Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
OF SHERIFFS.

51.75 Sheriff; custody of county jails.

Sec. 75.

The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jails of his county, and of the prisoners in the same; and shall keep them himself, or by his deputy or jailer.


History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;--CL 1857, 416 ;--CL 1871, 557 ;--How. 585 ;--CL 1897, 2584 ;--CL 1915, 2448 ;--CL 1929, 1330 ;--CL 1948, 51.75 ;--Am. 1952, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
Compiler's Notes: This section as originally enacted was numbered section 76.