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Scope and Contents These are the minutes of the Board of Equalization. The County Commission serves as the Board of Equalization determining tax relief measures in the county. The minute books are not a recording of the proceedings of the board meetings, but rather a list of the decisions affecting taxation (both abatements and increases) made by the board. It is used to document the tax abatements given by the board to the indigent, the aged, the disabled (and their widows), and veterans (and their widows)....

Scope and Contents These minute books record the actions of the county commission, the governing body of the county. The commission (known during the territorial period as the county court) was authorized to manage all county business and property. This includes budgeting, equipment purchasing and auditing; use of county lands; districting for schools, roads, voting, drainage, etc.; taxing, specifically acting as an ex-officio board of equalization; business licensing; arranging for the construction of roads,...

Scope and Contents These minute books record the actions of the county commission, the governing body of the county. The commission (known during the territorial period as the county court) was authorized to manage all county business and property. This includes budgeting, equipment purchasing and auditing; use of county lands; districting for schools, roads, voting, drainage, etc.; taxing, specifically acting as an ex-officio board of equalization; business licensing; arranging for the construction of roads,...

Scope and Contents These minute books record the actions of the county commission, the governing body of the county. The commission (known during the territorial period as the county court) was authorized to manage all county business and property. This includes budgeting, equipment purchasing and auditing; use of county lands; districting for schools, roads, voting, drainage, etc.; taxing, specifically acting as an ex-officio board of equalization; business licensing; arranging for the construction of roads,...

Scope and Contents These minute books record the actions of the county commission, the governing body of the county. The commission (known during the territorial period as the county court) was authorized to manage all county business and property. This includes budgeting, equipment purchasing and auditing; use of county lands; districting for schools, roads, voting, drainage, etc.; taxing, specifically acting as an ex-officio board of equalization; business licensing; arranging for the construction of roads,...

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A listing, with some copies of photos, of Davis County elected officials from 1852 to 2012.

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These handwritten volumes index volumes H through S of the minutes of the Davis County Commission. Columns record the type of proceedings or the name(s) of interested parties, the date, and the book and page(s) in the minutes in which the proceedings are entered. The existence of any indexes to minutes before volume H is unknown. The Davis County Clerk, as the secretary for the Davis County Commission, may hold other index volumes.

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These are the minutes of regular, special, and emergency meetings of official county committees, boards, and task forces. They may also include an official agenda.