| A | B |
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| mayor | chief executive of a city government |
| city | largest type of municipality |
| town | a unit of local government usually larger than a village and smaller than a city |
| village | unit of local government usually smaller than a town |
| Borough | a term used in alaska for a county also a unit of local gov similar to a town |
| county clerk | the official who keeps county records |
| county seat | town or city in which a county government is located |
| town meeting | a form of government inwhich all citizens meet regularly to discuss town issues |
| district attourney | the official who represents the state government in county trials |
| block grant | federal funds given to state and local governments for broad purposes |
| grant-in-aid | federal funds given to state and local governments for specific projects |
| home rule | power of a city to write its own municipality charter and to manage its own affairs |
| charter | basic plan of government granted by a state legislature to a local government |
| special district | unit of government set up to provide a specific service |
| townships | a unit of local government that maintains local roads and rural schools with in counties |
| veto | a refusal of the president or govenor to sign a bill |
| building code | a set of local laws that regulae that construction and repair of buildings in a community |
| budget | a plan of income and spending |
| ordinance | a regulation that governs a local governmental unit |
| sheriff | the chief law-enforcement official in some county governments |
