Sec. 19.
The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general fund of the county not to exceed 2,000 dollars as a reward for the arrest and conviction, or for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from any penal institution therein: Provided, That the powers granted hereby may be exercised by the finance committee of the board of supervisors when said board of supervisors is not in session.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17509 ;-- CL 1948, 776.19
Former Law: See section 2 of Act 156 of 1851, being CL 1857, § 336; CL 1871, § 468; How., § 474; and Act 262 of 1925.
Last modified: October 10, 2016