One hundred and twenty-eight.
Q. How many Senatorial districts?
A. Thirty two.
Q. How many Judicial districts?
A. Eight.
Q. How many Congressional districts?
A. Thirty-three.
Q. How many School districts in New York State?
A. About twelve thousand.
Q. By what authority are counties organized?
A. By the State Legislature.
Q. How are Towns formed?
A. By an act of the board of supervisors.
Q. By whom are School districts formed?
A. Generally by the school commissioners, sometimes assisted by
the supervisor and town clerk of the town; sometimes by special
legislation.
Q. What power defines the number of Assembly, Senatorial and
Judicial districts?
A. The State Constitution.
Q. What power decides upon the number of Congressional districts?
A. The Congress of the United States.
NOTE--The following table will be the guide for questioning
through all the succeeding pages:
I. Name of office
II. Number of Officials holding the same office at the same time.
III. Term of office.
IV. Eligibility. V. Duties.
VI. Salary or how paid.
II--THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Q. What is a school district?
Q. How many school districts in your town?
Q. How many school districts in your county?
Q. How many school districts in New York State?
Q. What are the names of the officers in a school district?
A. I. Trustee or trustees; or a board of education.
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