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Roosevelt appointed him to hear charges filed against the district attorney york County of New York County. The same year he was counsel of the Joint Legislative Committee to investigate the affairs of New York City. His investigations revealed widespread corruption in the city government. Mayor James [. Walker and other officials resigned. This led o the election in 1933 of reform candidate fMorello La Guardia as mayor.

San Francisco has a consolidated city and county government. Legislative powers are vested in an 11-member Board of Supervisors, 5 or 6 members of which are elected for four-year terms at each of the municipal elections, which are held every second year. Other elective officers are the mayor, district attorney york County, assessor, treasurer, city attorney york County, sheriff, public defender, and judges of the superior and municipal courts; all serve four-year terms.

WILLIAM RANDOLPH: b. Warwickshire, England, c. 1651; d. Henrico County, Va, April 11, 1711. A member of a family of English landed gentry with mercantile connections, he migrated to Virginia, where he succeeded an uncle as clerk of Henrico County in 1673. Combining public service with diligent effort as a merchant-planter, he quickly amassed a fortune and the extensive Isndho] dings 3t Turkey Island that became the basis for Randolph family power. He held several county offices, was a burgess for Henrico in the General Assembly from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1710, and acted as speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1696 and 1698 and clerk of the House from 1699 to 1702. Although without legal training, he also served as the colony's attorney york County general (1694-1698).