Editing Jay County, Indiana (section)

==Government==
{{See also|Government of Indiana}}
The county government is a constitutional body, and is granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Indiana]] and by the [[Indiana Code]].

'''County Council:''' The county council is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all the spending and revenue collection in the county. Representatives, elected to four-year terms from county districts, are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending. The council has limited authority to impose local taxes, in the form of an income and property tax that is subject to state level approval, excise taxes, and service taxes.<ref name=inc3623>{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|author-link=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title36/ar2/ch3.html|title=Title 36, Article 2, Section 3|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref><ref name=inc2102>{{cite web|author=Indiana Code|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title3/ar10/ch2.pdf|format=PDF|title=Title 2, Article 10, Section 2|access-date=September 16, 2008|publisher=IN.gov}}</ref>

'''Board of Commissioners:''' The executive body of the county; commissioners are elected county-wide to staggered four-year terms. One commissioner serves as president. The commissioners execute the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government.<ref name=inc3623/><ref name=inc2102/>

'''Court:''' The county maintains circuit and superior courts with the latter having a small claims division. Both courts have general jurisdiction with the circuit court having exclusive jurisdiction of juvenile and probate matters. The court's judges are elected to six-year terms, and must be admitted to practice law before the state supreme court. In some cases, court decisions can be appealed to the state level [[circuit court]].<ref name=inc2102/>

'''County Officials:''' The county has other elected offices, including prosecuting attorney, assessor, [[sheriff]], [[coroner]], [[auditor]], [[treasurer]], [[Recorder of deeds|recorder]], [[Surveying|surveyor]], and circuit [[court clerk]] Each officer is elected to four-year terms. Members elected to county government positions are required to declare [[political party|party]] affiliations and to be residents of the county.<ref name=inc2102/>

Jay County is part of [[Indiana's 3rd congressional district]]; [[Indiana Senate]] district 19;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_State_Senate_District_19|title=Indiana Senate District 19|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> and [[Indiana House of Representatives]] district 33.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/3005.htm|title=Indiana House Districts|publisher=State of Indiana|access-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref>
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{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,427|2,740|65|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,687|3,167|176|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,584|3,356|1,077|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,609|3,208|2,019|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,363|3,212|45|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,975|3,174|58|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,351|3,256|610|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,606|4,124|87|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,090|3,349|45|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,460|4,290|955|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,439|6,781|98|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,519|4,899|74|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,767|4,571|116|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,270|4,764|297|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,635|5,520|287|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|6,207|5,166|256|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|6,478|6,554|117|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|5,233|6,535|199|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,018|6,693|0|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,998|4,759|87|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,753|4,812|325|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|6,089|4,759|566|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,075|3,070|470|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,282|2,786|2,222|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3,256|3,370|491|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,612|2,702|661|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,518|3,422|254|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,473|3,680|134|Indiana}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,414|2,359|1,005|Indiana}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|2,811|2,741|253|Indiana}}