Section 1 - Powers in generalEach organized county within the state shall be a body corporate and politic and as such shall be empowered for the following purposes:
2. To purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law;3. To sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the county, and make such order respecting the same as may be deemed conducive to the interests of the inhabitants;4. To execute leases of real property owned by the county to nonprofit corporations organized for the general purpose of historical preservation;5. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of corporate or administrative power; and6. To exercise such other and further powers as may be especially provided for by law.R.L. 1910, § 1497; Amended by Laws 1986, SB 367, c. 135, §1, emerg. eff. 4/17/1986.