The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-05
MERRY
The stock Association Concludes Its
Labors and Adjourns.

stock Association Concludes ItH
LRbors and Adjourns.
We ought perhaps in justice to give
an extended and detailed account Of all
the funny and witty things that were
said and done at the final session OF the
Stock Growers association on yester-
day, but space will not Justify us in so
doing. We can only say that after the
main business to be transacted by the
association was disposed of, a good deal
of merriment wal INDUCED in-part Of
which will be mentioned further on.
Yesterday morning before the regular
meeting convened a meeting Of the
roundup committee was held in the
court room, Thos. Sturgis, chairman of
the same, presiding, and Mr.. Blair act
ing as secretary.
The report of the roundup commit
tee was presented and considered and
put in shape by virtue of several sug.
gestions and accepted amendments for
tue final cOmmittal TO the regular meet
ing.
Upon the conclusion of the work Of
the committee the association was
called TO order by the president, N. X.
Davis, and the unfinished business of
tue first session was taken up for dispo-
sItIon.
The frst matter of any importance
was the ceptI and adoption in de-
tail ana generally ION motion Of Judge
Carey of tue report of the committee
GU round-ups, which was unanimously
agreed to and adopted.
Judge Carey afterwards moved that
SUI copies of the adopted report Of The
roundup committee be- printed in cir
culars, and also that the same BIZ pub
lIshed twice In the daily LEADER and
SUI for two Insertions, and for four
weeks in the weekly issues OF both pa
pers. The motion was unanimously
adopted.
On the favorable report of the proper
Committee, Messrs. j. F. Carey, q. l..
Holt and John Kuykendall were elected
ny d vote Of the meeting rs members Of
The associatian.
1t was moved and carried by a two
thirds vote that the by laws be 30
changed as to require hereafter the
payment Of the regular dues from each
member in advance, but for the present
year "a proviso was adopted tina; no dues
are payable Except voluntarily until
November LIST.
Also on motion and by a two-thirds
vote sec. IL Of the bylaws was changed
80 as to prevent the resignation Of any
member from being accepted until after
al Of his dues have been paid and re-
celved.
1t wa moved and carried that the
time for the collection Of dues, payable
OH account Of levying an assessment
for the present year, be extended until
the LIST Of June.
On motion of Mr.. Sturgis, the execu-
tive committee was authorized to re-
ceive dues and assessments from all
parties desiring to become members of
the association, but the matter of their
actual membership to be determined by
a vote of the meeting Of the association
at the next regular meeting thereafter.
A resolution was then introduced by
Mr.. Blair declaring in substance that
the association approves of the law pre-
venting cattle from being turned out or
used on the road without u recorded
road brand.
The adoption OF the resolution was
moved and carried.
John Pratt, who it seems was un-
known to himself, or Aat least it was 80
represented, made n member Of the
association, and who has repeatedly
requested to withdraw from the same,
aud have his initiation fee returned to
him, vas next made the subject of dis
c~ussion, the secretary desiring that the
meeting should instruct him, as to what
he should do in the matter, the out
come of which was that the meeting
voted to accept his resignation, and ut
the same time instructed the secretary
TO inform Mr.. Pratt that under the by
laws he had no authority to return the
initiation fee. This action was taken
for the reason that it appeared pretty
c 'nclusively that the gentleman alluded
to had at least assented to the payment
Of his fee by another party-his partner.
A fire brand in the shape of a resolu-
ii N introduced by Mr.. Haygood to the
effect that cuts Of the brands of the
d fferent members Of the association be
Included and published in the alphabet
ical list of members, was at this point
thrown into the association, and the
first real discussion OF controversy dur
ing the sessions Of the association at
once took place.
Messrs. Carey, Rabbit, Goodell,
Bronson, Davis, Na4le, Haywood and
others took u prominent part, but the
outcome Of the whole matter was that
the meeting voted u place the whole
matter in regard to publishing u brand
book in the hands of u special commit
tee OF three, subject, however, to the
approval Of the executive committee.
Messrs. Rabbit, Dater and Warren
were appointed as such committee.
On motion it was voted that the
president, at his convenience, appoint Il
of two to visit the stateR of
Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado, and urge