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24 UNION COUNTY PAST AND PRESENT `
' except those pertaining to education, is by the fiscal court, under Th
an uniform budget. The State budget officer classifies the counties eleet,
according to their population and expenditures, and all funds term
· expended by the county are provided for by this budget from least
the revenue for each fiscal year. All claims approved by the fiscal eupe;
court must designate the particular budget from which they are ever
to be paid, and each county warrant must show the budget unit plgnz
from which it is to be paid. All warrants or contracts paid by Ez
the county treasurer must be certified as being within the budget who
appropriation or such warrant or claim shall be null and void. with
The county board of election commissioners is made up of the to tl
sheriff of the county and two voters, one from each of the two gene
political parties which cast the largest vote in the State at the gene
last general election. The latter are appointed each year by the com
State board of election commissioners. As one of its chief duties to in
the board examines and canvasses the election returns of the Tj
county and gives certificates of nomination to those who have tim;
received the highest number of votes for the oflice sought. It in 1
_ appoints precinct election officers each year from among the pgp;
voters in the precinct for which they are appointed. bgg
. County purgation officers may be appointed when the county QOH
executive committee of any political party having representation hw
on the State board and county board of election commissioners Cf 1
shall desire it. In such cases the county board of election com- is F
missioners must appoint two officers for the precinct, and it is q
then their duty to purge the registration list in that precinct of Sm
names illegally registered. Ofl
County education and welfare oflices are all comparatively O;
young, and consequently their duties present a wider scope, and ile;
their discretionary powers are correspondingly broader. nu:
The county school superintendent is appointed by the county mg
board of education. He must hold a diploma or State certificate ,
as required by the State board of examiners. He is the executive by
ofhcer and secretary of the county board of education, and must mg
attend all meetings except when the tenure, salary, or adminis- pa
tration of his ofhce is under consideration. He may advise the
board on any question before it. but he ·annot vote. His duties Ul
are such as to make him primarily responsible for the condition wl
and conduct of the <·ounty`s schools under the program sponsored Si;
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