§ 19-1. Powers in general.

Each organized county within the state shall be a body corporate and politic and as such shall be empowered for the following purposes:

1.  To sue and be sued;

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; and

6.  To exercise such other and further powers as may be especially provided for by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1497.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 135, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1986.