Show HUMANE SOCIETY MEETS FINES CANNOT LEGALLY BE GIVEN TO THE SOCIETY Gratifying Increase in Membership I Bishop Brinton Scored for Treatment Treat-ment of His Horses I The regular semimonthly meeting of the Utah Humane society was held last evening Aside from authorizing the secretary ll have two thousand copies of the State lau referring to the inhuman treatment of animals printed for distribution no official business was transacted I About thirty names were added to the list since the former meeting and the society now boasts a members of 121 This is about four times the number oC members which constituted the original society and these names have all been secured within the past six weeks I Dr A S Condon of Ogden sent In an application for membership lust week inclosing his initiation fee also 3 to bo I given to a member of the police force as a reward for the apprehension of an offender of the law for prevention of cruelty to animals as provided by Iho Humane society when it was organized The desire of the society Is that this lines of offenders of the law shall be turned over to the society but this cannot be legally done as all fines aro required to be paid Into the city treasury The City Council could howe how-e I do us It does In the case of time Rescue home and Orphans home s cl aside a special appropriation each month for the society provided there I bo no protest against It This matter Is now before the City Attorney who will present an opinion probably at to nights meeting of the Council Bishop Brinton who was recently found guilty of mistreating his horses came In for another scoring last night I One member present said that the bishop was In the habit of using his horses hard all day turning them out at nlgfit without food or shelter and working thorn again the next clay This said the member wns his habit during the entire winter Another member suggested that the only way to care for such offenders as the bishop was to have them arrested every day and fined until they learned how to pioperly care for their dumb animals Those present last evening were Mesdames Mes-dames Wallace Lewis Bcatly Brans ford Siegel Bambergor Messrs Hill Beatty Lewis and Hugar The next meeting will be held on May SlIm |