Salen v. State

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 194
• 18 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 538
• 1911 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 293

Syllabus

<p>COUNTIES — COSTS—PRISONS</p> <p>1. Coupty Comim!ss¡otiers May Contract for Care of Prisoners in Workhouse.</p> <p>The county commissioners may contract for the care of persons convicted of misdemeanors, in a workhouse of a municipality within the county.</p> <p>2. Prisoners in Workhouse Pay Fines by Labor.</p> <p>The provision in Sec. 4151 G. C. for sentencing a prisoner to the workhouse “until he be discharged at the rate of sixty cents per day for each day of confinement,” means that the prisoner pays his fine, at the rate of sixty cents a day, by his labor.</p> <p>3. Clerk May Collect Fees on Treasurers’ Credit of Prisoners' Earnings in Workhouse.</p> <p>When it appears that the amount to he paid by the county for the care of prisoners in the city workhouse is decreased by the amount realized from the work of the prisoners, the clerk of . courts may collect of the county treasurer his fees in cases in which said prisoners were convicted.</p>