The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-10-24
SPECIAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby 'o lie
w WHarr roc OF ,penitentiarye Com That
t Wlli re receive proposals for 1t%halssions
state convicts. " Tie use Of n
The purchase of said
a suitable proposition u'q h farm, shou
the Commission, viii ho oe received
I I ri ~ with viii the provis sIaoe IN col
1913, which reads in nart eouru.ary
Section l, Said co rT,O as follov3
use and work all coov i;ctttihlsslon sha
s 30 y IN cultivating crops $" y ,qe stat
SAG farm, clearing up, DR. dra GROWN
putting, into state of + cu uIIta,nlng an
the tillable land of the sta ,ttlVaton
thereto, and in doing all oteo aalacen
incident to the successf y'ner thing
OF SAID state farm. And sap T;pGeIato
Is hereby authorized and e a~lu BOAR
10 purchase and equip a farm 'fi n .s'
section of the state reaso 500, n, n SOM
from malaria and in local iHOly irs,
full to white corvicts SAID Sally health
to exceed five thousand acres sa n NJ no
Tor the purpose OF working tb fl y. Ian
farming all white conviets 'e coas
or to be confined in the pe sT tVOaine
and to pay for SCI farm ont y
la a or product o. the labor Of NJ sa'
OF the convicts of the STATE VI an IN
board is hereby authorized and eal
powered to buy said farm par t s'a
wholly upon credit and to p cnut
to pay interest not exceedine 'a
cent per annum on all deferred r ~
ments, and shall have power and AN pay !!
thorlty to bind the state to nav nav ~
same debt and interest out p Of "a
moneys arising from convict lahos s'
Every proposition submitted 'S sI.u
set out in detail all the conditions sI ~
quired for the said convict farm
shown In the above described Act NJ
SO, and addition thereto, must be ~
companied by an accurate man or rIs,
showing its acreage, in cultivatsa
timber and waste land separatsiv.
shape and location showing neighho,
hood, roads, rivers, streams and cen
erai contour OF the country, as well|
as the nearest railroads. shinninc|
point, distance from Little Rock. from|
other cities near, postoffices, town al
such information as may be of yalue|
in determining the usefulness Of said|
farm for the purpose intended in said|
act. Each proposition should show
county in which farm is located, anal
in what manner it may most readiv|
be reached. The location and condi.|
of all improvements on the land|
should be shown in submitting propo.|
sision.
Tracts of land not forming a 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 I'D
considered, and the lowest and best 4
terms must be set out in the original
proposition, all of which must be n|
writing.
Every proposition must be SUBMIT
ed with the distinct understanding
that same is to be opened at an OPEN
meeting of the Penitentiary Commls3
sioners, same to be held in the ctg
of Little Rock, Ark, on November
1913, at 10 a. m. in the board room
at the state penitentiary.
This board will not consider ara
guments in favor of any propcsltOa
before that time, nor thereafter, ezj
cept at official meetings of the board
All proposals will be fully inyestj
gated and impartially considered pei
fore any final decision is made
J. V. Ferguson,
j. A. Bradsher,
T. p. Murrey
Board of Penitentiary Commissioner