In Texas now constables are elected. The county surveyor who does more than survey roads, is elected. But the surveyors for the Highway Department who do just work on roads are hired by the state. But I don't think our constables do the same job that constables in early New England did. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Greenwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] surveys constables > Well said! > > But let's be sure not to confuse PhD with > Professor - they are quite different, as we've > seen. > > > > --- Patricia Hobson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bruce Carpenter wrote: >> "Could Mr. Chandler show me an example of an >> elected constable?" >> >> But what good would that do? You can argue >> (and apparently WILL) until the >> proverbial cows come home, & quote from every >> primary & secondary source on >> the planet, and still end up disagreeing. >> Perhaps we can convince rootsweb that we need 2 >> levels of surname groups: >> one "basic" and one "Ph.D" Then you could >> entertain yourself with >> etymological & historical ephemera without >> prohibiting other people from >> asking about old uncle Henry Carpenter for fear >> of derision. >> Have a nice day! >> P. Hobson