Editing Evans County, Georgia (section)

== Law and government ==

===Politics===
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=== Government ===
{{See also|Government of Georgia (U.S. state)}}
[[File:CourthouseAnnex.png|thumb|right|The courthouse annex in Claxton, Evans County, Georgia]]
The county government is a constitutional body and is granted powers by the [[Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state)|Constitution of Georgia]]. Evans County has a board of commissioners, [[sheriff]], tax commissioner and [[clerk of court]]. The original top positions were held by:
* H. Leonard Brewton—First County Commissioner (1915–1920)
* T. Walton Rogers—First County Sheriff (January 1, 1915 – February 24, 1920)
* T.J. Edwards—First County Tax Commissioner (January 1, 1933 – December 25, 1940)
* R.R. Tippins Sr.—First Clerk of Court (January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1920)

Individuals currently holding Constitutional Offices are:
* Mac Edwards—Sheriff
* Julie E. Mincey—Tax Commissioner
* Kathy P. Hendrix—Clerk of Court
* Darin McCoy-Judge of the Probate Court

'''Board of Commissioners:''' The board of commissioners in Evans County is made up of six members elected by the people and led by a chairman elected by the board.<ref name=fingertipfacts>{{cite web |title=Fingertip Facts |url=http://www.claxtonevanschamber.com/Fingertip%20Facts.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708163340/http://www.claxtonevanschamber.com/Fingertip%20Facts.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2011  }}</ref> The board of commissioners acts as both the legislative and executive branches of government for the county and is charged with financing county programs and paying the salaries of constitutional officers.<ref name=countygovernments>{{cite web |title=New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia's County Governments |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/GeneralTopicsandIssues-5&id=h-589 |access-date=June 20, 2009 |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012190943/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FCitiesCounties%2FGeneralTopicsandIssues-5&id=h-589 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The current members of the Board of Commissioners are:<ref name=EvansCountyCommissionerWeb>{{cite web | title=Evans County Board of Commissioners | url=http://evanscounty.org/government/board-of-commissioners/ | access-date=November 6, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106193458/http://evanscounty.org/government/board-of-commissioners/ | archive-date=November 6, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Sheila Holland – District 1
* Pratt Lockwood – District 2
* Tony Lewis – District 3
* L.E. Hewitt – District 4
* Neal Hammock – District 5
* Irene Burney – District 6

'''Tax Commissioner:''' The tax commissioner receives tax returns, maintains tax records for the county, and collects and pays tax funds to the state and local government.<ref name=countygovernments/>

'''Clerk of Court:''' The responsibility of the clerk of the court is to maintain court records and supervise registration of property transactions.<ref name=countygovernments/>

=== Law enforcement and emergency services ===
'''Sheriff:''' The sheriff maintains the peace in the county through enforcement of the law and provide judicial security and civil services of the court<ref name=countygovernments/> In Evans County, the sheriff is assisted by almost twenty employees <ref name=fingertipfacts/>

'''Fire department and EMS:''' The Evans County fire department is located in Claxton and has a fire chief, four dispatchers, and 21 volunteers.<ref name=fingertipfacts/> Ambulance services are provided by Evans County EMS. EMS has seven full-time employees and four part-time employees.<ref name=EMS>{{cite web |title=Evans County Emergency Medical Service |url=http://evanscountyga.com/ems.html |access-date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727105043/http://www.evanscountyga.com/ems.html |archive-date=July 27, 2009  }}</ref>

Evans County is represented in the [[Georgia General Assembly]] by State Senator Jack Hill in Georgia Senatorial District 4 and State Representative Bill Werkheiser. The county is represented in [[United States Congress|Congress]] by [[Rick Allen (U.S. politician)|Rick Allen]] of [[Georgia's 12th congressional district]].<ref name=fingertipfacts/>