Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-21

The purpose OF the organization WI
was recently formed is stated to
the detecting and apprehending
horse thieves, incendiaries and
other criminals"
Harry NJ McCaskrin. who is an
tive member of the league, states II
membership OF the organization h
reached 100. Under the provisio
of the articles of association, any
the members can be elected as ISL
cial constables" with the right TO Ct
~ arms.
The Articles.
The articles follow:
Under the virtue and authority
of the statutes and laws of the
state of Illinois, we, the persons
who have subscribed our names
hereto, being citizens of the Unit
ed States and the state of Illinois,
do hereby form ourselves into an
incorporated company for the pur-
pose of detecting and appre-
hending of horse thieves, incen-
diaries and all other criminals
against the laws of the state of Il
linois.
In thus forming ourselves into
said company, for said purpose,
we the undersigned do hereby
make and subscribe our names to
the following articles of assoc.a-
ton:
.. We hereby name our COM
pany the Taxpayers Protective
League, under which name and
style We shall be designated as
body polite and corporate.
> We hereby designate and fix
the location of our place of meet
ing TO be at Market square, north
of the scale house between Six
.eenth and Seventeenth streets
and south of Second avenue, in
the city of Rock Island, in the
county of Rock Island, in the state
of Illinois. which place of meeting
shall be the place of meeting of
the Tax Payers Protective league.
>. We further designate our
selves charter members of the
Tax PAYERS Protective league and
authorize the above articles of
association. for said purpose, to
be filed with the recorder of deeds
of Rock Island county; thereby
making The Tax Payers Protec-
tive league, body polite and cor
porate with power given by law
for detecting and experimenting of
horse thieves, incendiaries and all
other criminals against the laws
of the the state of Illinois.
The charter members are Harry NJ
TcCaskrin. ]. p. Sexton, former alder
IAN; Martin McNealy, J. G. Blythe
harles Coyne, Will Glass, c. Y. Ross
I. Danielson, Myron Jordan, II. p
owton, a. ]. Coleman and c. L. Wal
zee.
McCaskrin's Statement.
Harry NJ. McCaskrin of the Tax
AYERS Protective association, in the
purse OF a statement given out today,
Iys:
THE Tax Payers Protective league
organized under AL act which :u-
orizes the formation of a company
r the purpose of detecting and 1p-
of horse thieves, incendi-
les and all other criminals against
e laws of the state of Illinois. Any
Imber OF citizens. not less than 10,
no sign articles oc association which
{ forth the name of said company
d their place of meeting and who
q the articles of association with
= recorder of deeds in the county in
q. -. q ~. Of al
is fixed by said articles of
ISOLATION. thereby become a body
litic and corporate. Such companies
all have power TO call TO their aid
? peace officers of this state. and
any regular meeting may elect any
mber OF their meE- bers as they deem
81 20 act as special constables.' who
all hold their office for one year and
all have all the rights and privi-
-es of constables when engaged in
, pursuit of criminals and the re-
very of stolen property.
Body Polite.
BY thus organizing the Tax Payers
1tective league We not only become I
,ody polite. but each member may /
,ome a special constable and peace /
icer with the right to go about arm
while engaged in the discharge of /
ir official duty. While il is unsafe |
the citizens of this city TO travel
public streets and women and chill
n no longer have proper protection
n in their own homes, We will elect
ne of our members special consta-
$ and they viii be in the discharge
official duties night and day. BY
S organizing We give the citizens
our city the right TO become mem
: of the Tax Payers Protective
que. and as members they may, il
Y desire, be. elected special con-
1les.' so that the citizens of our
may thus arm themselves and
tect themselves against armed in
diaries and other criminals While
do not believe in being gun toters.'
do believe that self preservation is
first Law of nature.
We have adopted the name, Tax
e-s' Protective league. because We
ize that millionaire tax dodgers
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