The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15

THURSDAY afternoon, adopted the res
olutionNappended, providing for the
convict labor on the county roads.
Supervisors Kinsler of Antrim and
Colby of Wodhull voted no.
Corunna, January 14.-The COM
mittee on roads and bridges, to which
was referred the proposition of the
employment of prisoners sentenced
to the county jail, will submit the
following resolution to the board
for consideration.
Resolved, That the board of coun-
ty road commissioners and the sher-
iff of the county make all necessary
arrangements for the working of
prisoners on the public highways,
streets, alleys and public county
roads or in any. quarry, pit or yard
in tle preparation for the construc-
tion of materials for such public
county Ioads in the county of Shia-
wassee, In accordance with the pro-
visions Of sections 1850 to 1883, in
elusive, pf the compiled laws of the
State of Michigan of the year 1897,
as amended by Act 10, of the Public
Acts for the year 1909.
Resolved, That said board of coun-
ty road commissioners and the sher-
if of saiq county make arrangements
for the working Of all male prisoners
over the age of 1S years under SEN
tence of imprisonment in the county
Jail capable Of performing manual
labor ontsaid public county roads as
aforesaid and that said sheriff shall
appoint some person to have charge
of the prisoners and to furnish trans
portation for said prisoners to and
from the Jail while they are engaged
in the work as provided in said stat
ute as ain ended which transportation
shall be done every night and morn
ing for all of said prisoners in such
employment and the person appoint
ed to have charge Of such prisoners
shall be Under the direction of the
county road commissioner construct
ing the road that the prisoners are
working on. Said person shall re-
ceive as full compensation for look
ing after said prisoners and furnish
ing transportation as aforesaid the
sum of four dollars per day while ac-
tually employed in such service
which sum Shall be paid out of the
general fund Of said county.
Be it further, Resolved, That any
refractory prisoner or any prisoners
who shall refuse to work shall be re-
turned to the county Jail and shall be
punished by the sheriff by being plac-
and water until tle prisoner shall be
willing to comply with the rules and
regulations of the said sheriff and
the board of county road commits
sioners, and further resolved that
such prisoners as perform such SER
vices shall receive from said coun-
ty the sum of twenty-five cents per
day for good behavior to be paid by
the county road commissioners of
said county out of the general road
fund and further provided that in
case that any Of said prisoners have
pending upon them for support then
said county Shall pay to said family
of such prisoner the sum of 81 per
day for it's support out Of the gener-
al road fund of said county for each
, day such prisoner is so employed.
Be it further, Resolved, That the
operation of the resolution shall be
suspended at any time that the COM
mittee on roads and bridges shall
advise the sheriff of said county that
in its opinion it is not advantageous
to the county to continue the same.
Corunna, January 14.-At the
session of tne board of supervisors
Wednesday the bill of Gilbert j.
Cole and Frank Peacock for rewrit-
ing abstracts was allowed. The
amount is S1,O3S.00 and covers the
rewriting of the townships of Venice
and Hazelton.
The rewriting of the county alb
stracts, which has been carried on
for the past eight years under con-
tract with Messrs. Peacock and Cole,
will be continued in the future by
County Abstractor Peacock as one of
the duties of ais Office.
BY a resolution submitted by the
committee on officers salaries, the
salary Of the county chief probation
officers and circuit court probation
officer was fixed at the sum Of $500,
beginning January /. 1915.
The appointment of Glen Morse as
county abstractor's assistant was con-
firmed by the board.
Having consumed three days in
their adjourned January session, the
maximum time allowed by law for
any adjourned session, the board ad-
journed from Wednesday night to
Thursday morning to meet in spe-
cial session, which will probably oc-
cupy the remainder Of the week.