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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
4
The Lamar town board passes ordinances including establishing a town seal bearing the words Seal Town of Lamar Prowers County Colorado and validates prior attestations. It also enacts punishments for intoxication vagrancy mendicancy common prostitutes and habitual drunkards with fines and detainment as prescribed.
Town of Lamar board declares penalties for prostitution and sets fines of up to twenty dollars plus costs. Default on payment leads to jail time up to ninety days with optional work details. The ordinance repeals conflicting provisions and takes effect May 22, 1900.
An ordinance provides for the annual appointment by the city council of Lamar Colorado of an attorney, a clerk, a marshal, a treasurer and a police officer for one year terms. It outlines their duties and regulates their compensation and qualifications.
The text details town governance provisions including the town clerk duties keeper of the town seal minutes records warrants countersign and fiscal reporting. It also covers the marshal’s authority to arrest detain and bring offenders before the police judge and administers the town’s enforcement powers.
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