801.201 County workhouse; authorization of county to acquire and own. Sec. 1. 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. History: 1917, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 17720 ;-- CL 1948, 801.201
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