Whenever the commissioners of any two or more counties decide and agree to construct a joint industrial farm and workhouse, they shall acquire a suitable site for the same. The site may be selected from suitable lands already held by any county of the district for county purposes, from lands donated for such purposes or from any quantity of land within the respective districts. In the selection of a site, there shall be taken into consideration the objects and purposes of the joint industrial farm and workhouse and all or as many as practicable of the advantages and resources set forth in this section. The land selected and purchased shall be a varied topography, with natural resources and advantages for many forms of husbandry, fruit growing and stock raising, for brickmaking and for the preparation of all other road and paving material, and shall have good railroad, drainage, sewage and water facilities. Title to the land shall be approved by the county solicitor of the county in which the land is located or such other title guarantee corporation or attorney as may be designated by the commissioners of the counties and shall be taken in the name of the county or counties comprising the district.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions
Section 1721 - Scope of subchapter
Section 1723 - County jail oversight board
Section 1724 - Powers and duties
Section 1725 - Rules and regulations
Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases
Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees
Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers
Section 1736 - Bonding requirement
Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties
Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners
Section 1751 - Costs of confinement
Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff
Section 1753 - Residence of warden
Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties
Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation
Section 1756 - Loss of privileges
Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates
Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties
Section 1762 - Selection of site
Section 1764 - Construction contracts
Section 1767 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1768 - Rules and regulations
Section 1769 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1770 - Employment of inmates
Section 1771 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1772 - Financial reporting
Section 1773 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1774 - County appropriations
Section 1775 - Exemption from taxation
Section 1781 - Establishment by counties
Section 1782 - Selection of site
Section 1784 - Construction contracts
Section 1787 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1788 - Rules and regulations
Section 1789 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1790 - Employment of inmates
Section 1791 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1792 - Nature of inmate employment
Section 1793 - Sale of goods and materials
Section 1794 - Financial reporting
Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized