Michigan · statute · 78 of 1917, Mich. Comp. Laws · 15 active provisions
The various counties of this state are hereby authorized to acquire, own and hold real estate and buildings within their respective boundaries to be used as work farms, factories or shops for the confinement, punishment and reformation of persons sentenced thereto, and to conduct and operate the same.
The management and direction of such work farms, factories or shops and of the convicted persons sentenced thereto, subject to the periodical visitations of the state authorities at their discretion, shall be under the authority of a non-partisan commission to be elected for that purpose by the board of supervisors of…
Said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline and the work and labor of the persons confined in and on said work farm, factory or shop; and to appoint a superintendent thereof, whose term of office shall be during good behavior, the salary to be fi…
(1) The commissioners shall serve without fee or compensation, except actual expenses. They shall hold a meeting on the first Monday of May of each year at the county seat, and other meetings as they shall by rule appoint. One or more commissioners shall visit the work farm, factory, or shop not less than once each mon…
The books of said work farm, factory or shop shall be so kept as to clearly exhibit the state of the inmates, number received and discharged, and the receipts from and the expenditures for and on account of each line of work, and for repairs or improvements and up-keep of the premises. A quarterly statement shall be ma…
The board of supervisors of such county may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition of the management of such institution as to them may seem necessary and proper, and may, for misconduct or wilful neglect of duty, upon sufficient evidence thereof, after notice and hearing, remove any officer or empl…
The superintendent of the said work farm, factory or shop shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to said commission, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. He shall be responsible for the manner in which said work farm, factory or shop is managed and conducted. He shall…
The board of supervisors of any county of the state, not owning or operating a work farm, factory or shop under the provisions of this act, shall have full power and authority to enter into an agreement with any commission organized under this act to receive and keep in or on their work farm, factory or shop, any perso…
In every county having such agreement, it shall be the duty of every court by whom any person, for any crime or misdemeanor not punishable by imprisonment, in the State prison, may be sentenced for any term of not more than 6 months, to sentence such person to the work farm, factory, or shop there to be received, kept,…
It shall be the duty of the sheriff, constable or other officer in and for any county having such agreement with said commissioners, to whom any warrant or commitment for that purpose may be directed by any court or magistrate in such county, to convey such person so sentenced to the said work farm, factory or shop and…
The expense of maintaining the said work farm, factory or shop, over and above the receipts for labor of persons confined therein and for crops produced thereon, and for the support of those whose support shall not be chargeable to the county, shall be audited and paid from time to time by the board of auditors or the…
It shall be lawful for any judge of the district or municipal court to commit persons convicted before them to the work farm, factory, or shop for a term not exceeding 6 months, notwithstanding the fact that the law or ordinance under which sentence is passed provides that the respondent shall be committed to another p…
The superintendent of said work farm, factory or shop shall cause to be kept a record of each and all infractions of the rules and discipline of such work farm, factory or shop with the names of the person or persons offending, and the date and character of such offense; and every person therein detained whose name doe…
Any real estate which has been or is being used for county work farm, factory or shop purposes shall, immediately upon the election of a commission pursuant to the terms of this act, be turned over to such commission pursuant to this act. And such commission, by and with the approval of a majority of all supervisors-el…
This act is hereby declared to be immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety.