The commissioners, or a majority of them, may purchase not less than fifty nor more than one hundred and sixty acres of land, and may receive as a donation such parcels of land or town lots, including the place selected as a seat of justice for said county, as they shall judge most expedient.

(RSMo 1939 § 13739)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12080; 1919 § 9480; 1909 § 3701