West Virginia Code § 7-3-5

County commissions authorized to acquire and convey real estate and
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contract for construction, etc., and rental of courthouse, jail or other public
building.
The county commission of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real
estate and to convey real estate and to enter into a contract, or lease, or both, with the
United States government, or any federal agency authorized to make or enteer into a
contract, or lease, or with any bank or financial institution, or with any individual or persons
for the erection, construction, equipment, leasing and renting of a courrthouse, hospital,
other public buildings, or jail, with an option to purchase the building and to provide for the
payment of a yearly rental for the building by the commission: Provided, That any county
commission may, as provided in chapter eight, article twenty-three of the Code of West
Virginia, also contract with one or more other county commitssions within this state for the
erection, construction, equipment, leasing and renting of a regional correctional center for
either adult or youth offenders at a location mutually agreeable to the contracting parties
and not necessarily at the county seat. The county commission of any county is also
authorized to contract with the United States government, or any federal agency authorized
to make or enter into a contract, or any bank or financial institution, or any individual or
persons, to the end that the United States government, or any of its agencies, or agents
thereunto duly authorized, or bank or financial institution or individual or persons, may for
and on behalf of any county commission, build, erect, construct, equip or furnish upon the
property any building, or buildings, including a hospital; and to contract with the United
States government, or any fedeeral agency, or bank, or financial institution, or individual, or
persons, for the lease, or rental, of the building or buildings, with the privilege and authority
of renewing any lease frLom year to year, for any period of years, not exceeding thirty, with
the right to purchase the building, or buildings, and real estate on which the building or
buildings are situate d, and to apply toward the purchase price thereof any and all rentals
paid to the UnVited States government, or agency, or bank or financial institution, or
individual, or persons, under the provisions of this act; and the county commission shall pay
to the United States government, or any federal agency, or bank, or financial institution, or
individual, or persons, the yearly rental, or rentals, for the use and occupancy of the
building, or buildings, if and when they are constructed, which yearly rental, or rentals, in
the aggregate, may not exceed the total amount, and the interest thereon expended by the
United States government, or agency or bank or financial institution, or individual, or
persons, on the project, or projects, and the said yearly rentals shall be paid out of levies laid
within the Constitutional debts limitations; and to do any and all other things lawfully
required by the United States government, or any federal agency, or bank, or financial
institution, or individual, or persons, which are necessary and proper to effectuate the
purpose of this act.

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