. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Oil trt-ated rock surfacing east of Camino In El Dorado State HiKhway ntiir rr>«al SprlnK I ^a R«Tnnrrtino County DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 57 supervisors of Tehama County relative to convict work on the RedBluff-Susanville highway. We quote Mr. Meeks letter: Replying to your lotter of March 29th, relative to the use of convicts uponroad work on the Red BlufT-Susanville lateral of the state highway system: The use of convict labor in road construction has been a policy
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Oil trt-ated rock surfacing east of Camino In El Dorado State HiKhway ntiir rr>«al SprlnK I ^a R«Tnnrrtino County DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 57 supervisors of Tehama County relative to convict work on the RedBluff-Susanville highway. We quote Mr. Meeks letter: Replying to your lotter of March 29th, relative to the use of convicts uponroad work on the Red BlufT-Susanville lateral of the state highway system: The use of convict labor in road construction has been a policy in forcecontinuously in California since li)15, when the first law instructing the Cali-fornia Highway Commission to proceed to use convicts on highway work wasenacted. The obligation to use this labor is still imposed upon the Division ofHighways. The extent to which it shall be used is determined by legislativeappropriations. The amount so appropriated for the present biennium is .$000,-000. This money can be used for the payment of wages to convicts, and for noother purpose. The total highway expenditures for the biennium arc estimated at .$50,000,-000. With the exception
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