Sec. 1.
The state prison commission is hereby authorized and it shall be the duty of said commission to provide and establish probation recovery camps, to be located in such regions of the state which are adapted to reforestation and the development and conservation of the natural resources of the state, other than agricultural. Said camps shall be under the complete and exclusive supervision of the state prison commission. Said commission shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, grant or devise, or condemnation under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 3763 to 3783, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, suitable sites and acreage; to erect and maintain appropriate buildings thereon; and to otherwise equip and furnish the said camps. The said commission is hereby authorized to engage teachers, trainers and other employees and incur such other expenses as shall be necessary to the proper functioning of this act.
History: 1935, Act 195, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 798.1
Last modified: October 10, 2016