State Government
Across
- 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
- 3. spending more money than one has
- 5. similar to the state or federal constitution; includes the city’s official name, boundaries, and powers
- 8. the form of government for the state’s counties; commission has at least three members
- 9. an actual count of the people
- 10. amounts spent
- 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
- 13. West Virginia’s trial court of record
- 14. a tax for items residents purchase from other states through mail-order firms, catalogs, and tv shopping networks
- 16. a serious crime that is punishable by a prison term
- 19. governing body for the school district; consists of five members
- 21. group composed of the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, attorney general, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture, and state superintendent of schools
- 24. land and permanent structures on land
- 26. the center of a county government
- 27. income from taxes and other sources
- 28. the act of distributing something according to a plan
- 29. the estimated worth of property
- 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
- 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
- 4. the head of the executive branch of state government
- 6. state court that hears cases involving divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, family support, paternity, child custody, visitation, and domestic violence
- 7. the highest court in the state
- 12. a crime less serious than a felony, usually punishable by a sentence in a local jail
- 15. the introductory part of a document; a statement of purpose
- 17. movable items such as automobiles
- 18. a tax imposed on almost all retail sales
- 20. tax levied on specific products such as gasoline, beer, liquor, firearms, and cigarettes; sometimes called a luxury tax
- 22. a tax on the amount and value of minerals and materials severed (taken) from the earth
- 23. a tax structure that divides income into brackets and taxes each bracket at a different rate
- 25. a political unit smaller than the county; may be classified as a city, town, or village