Author: Perley Morse

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 9781330465288

Excerpt from The A B C of the Government of the United States THE idea of government in the United States in its three phases - National, State and Local - is one of zones. If the whole frame of government is broadly viewed, it will be seen that it consists of self-governing zones. The smallest zone is that around the individual in his home affairs; then come successive zones until the outer circle of the Federal Government is reached. Under nationalist rule, divisions and subdivisions are formed for the purpose of more convenient administration. These are subordinate and largely executive districts. The United States is composed of numerous, and in a degree absolutely, self-governing units. Every division of government in the United States has certain exclusive powers which, within their legitimate limits, are not to be interfered with by any other power. Sources of Power The State is the original source of power; it has given certain of its inherent powers to the United States by the Federal Constitution and it has delegated certain other powers to its own smaller divisions - the County, and the Township or City. The underlying idea is that broader functions shall be given to greater entities and smaller functions shall be given to smaller entities so that each individual may have a large part in the affairs which are nearest to him while bigger community matters shall be transferred to larger units. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.