The towns of New England buy and sell, sue or are sued, augment or diminish their rates, without the slightest opposition on the part of the administrative authority of the State.
They are bound, however, to comply with the demands of the community.

If the State is in need of money, a town can neither give nor withhold the supplies.

If the State projects a road, the township cannot refuse to let it cross its territory; if a police regulation is made by the State, it must be enforced by the town.

A uniform system of instruction is organized all over the country, and every town is bound to establish the schools which the law ordains.

In speaking of the administration of the United States I shall have occasion to point out the means by which the townships are compelled to obey in these different cases: I here merely show the existence of the obligation.