(a) The secretary of corrections is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase for an amount of not to exceed $175,000 the real estate, including improvements thereon, more particularly described as follows: Lot eight (8) and that part of lot one (1) lying south of county road in the northeast fractional quarter (NE 1/4) of section six (6), township ten (10), range nineteen (19), Delaware trust lands, Jefferson county, Kansas, containing 58 acres, more or less. A portion of the above-described real estate has been platted as Shomin Industrial Park, tracts A and B, a subdivision in Jefferson county, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof.

(b) Prior to payment for the purchase authorized by this section, the attorney general shall approve the abstract of title or title insurance policies as showing merchantable fee simple title to such property and shall approve the form of the deed or deeds to such property.

(c) The provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-3043a and 75-3739 and amendments thereto shall not apply to the acquisition authorized by this section or any contracts required therefor.

(d) Subject to the provisions of appropriations acts, the secretary of corrections may establish an honor camp on such real estate in addition to using such real estate for other purposes authorized by law.