THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



OFFICERS OF THE L. A. S. 



President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., New 

 York. 



jst Vice President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 

 40th St., New York. 



2d Vice-President, W. T. Hornaday, 2969 

 Decatur Ave., Bedford Park, N. Y. 



3d Vice-President, Dr. T. S. Palmer, Dept. of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



4th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 6 East 

 38th St., New York. 



5th Vice-President, Hon. W.A.Richards, Gen- 

 eral Land Office, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary, A. F. Rice, 155 Pennington Ave., 

 Passaic, N. J. 



Treasurer, Austin Corbin, of the Corbin Bank- 

 ing Co., 192 Broadway, New York City. 



FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING! 

 Pursuant to announcement, the 4th 

 annual meeting of the League of Ameri- 

 can Sportsmen was held at Indianapolis, 

 Ind., February 12th. The following offi- 

 cers and delegates were present: 



Hon. Frank L. Littleton, Chief Warden In- 

 dianaDivision;J.W.Connor,Kalispell,Mont., 

 Delegate Montana Division; J. M. Gaunt, 

 Great Falls, Mont., Delegate Montana Divi- 

 sion; H. A. Morgan, Albert Lea, Minn., 

 Vice Warden Minnesota Division; Harry 

 E. Lee, Chicago, 111., Delegate Illinois Di- 

 vision; A. Whitehead, Denver, Colo., Chief 

 Warden Colorado Division; A. J. Apple- 

 gate, Wichita, Kan. , Secretary Kansas Di- 

 vision; F. G. Miller, Defiance, Ohio, Dele- 

 gate Ohio Division; W. M. Grant, Okla- 

 homa City, Qkla., Chief Warden Oklahoma 

 Division; William Dutcher, New York 

 City, N. Y., Delegate New York Division; 

 W. E. Gleason, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chief 

 Warden Ohio Division; F. A. Pontius, 

 Seattle, Wash. , Chief Warden Washington 

 Division; Chas. Paine, Wichita, Kan., Dele- 

 gate Kansas Division; J. J. Hildebrant, 

 Logansport, Ind.. Vice Warden Indiana 

 Division; W. L. Agnew, St. Paul, Minn., 

 Delegate Minnesota Division. 



In addition to the officers and delegates 

 above mentioned, there was a large at- 

 tendance of local members living in In- 

 dianapolis and other towns in Indiana. 

 Deep interest and marked enthusiasm were 

 manifested by all present. It was inspir- 

 ing and gratifying to hear the splendid re- 

 ports, made by the representatives of the 

 League, from the various States, as to the 

 effective work being done all over the coun- 

 try in the interest of game, fish and song 

 bird protection. Public sentiment is grow- 

 ing in our favor at a rate never before 

 attained. No man can possibly realize the 



great work this League is doing, without 

 attending one of these annual meetings. 

 It is a fact to be deplored that all friends of 

 game protection can not do so. When we 

 realize that 10 years ago there was scarcely 

 a State in the Union that had a law prohib- 

 iting the shipment of game out of it^ limits, 

 and that today 38 States have such laws, 

 we can see that the wheels of progress are 

 moving. When we realize that only a few 

 years ago no State Legislature could be in- 

 duced even to consider a bill to pro- 

 hibit the sale of game, and that to-day 

 16 States do prohibit the sale of certain 

 kinds of game, and that a number of States 

 prohibit the sale of all kinds of game, at all 

 times, we can form some idea as to the won- 

 derful change in public sentiment in favor 

 of the preservation of wild birds and 

 animals. The days of the market hunter 

 and the game dealer are numbered. 

 And the League did it. 



The following report was submitted by 

 Arthur F. Rice, Secretary and Acting 

 Treasurer: 



Receipts: Memberships, renewals, badges, 

 from February 14, 1901, to January 10, 

 1902, $4,605.08. 



Disbursements, during same period: 

 State divisions, rewards, stationery, post- 

 age, salaries, stenographers, and sundry 

 expenses, $4,078.38. 



Balance on hand January 10th, $526.70. 

 Arthur F. Rice, 

 Secretary and Acting Treasurer. 



The following resolutions were adopted: 



Whereas, the League of American 

 Sportsmen was incorporated in the State 

 of New York in February, 1898, and 



Whereas, the laws of the State of New 

 York require that the incorporators of all 

 companies or associations incorporated 

 under such laws shall hold an annual meet- 

 ing at the beginning of each year, and 

 elect officers for the government of such 

 company or association, and 



Whereas, on January 13, 1902, the in- 

 corporators of the League of American 

 Sportsmen held an annual meeting in ac- 

 cordance with the said laws as above 

 stated, and re-elected all the general offi- 

 cers thereof, with the exception of treas- 

 urer, to serve during the year 1902, and 



Whereas, Austin Corbin was elected 

 treasurer of said League, to serve during 

 said year 1902, now, therefore, 



Resolved, that the League of American 

 Sportsmen, in annual meeting assembled, 

 on this 12th day of February, 1902, does 

 hereby approve and ratify the action of 

 said incorporators in re-electing the general 



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