19-1927. Abandoned jail and site; sale; conveyance to historical society, when; conditions. Whenever any county or board of county commissioners in this state owns a tract of real estate formerly the site for its county jail, and the same is no longer used for that purpose, and a new county jail has been built elsewhere in such county, and such abandoned jail and its site is no longer in the judgment of the board of county commissioners of such county needed for county jail purposes, the board of county commissioners of such county, without a vote of the people or of the electors of such county, may (a) sell and dispose of such real estate either at public or private sale, for cash or other consideration and on such terms as the board of county commissioners of such county deems to be the best interests of the county, or (b) convey by deed, without consideration, such jail and site to a historical society incorporated under the laws of Kansas as a charitable or benevolent corporation for the purposes of a historical society, if the board finds that such jail and site should be preserved as a historical site or monument: Provided, Such conveyance shall be upon the condition that the title shall revert to the county when the property is no longer maintained and used by such historical society for the purpose for which it was conveyed.
History: L. 1937, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 174, § 1; June 29.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
19-1903 Sheriff to keep jail; separation of sexes; meals and fuel for prisoners.
19-1905 Copies of calendar for judges.
19-1906 Bibles for prisoners; ministers to have access to jail.
19-1907 Intoxicating liquors; penalty.
19-1908 Same; penalty for others furnishing liquor.
19-1909 Cost of keeping civil prisoner.
19-1913 Delivery thereof to successor of officers.
19-1914 Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability of sheriff.
19-1915 Judgment for escape satisfied by recommitment; costs.
19-1916 Prisoner sent to jail of nearest county.
19-1917 Fugitives from other states; compensation for custody.
19-1919 Treatment of prisoners; juvenile prisoners; visits of parents and friends.
19-1923 Jails in certain areas other than county seat; cooperation by city.
19-1924 Sale of old jail or jailer's residence; procedure; construction of new.
19-1927 Abandoned jail and site; sale; conveyance to historical society, when; conditions.
19-1928a Same; use of funds derived from sale.
19-1929 Commitment of prisoners in city jails in counties not having a sufficient jail.
19-1932 Same; authority of board not limited; means of site acquisition.