§ 194-a. Additional power of work assignment granted to commissioner
of public welfare of Monroe county. When, pursuant to the provisions of
subdivision eight of section one hundred ninety-four of this title, the
commissioner of public welfare of Monroe county deems it advisable to
assign work to an incarcerated individual, such work may be assigned and
performed in or about not only the public home, farm and garden but also
any other property maintained under his supervision. The payment of any
reward pursuant to such subdivision eight shall not be deemed, for the
purposes of any law, to make the incarcerated individual receiving the
same an employee of the public home or of the county or city maintaining
such home or such other property maintained under the commissioner's
jurisdiction.