1957 Census of Governments, Opseg 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 |
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1,000 inhabitants 4,999 inhabitants 50 pupils 9,999 inhabitants administered AGENCIES AND AREAS area Method AUTHORIZED ELECTIVE OFFICES board of commissioners board of directors board of supervisors Census count Census purposes Census statistics cial classified Clerk Commission Committee on petition conservation districts count of governmental county board county governing body district court districts--directors drainage districts elected at large elected board electors established by special fees first-class cities Governing body--councilmen government and elective governmental units Governor Housing authorities ipali issue bonds large Salary law provides LEGALLY AUTHORIZED ELECTIVE levy taxes mayor Mayor-council ments Method of compensation municipally governed areas Number of local Number of municipalities Number of public petition of landowners population public school systems Puerto Rico referendum school districts Soil conservation South Carolina South Dakota special act special districts square miles STANDARD METROPOLITAN AREAS SUBORDINATE AGENCIES township governments treated in Census tricts Type of government unincorporated areas ward
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Stranica 85 - New England - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. • Middle Atlantic - New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. • East North Central - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin. • West North Central - Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. • South Atlantic - Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. • East South Central - Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,...
Stranica 3 - Ore. -Wash 257 65 192 1 083 tivities, and has no officers currently — it is not counted as an existing government. Governmental Character This characteristic is indicated where officers of the entity are popularly elected or are appointed by public officials. A high degree of responsibility to the public, demonstrated by requirements for public reporting or for accessibility of records to public inspection, is also taken as critical evidence of governmental character. Governmental character is...
Stranica 46 - Under this general heading are included 'towns' in the six New England states and in New York and Wisconsin, 'plantations' and 'locations' in Maine and New Hampshire, and governments called 'townships' in other states. The vast majority of townships are rural local governments serving area subdivisions of the counties. Townships are distinguished from municipalities in that they exist to serve inhabitants of a defined area without regard to population concentrations. Most townships perform a limited...
Stranica 46 - As a class, authorities resemble special districts in that they are created to serve a single function or a limited number of functions. In many instances, however, the functions assigned are in lieu of or to supplement services ordinarily provided by an established government. As to numerous authorities, moreover, a significant degree of administrative control is retained by the creating government. Thus, most authorities are not sufficiently autonomous to be classed as separate governmental units...