Show Davis Has Fewer Elected Officials SPECIAL TO CLIPPER For its size Davis County as fewer elected officials on ons s payroll than do most communities across the coun coun- I try A COMPARATIVE study of the governing process shows that the local area is administered administered admin admin- by elected officials I equivalent to 15 per population Throughout the United States by way of comparison the average number of elected officials officials officials of of- at the local level is 26 per people The Western States average is 18 THE TIlE FIGURES are from a report released by the Department Department Department De De- of Commerce based upon its recent Census of Governments It is the first such survey since 1962 Nationally it shows ther thereat are elected officials in local government positions The North Central States with i about one-fourth one of the total population accounts for nearly half of them Utah has 2081 IN VARIOUS parts of the country it is found the ratio of elected officials to population population population tion varies widely from the general average The reason for it is that there are great differences in local government setups In Inmost Inmost Inmost most of the south for example there is a comparatively simple simple sim sim- simple governmental structure which makes no provision for organized townships ALSO THEIR school systems systems systems commonly involve larger geographical areas than elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where and are more widely administered by appointive rather than elective boards Of the elected officials serving Davis County 13 are connected with the county itself 98 with municipalities five with school districts and nine with special districts IN LOCALITIES where there are officials serving more than one unit of government the totals have been adjusted accordingly i All told according to the I Commerce Clearing House there are now some local governments in operation operation operation opera opera- tion in the United States This represents a reduction of about from Crom the number number number num num- ber counted in 1962 THE DROP was due primarily primarily primarily marily to the decrease inthe inthe in inthe the number of oC school districts through consolidations |