Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1909 — LEASES 200 CONVICTS [ARTICLE]

LEASES 200 CONVICTS

Arkansas Penitentiary Board Over rides Governor on Contract Labor. Little Rock, Ark., April JO. —Over riding the governor, the penitentiary board has leased 200 convicts to W. L. Reeves for one year at $1 per day. The legislature a short time ago passed a bill permitting counties to work tho convicts on the roads.