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PAPERS OF VAWTER J. FEAGLER OF NORTH VERNON, INDIANA, 1878-1904

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IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.

The regular council Fine Will be Kinoleo 20 Sleep of Each seven suni. ?+++++++++++ ++++ + '++ Qfoal//? (Tftl'na^t, &?neJ,, ...../fC

Xay,24,I904 Wigwam of Huccatatuck Tribe #99,1. 0. R. M. ■•".

^Wheras:- It has pleased the Great Spirit in His Infinite wisdom ". to take from this vale of tears our worty brother member ~8m ¥, Foaglcr and,Wheras,It is just and right that we reoord our sincere sorrow for the loss sustained by this tribe in his death being called away in his prime of life, therefore be it, Resolved; That while we bow in humble submission to the Divine will, who does all things for the best, we recognize that this tribe. has lost a worthy brother member who was imbued with the spirit of fraternity; the community an up right citizen and his family a s- kind and affectionate son and brother.

Resolved; That we sympathize and console with the family of our deceased brother member' in this, their time of sorrow and afflict- ion and pray that The Groat Spirit i^His morcy may send them conso- lation to sustain them in their irreparable los3. Resolved:- That these resolutions be spread upon our minutes and a copy be sent to. the family of the deceased and that our Charter ' be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days and also that those roaolutiona be published in tha throe county novrspapora.

CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.

STATE OF INDIANA,

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. Auditor of-M jAyU^t C^-^Ol County,

Indiana, do hereby certify that rtf^&^CZ U i%£0(9j£l4~ has been designated

and appointed by t&ii/L WOW< IdP^uUMtLLr o&t&eJ^rjJL... Association as a person " who, in the pursuit and arrest of horse-thieves and other offenders against the Criminal laws of the State, shall have all the powers of Constables ; " and the Board of Commissioners of said County did on the /<5~ day of <*r^..^-__ l&f-/

consent to said appointment, and authorized the Auditor, of said County to issue to said Li35**I^|Ll?/*Js&L. so designated, a Certificate of said Appointment.

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CHAPTER CIV.

AN ACT lo amend Section four of I end other felons, and for mi Ihe Revised Statutes of 188

act entitled " An act to authorize the lotmation of companies for thedeTeCrion nnd apprehension of horse thieves al protection, and repealing all laws inconsistent therewith," approved December 21, 1865, being Seclinn 3431 of

' Approved April 13, 1885.

Section i. Be il enacted by the General Aistmbh ,7 the Stale of Indiana, That Section four of the above entitled act be amended to read as follows : Section 4- A majority of the members of such association shall have power to adopt a constitution and by laws for their government, to designate and appoint a presiding officer and such other officers as they may deem proper, who shall hold their offices during the time, and shall perform the duties required of them by such constitution and by-laws, and such presiding officer is hereby authorized and empowered to administer oaths to members of such association in all matters wherein oaths are necessary to be administered by the rules and by laws of the association, and such association, with the consent of the Board of Commissioners of the county in which such articles are recorded, may designate any members of the association, who, in the pursuit and arrest of horse-thieves and other offenders against the criminal laws of the State, shall have all the powers of constables, and'such association shall furnish to the Board of Commissioners a list of the names of members so designated, and if consent is given, the Board shall enter upon its record an order reciting the names of such persons, and that the consent of the Board has been given to such appointments, and the record so made shall authorize and empower the County Auditor to issue to each member so designated a certificate of his appointment. H . . '

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