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RESOLUTION
of the
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
on behalf of the
CITIZENS OF EAGLE COUNTY
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WHEREAS, this Board of County Commissioners, on behalf of the citizens of
• Eagle County, county officials and employees, both past and present, and of •
'.themselves, wish to express to James H. Seabry, Sheriff of Eagle County,•their
esteem and gratitude for an exemplary job well done; and'
WHEREAS, James H. Seabry has c leted sixteen (16) years as County Sheriff, -
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` having served the citizens of Eagle County in the finest tradition of good law
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enforcement; aril •
WHEREAS, "Jim ", born in Leadville, Colorado on February 23, 1913, is ending •
'.: a total of forty (40) years in law enforcement, his career starting at age twenty -
six (26) in 1939 with the Leadville Police Department, resigning there to join, the •
Colorado State Patrol, known at that time as the Courtesy Patrol, in 1942, Older
residents attest that "Jim" lived up to the word "courtesy ", earning State Cowmen-
•dations three times as "Patrolman of the Month" through those twenty -one (21) years` •
to late 1962 when he felt compelled by a "Citizens Draft" to ruri as a write -in in
the General Election and won the Election for County Sheriff; and • •
WHEREAS, "Jim's" sincerity and friendship, his knack of telling of his own . •
personal experiences and those of others, coupled with a gocd joke now and then,
touched most citizens of the County; and
NOW•.TNEREFFORE BE IT RESOLVED IN CONIDATION THEREOF, that on behalf of the
citizens of Eagle County, this Board does acknowledge the aforesaid, and does
ccrrnend James H. Seabry, Sheriff of Eagle County, for his years of exemplary
service to Eagle County and its' citizens; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 'in token thereof, this Board does cause the following
list of names of past Eagle County Sheriffs, covering the ninety -five (95) years of
its' existence to include the name of James H. Seabry, the recipient of our esteem:.
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February 26, 1883 - January, 1887 N. L. Eby
January, 1887 - January, 1890 William Greiner
January, 1890 - April 1, 1892 Wm. F. Roberts
April 1, 1892 - January, 1896 George M. Grunley •
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January, 1896 - January, 1902 Mack Fleck
January, 1902 - January, 1905 Frank Farman
January, 1905 - January, 1909 , M. J. Henry
January, ' 1909 - . January, 1912 Frank Farrxum
Jarauary, 1912 - January, 1917 - - - - M. J. Henry
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'` January, 1917 - June, 1922 Solan D. Ackley
`. June, 1922 - January, 1958 W. M. Wilson
, January, 1958 - January, 1962 : Henry Kraith
January, 1962 - January, 1979 - - - - James H. Seabry; and
BE IT FURTHEER RESOLVED, that the original of this Resolution shall be delivered
to "Jim ", that the text shall be spread upon the Minutes of this meeting,'ard that a
certified copy shall be preserved in the Eagle County Archives.
VINED, READ AND ADOPTED this ` day of January, A. D. 1979..
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BOARD OF COUNTY CQ LISSI0NERS -
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
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Dan Williams, Chairman
Dale Grant, Commissioner
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A ), _.) Maxwell. ' . Barz, Clerk to th_ : • _ rd
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