Show 28 23 Governments Within County SPECIAL TO TilE THE CLIPPER For its size does Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty have more or fewer governmental governmental governmental gov gov- agencies than other communities How many such bodies are there throughout the count county with power to pass rules and regulations affecting local residents A NEW REPORT on the subject subject subject sub sub- issued by the U. U S. S Census Bureau makes possible a com com- parison of the local govern covern ove rn mental menta structure with that thai found in other areas The data was gathered all parts of the country from m of the as part 1967 Census o oI 01 the fact that community nf ar fa fairs rs are being directed 1 les and less by county municipal pal and township governments and more by autonomous or semi autonomous sub sub-d sub divisions visions f TO A GROWING extent th controls are being dele delegate g at to school districts and to s sp p cial districts with respond b over public housing g water supply toll roads n fl flood control fire protection and e like In Davis County the re shows there are now 28 unto uni of government in operation 8 of power hem W with Pr property taxi n THEY TilEY CONSIST of 16 muted pal governments no p go governments one in dependent school district ten special diS d and the county govern government government ment itself 1 The number four is per cen more than the 27 tabulated r in 1962 when the previous of Governments was taken j I IBY I BY WAY OF there was a reduction of 12 per cent in the number a o local governments the United States as a in the he year five-year period t The Mountain Mounta n States had lead drop of two per cent while thi number in the State of U went up five per cent t FROM FRO THE standpoint oh o 1 population Davis County i is listed as having one agen agency of government for every 2 2931 local people The avera average g elsewhere in the nation i ione rone r f one for every 2340 t tIn t In most communities th the figures indicate the trend i i. i toward a streamlining of th L. L e I governmental process The n na national national na- na total for all types o of local governments declined t r from to in th the theli last five years I J MOST OF the cut was due to the consolidation of schooL districts i t L LL 1 L LL A L LL i L i I i Jill i In t |