|
The administrative divisions of Ohio are counties, municipalities (cities and villages), townships, special districts and school districts. Elections for county officials are held in even-numbered years, while elections for officials in the municipalities, townships, and local boards of education are held in odd-numbered years. ==Counties== (詳細はSummit County and Cuyahoga County have chosen an alternate form of government, while all of the other counties have a structure that includes the following elected officers: * Three county commissioners (the county board of commissioners)〔Ohio Revised Code § 305.01 ''et seq.''〕 * County sheriff:〔Ohio Revised Code § 311.01〕 The highest law enforcement officer in the county. Many cities and villages, and even some townships, have their own police forces which take over the sheriff's patrolling and response duties in their own areas, but the sheriff remains responsible for the remaining areas of the county. In some counties with large municipalities, the sheriff may have no patrolling and response duties, but the sheriff remains responsible for running the county jail, and acting as an officer of the local courts (serving warrants, transporting prisoners, acting as bailiff, etc.) * County coroner:〔Ohio Revised Code § 313.01〕 Responsible for determining the cause of death in suspicious circumstances. Is the only person in the county with the authority to arrest the sheriff. * County auditor〔Ohio Revised Code § 319.01〕 * County treasurer〔Ohio Revised Code § 321.01〕 * Clerk of the court of common pleas〔Ohio Revised Code § 2303.01〕 * County prosecutor:〔Ohio Revised Code § 309.01〕 Responsible for acting on behalf of the state in criminal matters and also acts as the county government's legal counsel. In rural areas, the elected prosecutor may choose to take a reduced salary and act as a "part-time" prosecutor. In such cases, the prosecutor may offer private legal services, but only in non-criminal matters. * County engineer〔Ohio Revised Code § 315.01〕 * County recorder:〔Ohio Revised Code § 317.01〕 Keeps records of changes in title of real property within the county. The Ohio Constitution allows counties to set up a charter government as many cities and villages do,〔 (OH county charter). Other editions available: ISBN 0313267650 and (Google Books )〕 but only Summit County and Cuyahoga County have done so,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=County of Summit )〕 the latter having been approved by voters in November 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Issue 6 reform wins big and sets in motion even bigger changes for Cuyahoga County )〕 Counties do not possess home rule powers and can do only what has been expressly authorized by the Ohio General Assembly. In the 2010 United States Census, the average population of Ohio's counties was 131,096; Cuyahoga County was the most populous (1,280,122) and Vinton County was the least (13,435). The average land area is . The largest county is Ashtabula County at and the smallest is Lake County at . The total area of the state is .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ohio QuickFacts )〕 Nine of the counties existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802.〔. Other editions available at ISBN 1249686741 and (Google Books )〕 A tenth county, Wayne, was established on August 15, 1796, and encompassed most of Northwest Ohio.〔. Other editions available at ISBN 9781279183281〕 During the Convention, the county was opposed to statehood, and was not only left out of the Convention, but dissolved; the current Wayne County is unrelated to the original.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Administrative divisions of Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|