat.

Cadillac () is a city in the U. S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County.

Cadillac became the county seat after the so-called " Battle of Manton ," in which a show of force was involved in enforcing a controversial decision to move the county seat from Manton, Michigan.

Cadillac partisans, however, won the county seat by county-wide vote in April 1882.

The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the location of the University of Missouri.

Columbus () is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.

Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion of the city limits also extend into DuPage County.

** Cortez, Colorado, a city and county seat of Montezuma County

Prior to 1969, Carson City was also the county seat of Ormsby County.

Dayton () is the 6th largest city in the U. S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Montgomery County.

Dedham () is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

It became the county seat of Norfolk County.

Above the tree are the scales of justice, representing Dedham as the county seat and home to Norfolk County's courts.

DeKalb budget shows county is on beam

That such expansion can be obtained without a raise in taxes is due to growth of the tax digest and sound fiscal planning on the part of the board of commissioners, headed by Chairman Charles O. Emmerich who is demonstrating that the public trust he was given was well placed, and other county officials.

And then there is St. Louis county, where the Democratic leadership has shown little appreciation of the need for sound zoning, of the important relationship between proper land use and economic growth.

He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.

And I have established that the action of municipal, county, or state school boards or boards of education is small, infinitesimally small in comparison with the number of districts.

Or is this subject a matter of self-determination, a matter of states rights or county rights??

The monthly cost of ADC to more than 100,000 recipients in the county is 4.4 million dollars, said C. Virgil Martin, president of Carson Pirie Scott & Co., committee chairman.

`` Actually, the abuse of the process may have constituted a contempt of the Criminal court of Cook county, altho vindication of the authority of that court is not the function of this court '', said Karns, who is a City judge in East St. Louis sitting in Cook County court.

Mrs. Greenfield is president of the Westfield Women's Republican Club and is a Westfield county committeewoman.

Although he pointed out that mandatory legislation impinging on home rule is basically distasteful, he added that the vital interest in election results transcended county lines.

Mr. Simpkins is a resident of Somerset county, and he and the Governor, also a Somerset countian, have been friends since Mr. Simpkins was a child.

It is the only county in the state so far this month reporting a possible shortage in GA category, for which emergency allotment can be given by the state if necessary.

The affidavit concludes in the standard format " sworn ( declared ) before me, of commissioner for oaths / solicitor, a commissioner for oaths ( solicitor ), on the at in the county / city of, and I know the deponent ( declarant )", and it is signed and stamped by the commissioner for oaths.

Thus at Mobile the annual mean is 67 ° F ( 19 ° C ), the mean for the summer 81 ° F ( 27 ° C ), and for the winter 52 ° F ( 11 ° C ); and at Valley Head, in De Kalb county, the annual mean is 59 ° F ( 15 ° C ), the mean for the summer 75 ° F ( 24 ° C ), and for the winter 41 ° F ( 5 ° C ).

The largest abalone recorded in California is 12. 34 inches, caught by John Pepper somewhere off the coast of Humboldt county in September 1993.

Angus () is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

Montrose in the north east of the county is notable for its tidal basin.

* California Penal Code Section 158: " Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($ 1, 000 ).

County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county.

First-class teams are usually representative of a geopolitical region such as an English county, an Australian state or a West Indian nation.

With the village being the grassroots ( usually a hundred or so families ), and not considered part of the hierarchy, local government advances through the township, county, prefecture or municipality, and the province as the geographical area of jurisdiction increases.

In every large city there is at least one local newspaper, which usually covers the rest of the county.

In Britain, " shire " is the original term for what is usually known as a county ; the word county having been introduced at the Norman Conquest of England.

This honour was usually reserved for places with the status of a city, such as a prefectural capital not normally given to a mere county town, as Shanghai was.

The boundaries of a county usually, but not always, contain cities, villages, towns, townships or other municipal corporations.

In modern France, the rough equivalent of a " county " as used in many English-speaking countries are arrondissements, though the term is usually translated as " district ".

There are usually a few cities () and rural agglomerations () in each county.

Most counties have a county seat, usually a city, where its administrative functions are centered.

A small but significant minority of Irish people, usually attached to parties like Sinn Féin and the smaller Republican Sinn Féin, denied the right of the twenty-six county state to use the name Republic and continued to refer to the state as the Free State.

Today, Domesday Book is available in numerous editions, usually separated by county and available with other local history resources.

As a swing county, Clark County usually votes for the winning presidential candidate, for example, it voted for Ronald Reagan twice and for Bill Clinton twice.

A county seat is usually, but not always, an incorporated municipality.

) The county courthouse and county administration are usually located in the county seat, but some functions may also be conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large.

However, some counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of the county.

The county is generally considered a " red county ," with Republicans usually outvoting Democrats in most statewide and national offices ( for instance, in 2004 George W. Bush defeated John Kerry in Cattaraugus County by a 60-40 margin ) though Bill Clinton won the Cattaraugus County very narrowly in 1996.

The county councils ( landsting ) are responsible for health care and usually provide transportation.

Saratoga County has usually been a Republican leaning county in most major elections.