You can do one of four things:
1: Appoint a sheriff that runs the place like a military bootcamp. The town improves via trade but chafes under the taxes.
2: Appoint a robot as sheriff. Law is a set of logic to him.
3: Appoint a wild west sheriff whose only law is "Be good or I'll shootchya dead".
4: Commit townicide.
Now... Why do those look so familiar? They look a lot like the primary endgame results. #1 is the most obvious, the NCR ending. #2 is the House ending. #3 is the Indy ending, and #4 is the Legion ending.
