The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-22
SPECIAL NOTICE

Me-; SPECIAL NOTICE
Board of Penitentisrvs sven H that d
WI receive proposals for t tha
state convicts. '"e Use Of Ii
The purchase of said Co.
a suitable proposition he arm rn Should
the Commission, will be 1 n, received
Lho at ~ with wi the provisions Sue IN \, soy
Act Act No. SO, approved Febm ,s Of Y
1913, which reads in part o a. sry
Section l: Said commis @S follows
use and work all convicts on al shall
farm, in cultivatinr cr % vi tne stat
said farm, clearing up, draSin rUwn
puIln ~, INTO state of cultivat;;ss. an
the tillable land of the STAT t'a alc al
thereto, and in doing all otba ~uhlae Y!
incident to the successful " en. .nlngl
OF said state farm. And oU;pgerratiol
is hereby authorized and e emu O0s'
TO purchase and equip a farm ?; IL
section OF the state reasonabl ~ S ~
from malaria and in a local;tT lrea
full to white convi.ts. said Z. nealh]
to exceed five tho.sand acres sa III !, no
for tne purpose Of working thereon re- ,aa
farming all whit convicts c cons
or to be confined il the penite U'.;ae
and to pay for SD farm ont '' ~
labor or product OF the labor "
OF the convicts of the state az
board is hereby authorized and 'sl
powered to buy SAID farm par t
wholly upon credit and to conn.,.
to pay interest not exceeding
cent per annum Gu all deferred Y
ments, and shall have power aua
thority to bind the state to nav nav "
same debt and interest out r of
moneys arising from convict labos
Every proposition submitted Sb.,
set out in detail all the conditions ~
CURED for the said convict farm
shown in the above described Act NJ
90, and addition thereto, must he ~
companied by an accurate man or nIs
showing its acreage, in CULTIVATED
timber and waste land separatelvl
shape and location showing neipbbo,J
hood, roads, rivers, streams and gen]
eral contour of the country. as well
as the nearest railroads. shippnJ
point, distance from Little Rock. FROM
other cities near, postoffices town N
such information as may be of yalud
in determining the usefulness of said
farm for the purpose intended in said
act. Each proposition should shOvI
county in which farm is located, and
in what manner it may most readily
be reached. The location and cOndll
of all Improvements on the land
should be shown in submitting propO1
si.ion.
Tracts of land not forming solid
or compact body will not likely suit
the purpose of the state, nor would
small tracts of less than twenty-five
hundred acres likely be sufficient
No verbal or private offers will BE-
considered, and the lowest and BEST
terms must be set out in the original
proposition, all of which must be IN
writing
Every proposition must be SUBMIT
ed with the distinct understanding
that same is to be opened at an OPEN
meeting of the Penitentiary Commits
sioners, same to be held in the city
of Little Rock, Ark, on November \
1918, at 10 a. m. in the board room
at the state penitentlary.
This board will not consider an
guments in favor of any propostOn
before that time, nor thereafter, ex-
cept at official meetings of the board
All proposals will be fully inyest'
gated and impartially considered DE-
fore any final decision is made
J. Y. Ferguson,
j. A. Bradsher,
T. p. Murrey,
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners