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u The citizens of Girls State are girls from high schools all over the state who have completed their junior year of high school. Certain qualifications are necessary for a girl to be chosen to represent her school at Girls' State. An imaginary state is set up at Girls' State. It consists - of two counties and six towns with about twenty-five citizens in each town. There are two political parties at Girls' State which are symbolic of our two great national political parties. They are the Federalist and Nationalist. V7e don't choose which party we want to belong to. v'e are assigned by the coun sellors to one of them. ,Te nick our own platforms and stand behind our candidates to try to get them elected to office. ',rhen these candidates are elected to office they are expected to carry out the promises made by their party. The units of government are six towns in which the citizens of each town shall elect the necessary officers of town govern- ment, There are two counties in which the following officers are elected by all the citizens of each county: six senators, two assistant judges, and a States attorney. Then there is the state government in which the following officers are elected by all the citizens of Girls’ State: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, state auditor, and attorney general. The town, county, and state governments are carried on under the above elected officers. With the senators elected from the counties and represen- tatives elected from the towns, a model legislature is held. The presiding officer of the Senate is the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House is elected by the'representatives to preside over-the House.- Bills are drawn up, presented to the legislature, discussed, and passed. Then they require the governor’s signature to become laws. In this way we are taught the duties and workings of our legislative body. A jury trial is held and carried on in a model court as a trial would be held in any of our county courts in Vermont. The legislature and the court are both carried on by members of Girls’ State. We are well supervised in all we do, whether learning about government or having recreation, by competent counsellors and instructors. Besides learning how to run a town, county, and state government we learn how to vote by ballot, so when we are of voting age we will not leave our ballots blank. All the time we are learning about government, we are having recreation, social events, and meeting many new friends. Mary T wle 5J
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