State and Local Government
Across
- 4. collecting taxes, borrowing money, setting up courts, enforcing laws.
- 7. most states have these and they are the highest court in the state.
- 8. local rules that divide a community into areas and tell how the land in each are can be used.
- 13. 1982-2006 work done in Boston and surrounding cities to build new roads and interchanges.
- 14. the citizens represented by an elected official.
- 18. two house legislature
- 20. Mayor leads the city politically, the manager handles the day to day.
- 22. citizens starting a piece of legislation is called a(n).
- 25. hears both civil and criminal cases.
- 27. referring potential laws directly to the people for approval.
- 28. mayor can veto any possible ordinance
- 29. government resonse to public issues.
Down
- 1. these state courts do not use juries, and examine a case that has already had a ruling.
- 2. mayor's vote is equal to that of the city council.
- 3. gives states all power not listed in the constitution.
- 5. accounts for 25 percent of local government revenue.
- 6. each council member is in charge of a different city department.
- 9. funds given to local governments for specific purposes.
- 10. local law
- 11. police and fire department
- 12. a set of criminal laws.
- 15. one house legislature
- 16. a governor can veto specific provisions of a bill, while passing others into law.
- 17. second in rank to the governor.
- 19. a government system in which practically all political power lies within a central government.
- 21. services needed by the public (water, gas, electricity)
- 23. governor appoints the judge, and then voters get to approve.
- 24. funds given to states that can be used for broadly defined purposes.
- 26. allows voters to remove an elected offical.