Hornaday v. State

Citations

• 63 Kan. 499
• 65 P. 656
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 174

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. State Board oe Charities — Icis Construed. Chapter .46, • Laws of 1881 (Gen, Stat. 1901, §1288), conferring power on the several boards of regents, trustees or managers of state institutions to acquire lands, by condemnation proceedings in the name of the state, for the purposes enumerated in the act, is not repealed by chapter 160, Laws of 1891 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §§ 6696-6712), either expressly or by implication.</p> <p>2. -Acquire Lands by Condemnation — Not by Purchase. The board of trustees of the institutions for the education of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and the asylums for the insane (commonly called the state board of charities), can acquire lands for the use of the state, for the purposes mentioned in section 6606 of the General Statutes of 1901, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain only, and not by purchase.</p>