page_title: Cass County, Michigan
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Cass County, Michigan / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: I took photo in Aug. 2005.Billy Hathorn (talk) 19:01, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
context_page_description: Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,293. Its county seat is Cassopolis.
  Cass County is included in the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a total population of 316,663 and is sometimes considered part of Greater Michiana.
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  The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The elected county board of commissioners controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances.
  In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
caption: Lake Driskel in Jones, an unincorporated community in Cass County
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