Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-12

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an organization was effected under the
name Of the Salt Fork Live Stock Asso-
citation.
| Officers were elected as follows:
President, d. T. McIntire. Coldwater;
vice president. o. Mills, of Medicine
Lodge; secretary, II. .. HoldeFby,
Coldwater: assistant secretary, j. j.
Overstreet, of Coldwater; treasurer.
Jas. Holmes. of Aetna.
| The following preamble, constitu-
ton, bylaws and order of business was
adopted by the meeting:
PREAMBLE.
Cattle stealing being a crime frequently
committed in this part of the country, it be-
| comes necessary, In order to protect cattle
| owners from the same, to take individual
| and united action in opposition thereto. To
| better accomplish this purpose, the Under
| signed agree to form an association, and be
| governed in their fundamental action by the
following:
| CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE l. Title.-The title and name of
this association shall be, 1.-THE Salt Fork Live
! Stock Association"
ARTICLE 2. Object.-The object of this
| association is to provide effective means for
the prevention of cattle stealing; to enforce
all laws which now or may hereafter be
enacted concerning same; and to secure, by
| lawful means, the arrest, conviction and
punishment of all persons violating such
laws
ARTICLE 3. Officers.-The officers of this
association shall be a president, vice-presi-
dent, secretary, assistant secretary and
treasurer. The officers shall be elected an
nually by ballot, and shall hold their offices
until others are elected to fill their places.
ARTICLE 4. Sec. l. MEMBERSHIP person
shall become a member of this association
until he Is twenty-one years old, and is duly
elected at a regular meeting. Application
for membership must be made at a regular
| meeting.
Sec. 2. All votes for membership shall be
by ballot,and every member shall vote except
when excused by the president.
Sec. 3. Whenever a candidate for member
| ship receives one or more black-balls it shall
be the duty of the members casting the black
| balls to state their objections. If the objec-
| lions are other than of a personal nature,
| they shall be received.
| ARTICLE 5. Section 1. President-It shall
be the duty of the president to preside at all
| meetings, preserve order therein, and to give
| the casting vote in all cases of a tie, except
| at the election of officers. He shall enforce
| due observance of the constitution of the as
| ISOLATION. He shall have power to call meet
| ings whenever he may deem it necessary.
| And when he has received information of
the stealing of cattle, any stealing what
| ever, from any member of this association,
he shall furnish a description of the stolen
members of this association.
| Sec. 2 Vice-president.-The vice-president
shall preside in the absence of the president.
SEQ. 3. Secretary.-The secretary shall
make and keep correct account of the pro-
ceedings of the association at all their meet
ings He shall conduct the correspondence
of the association, and perform such other
duties as the laws of the association may re-
quire.
Sec. t. Treasurer.-The treasurer shall re-
ceive all money belonging to the association
| He shall make a correct report every month
of the amount received and expended since
the last report. He shall give bond and Sc
curity in the sum of two hundred dollars, to
be approved by the president and associa-
ton, for the faithful performance of his duty
ARTICLE 6. This association shall have
| power to levy a tax on each member, to de-
fray any expense incurred by any emergency.
ARTICLE Z. This association shall have
power to exclude, by majority of votes, any
members for crime. But no member shall be
declared from a fair and impartial trial.
BYLAWS.
l. This association shall meet once every
month.
2. Any person wishing to become a men,
Der of this association, shall make applica-
ton through some member thereof. And at
any regular me citing, the vote shall be taken,
for admission or rejection of such applicant.
3. ANY member who proposes the name Of
any person for membership, shall inform him
of his election or rejection.
4. No person !shail be admitted into the
association until his admittance fees are
paid.
.. Each person on becoming a member of
this association, shall pay an admittance fee
of one dollar.
q. Any member failing to pay his assess
ments. for two months after assessment is
made shall be deprived of the benefits of this
association.
z. Members of this association shall. be
assessed according to number Of cattle owned
on first day of March and first day of Deem
Der each year.
8. No member of this association shall go
on bond or In any way shield, help or pro-
tect any person or persons accused of theft.
o. Any member violating this constitution
or one or more of these bylaws, shall be sub
ject to expulsion by a majority vote of this
association.
10. These bylaws may be altered or
amended by two-thirds vote of members
present at a regular meeting.
ORDER OF BITSINESs
l. Roll call
2. Reading of minutes.
3. Report of committees
4. Proposition for membership.
5. Baloting for candidates.
6. Unfinished business,
Z. New business.
8. Appointing committees.
Q. Reading of bylaws.
10. Report of secretary.
II. Report of tire asurer.
Il. Remarks for good of association.
ID. Installation OF officers.
IA. Adjournment.
All persons who wish to become
members of the Salt Fork Live Stock
Association should apply to Sheriff
Mills, his brother 6 Mills or j. r.
Holmes, of this county; or they can at
tend the next meeting. which occurs at
Evansville or February 18th.