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Section 1County commissioners; inspection of prisons; duties
Section 2Exhibition of prison books, documents and accounts; examination of prison officers
Section 3Violation of laws relative to prisons; notice
Section 4Jails; purposes
Section 5Confinement
Section 6Reimbursement of sheriff for damages for escape
Section 7Return of list of prisoners to superior court
Section 8Establishment of houses of correction
Section 8ASuperintendents
Section 9Houses of correction yards; fences
Section 9AUniforms
Section 10Execution of sentence
Section 11Rules; examination of accounts; records
Section 12Sheriff’s report to superior court
Section 13 to 15Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 27
Section 16Custody and control of jails and houses of correction; jailer; assistants; bond
Section 17Rent from jailers and keepers of houses of correction
Section 18Compensation and duties of officers and assistants
Section 18AInjuries to jail or house of correction employees; compensation
Section 19, 20Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 19
Section 21Abstract of mittimus upon commitment of female
Section 22Burial of deceased prisoners
Section 23Delivery of prisoners to sheriff’s successor
Section 24Death of sheriff; temporary custody and control of jail; bond
Section 25Care of jail or house of correction
Section 26Removal of prisoners in case of disease
Section 27Removal of prisoners in case of danger from fire or bombing
Section 28Supplies for jails and houses of correction
Section 29Expense of keeping and maintaining convicts
Section 30Advances for expenses
Section 31Application for advance expenses; approval
Section 32Account of expenditures
Section 33Fuel, bedding and clothing for prisoners
Section 34Direction to furnish specific rations; conformance thereto
Section 35Acquisition, reclamation, improvement and sale of land
Section 36Erection of temporary buildings; management
Section 37Removal of prisoners to industrial farms; custody
Section 38Borrowing money to meet expenses; bonds or notes
Section 39Payment of loan