Kan. Stat. § 39-366
The board of county commissioners of any county which has prior to the effective date of this act submitted, with or without authority of law, to a vote of the electors of said county the question of issuing general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of erecting and equipping a building for the poor, and at least seventy percent (70%) of the legal electors voting on such question shall have voted in favor thereof, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and equip a building for the poor, and to pay the cost thereof may issue general obligation bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding the maximum amount submitted and approved at such election. All bonds issued under the authority of this act shall be issued, registered, sold, delivered and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law and shall not be subject to or within any bonded debt limitation prescribed by any other law of this state and shall not be considered or included in applying any other law limiting bonded indebtedness. Whenever bonds are issued under authority of this act, no bonds shall be issued for the same purpose under authority of any other law.
K.S.A. 39-366