State Government

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Across
  1. 1. a form of municipal government in which voters elect individuals to specific administrative positions, such as finance; all commissioners make up the city commission
  2. 3. spending more money than one has
  3. 5. similar to the state or federal constitution; includes the city’s official name, boundaries, and powers
  4. 8. the form of government for the state’s counties; commission has at least three members
  5. 9. an actual count of the people
  6. 10. amounts spent
  7. 11. a form of municipal government in which the people elect both the mayor and council members; the mayor manages the city, carrying out the policies and ordinances set by the city council
  8. 13. West Virginia’s trial court of record
  9. 14. a tax for items residents purchase from other states through mail-order firms, catalogs, and tv shopping networks
  10. 16. a serious crime that is punishable by a prison term
  11. 19. governing body for the school district; consists of five members
  12. 21. group composed of the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, attorney general, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, and state superintendent of schools
  13. 24. land and permanent structures on land
  14. 26. the center of a county government
  15. 27. income from taxes and other sources
  16. 28. the act of distributing something according to a plan
  17. 29. the estimated worth of property
  18. 30. a form of municipal government in which voters elect council members who set policy and pass ordinances and who hire a professional city manager to handle the city’s daily operation.
Down
  1. 2. state court that has jurisdiction over most misdemeanors, civil cases involving $5,000 or less, traffic and natural resources offenses, preliminary hearings in felony cases, brief commitment under mental hygiene law, and initial hearings in juvenile cases if designated as a juvenile referee
  2. 4. the head of the executive branch of state government
  3. 6. state court that hears cases involving divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, family support, paternity, child custody, visitation, and domestic violence
  4. 7. the highest court in the state
  5. 12. a crime less serious than a felony, usually punishable by a sentence in a local jail
  6. 15. the introductory part of a document; a statement of purpose
  7. 17. movable items such as automobiles
  8. 18. a tax imposed on almost all retail sales
  9. 20. tax levied on specific products such as gasoline, beer, liquor, firearms, and cigarettes; sometimes called a luxury tax
  10. 22. a tax on the amount and value of minerals and materials severed (taken) from the earth
  11. 23. a tax structure that divides income into brackets and taxes each bracket at a different rate
  12. 25. a political unit smaller than the county; may be classified as a city, town, or village