Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1911-05-27
PREAMBLE..C CONSTITUTION
Of the Fall River and Custer County
Live Stock Owners Protective
Association.
PREAMBLE.


taking and appropriating other peoples
property to their own use; and owing
to the frequent stealing of horses, mules
and cattle, in Fall River and Custer
counties, South Dakota, we deem II
necessary to organize ourselves into al
near unity as possible for our mutual
protection, and to that end, adopt the
following constitution:
CONSTITUTION.
Article 1.-The name of this Associa-
tion shall be the Fall River and Custer
County Live Stock Owners Protective
Association, which shall consist of a
Chief Association and as many Subordi-
nate Associations as the Chief Executive
Board may authorize. The principal
place Of business of the Chief Associa.
ton shall be Buffalogap,, S. d.
Article 2.-The object of this Associa-
tion shall be the mutual protection of
its members horses, mules and cattle,
and to systematically hunt down and
prosecute such thieves.
Article 3.-The Chief Executive Board
of this Association shall be composed of
the chief officers. The officers of the
Chief Association shall be elected an.
nually by majority vote of the men,
bers through duly accredited delegates
from the Subordinate Associations, the
basis of representation being one dele
gate for each ten members or major
fraction thereof.
Article 4.-The funds for the expenses
of the Association shall be provided by
collecting a membership fee of $500,
and an assessment of $l.00 per member,
from each member who owns less than
fifty head of stock; and $500 per men,
Der from each member who owns fifty
head or more of stock, when deemed
necessary by the Chief Executive Board.
Provided, however, that new members
shall be exempt from any assessment
made within ninety days from the date
of their becoming members. Fifty per
cent of all moneys collected by each
Subordinate Association shall be re-
| tained by such Association, and fifty per
cent shall be remitted to the Chief Sec.
retary- Treasurer, as collected. Provid-
ed, however, that the President of the
Chief Association may draw from the
Subordinate Secretary Treasurer any
funds in their hands in excess of 35
cents per member, at any time an emer-
gency demands.
Article 5.-The officers of the Chief
| Association shall be: Chief President,
Chief Vice President, Chief Secretary
Treasurer, Chief Captain and Auditor,
all of whom shall constitute the Chief
Executive Board. The duties of the
President, and in his absence or disqual-
itication the Vice President, shall be to
preside at all meetings of the Chief Ex-
ecutive Board and Chief Association,
and such other duties as may be imposed
by this Constitution and as are usually
required of President. The Secretary
Treasurer shall act as Secretary of all
meetings of the Executive Board and
Chief Association, and shall receive and
care for all funds and records of the
Association. He shall pay all expenses
of the Chief Association, having the
approval of the Chief Executive Board,
or in emergencies, upon orders signed
by the President. The duties of the
Auditor shall be to examine and audit
all accounts of the Chief Association,
and make report of the same at the
annual meeting. The Chief Captain
shall have general supervision of all
Subordinate Captains, and the direction
of their work in searching for stolen
property. The Chief Captain and Sub
ordinate Captains, and all those called
out by them to assist in hunting thieves,
shall receive $500 per day for the time
SO spent, also actual expenses incurred.
The Chief Captain shall make a written
report to the Chief Association annual
ly, covering the details of the years
work. The officers of the Subordinate
/
Chief Association, whose duties shall
be the same, and shall be elected not
later than their next annual meeting.
Article 6.-The Chief Executive Board
shall have general supervision of all
business of the Chief Association, and
shall offer reward not to exceed $500
for the capture and conviction of thiei
who steals one or more horses, mules OF
cattle, the property of one who is g
member of the Association at the time
of the theft. The members of the Ex
ecutive Board shall be ex-officio dele
gates to the annual meeting of the
Chief Association.
Article 7.-The Chief Secretary Treas
urer shall give bond in the sum o
not less than 81, 900 while the Secretary
Treasurers of the Subordinate Associa
tions shall be bonded in the sum of no
less than $500, and shall make an annua
report to the Chief Auditor not late
than five days preceding the annua
meeting. The bond of the Chief Secre
tary Treasurer shall be approved BY
the. Chief Executive Board, and shal
be paid for by the Association. Tit
bonds to be deposited with the respect
i've Presidents.
Article S.-Anyone may become I
member of this Association by signing
an application and paying the member
ship fee. In case of failure to pay an!
assessment within twenty days from tn,
date, 1t is due the member 30 failinl
shall be suspended from all benefits o