§ 801.201 County workhouse; authorization of county to acquire and own
§ 801.202 Non-partisan commission for management; election, membership, number, term, vacancies, eligibility, oath
§ 801.203 Non-partisan commission for management; superintendent; appointment, powers, oath, duties, bond; employees; appropriations
§ 801.204 Board of commissioners; expenses; meetings; visit to work farm, factory, or shop; examination of management; hearing and determining complaints or questions; making and recording rules or orders; conf
§ 801.205 Books of account; contents; quarterly statement
§ 801.206 Reports to supervisors; removal of officials or employees
§ 801.207 Superintendent; duties
§ 801.208 Counties without workhouse; contract with commission; publication
§ 801.209 Sentencing person to work farm, factory, or shop
§ 801.210 Counties without workhouse; transfer of convicted persons to workhouse; employment; fees
§ 801.211 Maintenance expense; tax levy
§ 801.212 Commitment of person to work farm, factory, or shop
§ 801.214 Record of infractions; effect of good behavior
§ 801.215 Realty; powers of commission
§ 801.217 Declaration of necessity

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 801 > Act 78 of 1917 - Work Farms, Factories, and Shops

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o