But to appoint agents in each township would have been to centre in his person the most formidable of powers, that of a judicial administration.

Moreover, laws are the children of habit, and nothing of the kind exists in the legislation of England.

The Americans have therefore divided the offices of inspection and of prosecution, as well as all the other functions of the administration.

Grand jurors are bound by the law to apprise the court to which they belong of all the misdemeanors which may have been committed in their county.

*b There are certain great offences which are officially prosecuted by the States; *c but more frequently the task of punishing delinquents devolves upon the fiscal officer, whose province it is to receive the fine: thus the treasurer of the township is charged with the prosecution of such administrative offences as fall under his notice.