The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-13
THE VENTl0N
Text o. lhe Executive Committees RE
por,--iaiofesting Facts.
Sherman selected rs the Next Place NJ
Meeting.
The Proceedings Reported In Full.

Tor nn u1ur receiving dues rom mtmbrrr
Who had afrly. d tne night before.
The ffst business was ihe election ul new
mem ners sud the following gentlemen
were unanimously admitted as memhefs;
Seth Mtbry, George a, Sealing, Il l.. GaE.
w. q. Wright, FL, Grounds, q. W. VOL.
colt ID q, Harm Ohsln, y, L. Mnlta, u, q.
Buck -, }. * Hudson. Norman Penion, J.
A. Jackson, George Trainer, u heinstAd,'
Tom Montgomery Frank Bylsr aud j. II.
MORTON,
Thu executive committee then submitted
the ioil rw'Hg report. Nhioh was adopied:
RlrlRr ~ txscUtIvs COMMITTEE
To The iresiicni ana hrnbns ~ the Catte
Raisers' Conv nnou ~ Northwest Texas
We, your Executive Cummitiee, elected
at the last unt,ual meeting, would respect.
fully ask lo suhmi, the fol owing ~ Tie ~.
port OF tnr business done by u durlng our
Term 90 oilifG
The rlnmIIt.f sac arEln.zed by eleoiing
Cant. 4 "a Brituu chairman aud j. ".
Low- sec etary on the 9TH day Of March,
1888 The same meeting aa assessment
of II cent per head vas levied On the
cat / owned gut controlled by the
memb-ft. We were present. aud
signed me new constitution
at the lasl auuusI m6etinG. The commit.
tee on rcd and had Il published Ia the Live
Stock journal a reward % ono thousand
dollars cor he arrest and conviction OF each
person guilty OF stealing stock from nuy
mem hrf uI TIE association.
OF the assessment levied 90 per cent. was
made duc aud payable on demand, The
bal9tCg dus agd payable ths Isl day o.
Angus last. Al the me. ting oi tho COM
mittte on he 81 day OF April, Mr.. George
T. Rey lolis PRESENTED his n ligngiiln a. y
memner NJ the committee, which was ac-
cepl,d. aud 81. j. J. Hittsou elected tuhl
his pl-o', Mr.. Hittlon, being coagouisnt,
was no Iisd iud took his seat a. once as q
menb Of tbs committee.
lhr rewards OF $3.50 heretofore offered hy
the associal Ion for the arrest and COW ciion
OF Auy person guilty of stealing horse or
horses .rom a member OF this association )
still cun.inuet nld offered by the com.
mit,se
The COMMITTEES at their meeting on tho
3rd dsv OF April telected three inspectors
and uigtCi 70, set their salarles ana asaign'
ed a portion Of them to duty ~ such ooinis,
euc sucn 0anges aa they, tho committee ia
their in igmeut deemed necessary for toe
pfot-otilu or tne members OF this aasocs-
tion.
At he meetings OF The committee on The
1ith AID liih days OF May, the balance 81
the insp ciors and detectives were Ga5ig-
ned 20 duty one st Oh
OF tie markets oil st. Louis,
Kansa- CITY and Chlclgo and poinis on
trail- su 'euges - deemed necessary. At
She same meeting COlouel q. G. Slaughter
was chusrn and elected chief OF the inspec-
tors and detectives Employed by the com
mitiee 'nr he association, 10 manage, See
after aud control the same which he has
contit ued to 90 u the present time Pdor
20 Toe appointment al Ar. Slsugh er a.
chier 70 hr iofcaa, they, the Inspectors aud
detective, made thelr reports 70 The chair
man on tle clmMiitee. Since his appoint.
ment tls reports have been mado 10 Mr.
