Chapter 12 Lesson 2&3

A board of county commissioners acts as the county’s ___________________ by passing ordinances and setting the county’s budget.

In a commission-manager form of county government, the board names someone as ___________________________ to administer the county’s day-to-day affairs.

Bringing criminals to justice is the role of the ___________________.

Conducting elections as well as keeping official government records, such as birth, marriage and death certificates, is the job of the ___________________.

The county is normally the state’s largest political and ____________ unit.

• electoral

• mayoral

• residential

• territorial

In the strong commission form of county government, the county board acts as the

• executive authority.

• executive authority and legislature.

• executive and judicial authority, as well as the legislature.

• legislature

A county’s chief law-enforcement officer is the

• county prosecutor.

• police department.

• district attorney.

• sheriff.

The taxes placed on taxable properties within a county is based on the estimates

• assessor.

• attorney.

• clerk.

• treasurer.

type of direct democracy

• congress

• town

• town meeting

• township

• village

smallest unit of local government

• village

• township

• town meeting

• town

• congress