AGENCY: Provo (Utah). Police Department

SERIES: 83985
TITLE: Commitment register
DATES: 1903-1908.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by commitment date.

DESCRIPTION: This is a register of all persons incarcerated in the Provo City Jail. It was used to record the arrest and the imprisonment. Information recorded includes: name of prisoner, physical description, special marks, charge, name of arresting officer, process, date committed, date released, how discharged, and any remarks (i.e., escaped). The volume also contains an index (arranged alphabetically by first letter of the prisoner's surname) with the full name of prisoner and page number. A pamphlet entitled "Traffic Rules and Regulations of Provo City, Utah" is tucked inside the volume.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 03/1989

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical

This retention is based on the historical value of these records to document crime and punishment in Utah's communities. Few such registers have survived.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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