Slsugnt r. oil which ars nov en- file with
the sec etHr4.
h.. ,s.Fa
SHOW that they have Inspected IN the
markets and on the trails during tho sea-
son, about 10000 head OF cattle, aud that
they have Caught and gaved TO the mem
bert OF this association, 500 head OF cattle,
worth IN the a. greg TO $l2 500, thai would
have besn total loss to the owners. The
committee has good cause 20 believe they
have saved many hundreds or probably
thousands Of cattle that would have been
Illegally taken from their owners haS ~ not
been for the fact that they. the committee,
were keeping watch at the markets and on
all the routes and trails over which cattle
would be likely 10 pass in going TO market
or on. fthe state.
II has been the policy OF the
committee, when possible, to return
captured cattle to the owners and have only
cold such as IL was impossible TO return,
and in no case have sold any cattle 10 be
kept on she range in this state or elsewhere.
At the last annual meeting Of the $3.50.
citation, and Immediately after the election
of this committee, by resolution, oil NC
counts aud claims outstanding and unset
tied business waa referred TO the executive
com mitiee for adjustment and set lsmeDt.
We have allowed and paid claims that were
then outstanding 20 the amount OF 81 1880
We found from the treasureT's report Tor
Shs twelve months preceding our election
that hero was in the treasury the sum OF
Sll7 IS wnen Ne went into Office.
The secretary and treasureI's books show
that he cole cited during our term Of office
from dues, fees and asss' sments he sum
OF slO.T0S Addiug 10 this the bll7.35 me
balance IN the treasury az the time
OF the election o; the execu We
committee, makes . sum total OF $40 s25So,
which sum has been a. the disposal OF me
c,..tr!tfac for tHp protection ~ me cattl"
and the horses If the the members OF the
assoointior or The above amount there
hays been s., O0expended by the committee
in irving 70 protect the stock interests vi
members Of the association They nave
also expended $ll92.5O ia peyips claims
that we're outstanding against the
Association at the time the com
sni,tce took charge OF the affairs
al the s.me which makes Hum total Of
sIO.io2 90 expended by the committee dur.
ipg thsir term OF Office and up u the pres
ant date, leaving q balance OF S6S2S5 now
in the treasury.
The as6eesfntlts lcNitu nkaihnt ihVmOofs
at the outset by the committee they are
nrond II report, have been promptly paid
with bus very few exceptions.
The n nm miit.s has taken IA eleven nav
mann ,ers TO the association, representing
81 ass head II cattle. They nave also rein
stated ,wenty-two old members, represent
ing % 1850 head OF cattle.
This being the frs. year o! the existence
of this committee. its opers,lons
49,, D., a Creat extent experimental
Ws "a not deem II expedisn. In TINS begin
,;ny 30 make assessments - large as We
-sre nermitted by the bylaws, out mad ee
done ~ could have made onr services much
more .tficieat. Ia order inst our success
ora In Office may not be impeded or cur
tailed r. tneir Efforts Tor the went oimoney
wa recommend that you levy an asstss'
ment ~ tao cents per head on the cat le
renrsssnted ia your associa ION payable
crarterlv in advance instead OF Ia Genus
1nsr head. which was the amount Of the as
sesmspt isvi.d during the past year.
Your committee wonld further rec )mmend
AZ means Of projecting the substant al
end neyips mem bers OF this association
thst ali members in arrears for duss AND
essessm.nis for moro than twelve months
n. susuended as the bylaws provide, and
that the secretary witahoid the marks apn
brands OF all such suspended members from
the inspectors and detectives OF sne ~ ocln
ZION until all dues and assessments are paid.
The @ mmittee have good and sufficient
reasons Tor believing that much od hn,
been accomplished during their term OF Of
fcs. ia the way OF protecting the cat
lie i,teesfs Of THE ssso1ation, promi-
nent among which Is the fact that cattle
thieves have OF late IN MAKING sner rs,o'
ton Of the association, that they
have actually stolen cattle from ranges
who're a ree-fourlhs OF the cat lie 90