Private Acts of 1951 Chapter 300

SECTION 1.  That all counties of this State having a population of not less than 35,100, nor more than 35,200, according to the Federal Census of 1940, or any subsequent Federal Census, is hereby authorized and empowered to lease farms or real estate now owned by them or hereafter acquired, and now used or hereafter acquired, to be used for the benefit of caring for the poor or indigent of said counties, or to make other contracts in connection therewith.

SECTION 2.  That this Act shall not be construed to repeal any existing laws prescribing the powers, duties, obligations of the various counties of this State, but is intended to be supplementary thereto and declaratory thereof.

SECTION 3.  That the revenues derived from any lease of said farms or real estate or from any contracts concerning the same, shall be used for the benefit of the poor or indigent of said counties as determined by the governing bodies of said counties, and any surplus thereof shall be used by said counties for the benefit of its public schools as determined by said governing body.

SECTION 4.  That this Act take effect from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:   February 28, 1951.