The fees of the othce, which were vastly lighter in proportion, than those of elected Sheriffs now, went after being reported to, and scrutinized by the High Sheriff, to the Undersheriff and the one or two deputies, who were all that the business of the County required in the Colonial era. If any overcharge or oppression, was attempted, a complaint properly proven, to the High Sheriff himself, was all that was necessary to right the wrong.

Again, in military matters, the military organization of the County was effected in the County as a whole without regard to the Manors. Sometimes, however, their names were given to the companies enrolled within their limits.

A Colonel for the County commissioned by the Governor, commanded the one regiment, which was formed of the enrolled companies within its limits, all of which were infantry. Toward the close of the Colonial period, when the population had increased, a Light Horse organization of one or two troops for the County in general was formed, the Commander of which was a Lieutenant-Colonel, or Colonel. The inhabitants of the Manors were enrolled in l)oth precisely as were those of the rest of the County.

The third act passed by the first Assembly under William and Mary in 1691, provided for the annual election in each town of "a certain Freeholder" "to super vize and examine the Publick and Necessary Charge of each respective County, which persons so duely chosen shall elect and constitute a certain Treasurer for each respective County." It also provided for the election of two Freeholders in each town as Assessors. This was the origin in New York of County Assessors, Supervisors, and Treasurers.' Only Freeholders could be electors, and the second Act of lt>91, defines a Freeholder to be, "every one who shall have Forty shillings jicr annum (N.