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12-41-302. Construction of facility.
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12-41-302. Construction of facility.
(a) When any farm or tract of land has been purchased by the county court as provided in § 12-41-301(a), the county court shall cause to be let out to the lowest bidder the contract for building and erecting on the tract of land a house of correction.
(b) The house of correction shall be so constructed as to secure, as nearly as may be, all persons sentenced to confinement therein and shall be composed of such material and of such form and dimensions as the court shall direct.
(c) The house of correction shall possess such means of ventilation and other sanitary arrangements as will promote the health of the prisoners therein confined.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-41-302
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12-41-302. Construction of facility.
(a) When any farm or tract of land has been purchased by the county court as provided in § 12-41-301(a), the county court shall cause to be let out to the lowest bidder the contract for building and erecting on the tract of land a house of correction.
(b) The house of correction shall be so constructed as to secure, as nearly as may be, all persons sentenced to confinement therein and shall be composed of such material and of such form and dimensions as the court shall direct.
(c) The house of correction shall possess such means of ventilation and other sanitary arrangements as will promote the health of the prisoners therein confined.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-41-301. Purchase of land.
(a)(1) The county courts of the several counties in this state shall purchase a farm or tract of land within the boundaries of the county and provide for the erection on the farm or tract of land a house of correction.
(2) However, the farm or tract of land shall not be purchased unless the taxpayers of each township in the county shall petition the county court to provide for the purchase. No farm shall be purchased unless a majority of all the taxpayers of the county sign the petitions.
(b)(1) The county court may appoint three (3) discreet persons as commissioners, who shall be taxpayers and qualified voters of this state, to select and agree for the purchase of a farm or tract of land as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(2) When the commissioners have made a selection and agreement concerning the farm or tract of land, they shall report their doings to the county court.
(3) If the court approves the selection and the stipulations of the commissioners concerning the payment for the land, then the court shall provide for the purchase of the land and take from the vendor of the land a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for the use of the county.
(4) The deed of conveyance shall be in such form and shall be taken in such manner as is provided by law in such cases.
(c) The farm or tract of land provided for in this section may be either improved or unimproved land, as the county court may in its discretion elect.
(d) The farm or tract of land provided for in this section shall consist of such number of acres as the county court may in its discretion determine.
(e) When the court determines to purchase the farm or tract of land, the court shall contract for the land on the most favorable terms possible to the c
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-41-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-41-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.