City of Butler history

The county seat, the Borough of Butler, was laid out in 1803, and on April 2, 1803, the county was formally organized for judicial purposes.

John W. Morgan arrived in 1854 and built a log house that became a hotel and tavern.

A courthouse was built of brick that was fire burned in a kiln east of Butler and was completed in 1857 at a cost of $9,000.

New Zealand has had county councils since 1876.

To remedy this undemocratic system, the Local Government Act of 1888 established county councils, with members elected by local residents, to take over the legislative and executive duties of the magistrates.

The city purchased the building on June 13, 1930 for the purpose of housing the City offices.

Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland an administrative reorganization in 1973 replaced that country’s six administrative counties and two county boroughs with 26 single-tier, or “unitary,” administrative districts.

After 1974 in England and Wales, administrative counties provided police and fire services, education, social welfare services, public transport, traffic regulation, consumer protection, libraries, and some highways and parks.

In 1975 the 34 administrative counties of Scotland were replaced by nine administrative regions, each subdivided into a number of districts.

In 1986 Greater London and six other metropolitan counties lost their administrative functions, which passed to their constituent boroughs.

In 2000, however, the metropolitan county of Greater London regained some of its administrative powers.