The Prescott daily news., 1913-10-27
SPECIAL NOT1cp

Notice is hereby LIZ LIE
Board of Penitentissrys 1 Cem,,t;hat tn,
tbe a' s receive proposals for tba
state convicts. Tie use of ths
The purchase of said g
a suitable proposition ny h farm, should
the Commission, viii bo &c received bp
formity with the nro ov made in con.
A 191s No tS; %, approved FebuS S Of TIE
1913, which reads in part G au q
Section l; Said commiS as follows;
use and work all coavicts ' on 81 shall
farm, in cultivatin@ c rICS on the stats
salG farm clearing up, draSin rpwn @
the tlllable land Of the sta tl'a a1?N all
thereto, and in doing ali otho adjacent
incident to the successful liner Ct things
OF said state farm. And so operation
is hereby authorized and o saiu board
10 purchase and equip a farm n? IN we're
section of the state resonant n some
from malaria and in a locality 5a. llee
ful to white conviets, said fo. health
to exceed five thousand acro s'a III not
Tor the purpose Of WORKING tbo VI lang
farming all white conv;sts .''eteOn az
or to be confined in the penit tyti.ned
ana to pay for said farm ont n ~ y
LABOR or product Of the labor ~ " a us
OF the convicts of the STATE VI ANY any
board is hereby authorized and eald
powered to buy said farm n srt en-
wholly upon credit and to P coui,,o
to pay interest not exceeding & ~ ~
cent per annum on all deferred D m
ments, and shall have power and pay ~
thority to bind the state to n now az a.
same debt and interest ont r Of ' wy
moneys arising from convict labOr
Every proposition submitted Sb.r
set out in detail all the conditions ~
quired for the said convict farm ;,
shown In the above described Act N"
SO, and addition thereto, must be- ~
companied by an accurate man or nIs
showing its acreage, in cultivated
timber and waste land separately
shape and location showing neighborI
hood, roads, rivers, streams and gen.
eral contour of the country as we'll wall
as the nearest railroads shippiny
point, distance from Little Rock. from
other cities near, postoffices town Of
such information as may be of value
in determining the usefulness of said
farm for the purpose intended in said
act. Each proposition should show
county in which farm is located, and
in what manner it may most readily
be reached. The location and cOndil
of all improvements on the land
should be shown in submitting propol
sieion.
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 b
considered, and the lowest and best
terms must be set out in the original
proposition, all of which must be ID
writing.
Every proposition must be submit
ed with the distinct understanding
that same is to be opened at an OPEN
meeting of the Penitentiary Commi
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 penitentiary
This board will not consider ar
guments in favor of any proposition
before that time, nor thereafter, ex1
cept at official meetings of the board
All proposals will be fully nyeSu1
gated and impartially considered Oe
fore any final decision is made
]. V. Ferguson
j. A. Bradsher
T. ?. Murey
II n-..4,,t,,,.,, Con1O1iS Si 0nerSl !