30:8-24.2.Ā  Custody rule, keeping and charge of jails returned to sheriff
In any county of the second class where the sheriff of the county has heretofore prior to December 1, 1956, by written notice, directed the board of chosen freeholders of such county to take and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in such county, the board of chosen freeholdersĀ  of such county, by resolution, shall direct the sheriff of the county to takeĀ  and have the custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails in suchĀ  county and, thereupon, the said sheriff shall have the same powers and dutiesĀ  in respect to such custody, rule, keeping and charge of the jail or jails inĀ  such county in the same manner and to the same effect as the sheriff of saidĀ  county had prior to the giving of the aforesaid written notice of direction toĀ  the board of chosen freeholders of the county.

L.1957, c. 178, p. 619, s. 2.
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