See Act of March 23, 1786, vol.i.p.

254.] [Footnote n: In Massachusetts the county magistrates are frequently called upon to investigate the acts of the town magistrates; but it will be shown further on that this investigation is a consequence, not of their administrative, but of their judicial power.] The magistrates of the township, as well as those of the county, are bound to communicate their acts to the central government in a very small number of predetermined cases.

*o But the central government is not represented by an individual whose business it is to publish police regulations and ordinances enforcing the execution of the laws; to keep up a regular communication with the officers of the township and the county; to inspect their conduct, to direct their actions, or to reprimand their faults.

There is no point which serves as a centre to the radii of the administration.
[Footnote o: The town committees of schools are obliged to make an annual report to the Secretary of the State on the condition of the school.

See Act of March 10, 1827, vol.iii.p.