Sec. 3.
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 fixed by said commission. The superintendent shall have the usual powers of a deputy sheriff, shall take the constitutional oath of office before assuming his duties, same to be filed with the county clerk; and before entering such duties he shall execute to the people of the state of Michigan a bond in the penal sum of 5,000 dollars, to be approved by said commissioners, and filed with the county clerk, conditioned that he shall faithfully account for all money and property that may come into his hands by virtue of his office and faithfully perform all the duties incumbent upon him as such superintendent, according to law. It shall also be the duty of the commissioners to employ and fix the compensation of such subordinate officers, guards and employes as such commission, with the approval of the board of supervisors, may deem necessary, and prescribe their duties not otherwise prescribed by law, and to make all rules and regulations in relation to the management and government thereof as they may deem expedient. But no appropriation of moneys shall be made by said commission without the sanction of the said board of supervisors by a vote of a majority of all the members-elect.
History: 1917, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 17722 ;-- CL 1948, 801.203
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 801 - Jails and Workhouses
Act 78 of 1917 - Work Farms, Factories, and Shops (801.201 - 801.217)
Section 801.201 - County Workhouse; Authorization of County to Acquire and Own.
Section 801.205 - Books of Account; Contents; Quarterly Statement.
Section 801.206 - Reports to Supervisors; Removal of Officials or Employees.
Section 801.207 - Superintendent; Duties.
Section 801.208 - Counties Without Workhouse; Contract With Commission; Publication.
Section 801.209 - Sentencing Person to Work Farm, Factory, or Shop.
Section 801.211 - Maintenance Expense; Tax Levy.
Section 801.212 - Commitment of Person to Work Farm, Factory, or Shop.
Section 801.214 - Record of Infractions; Effect of Good Behavior.