Where the county had a more direct interest, more details are recorded as in the case of franchises for telephone, electricity, or pipelines. A major addition to commission functions was made in 1941 when the commission was empowered to provide for the development and zoning of unincorporated areas of the county. Entries regarding the zoning of subdivisions begin in 1962 with the appointment of a planning board and a building inspector. Entries become more frequent in the 1970s and 1980s with discussion of building and zoning code enforcement. The series is arranged chronologically by date of meeting.
Retakes are common at various places in the film, particularly at the beginning.
In 1983, the clerk shifted from re-typing all the information in bound volumes and went to retaining the original material in loose leaf books. Material from 2 May 1983 to 11 July 1983 may be present in both formats. While the minute books summarize the meetings of the commission, many other county agencies recorded the particulars. Thus the other holdings of the county commission and other Morgan county agencies should be consulted. Volumes from 1947 to 1986 have partial indexes.