ty to provide: first, bed-clothing, washing, nursing, when required, and board generally, and all necessaries for the fort and welfare of said prisoners, as the said judge by his said rules shall designate, for all persons confined by law, and he shall be allowed such compensation for services required by the provisions of this act, as may be prescribed by the county commissioners of their respective counties.
Sect. 12. The sheriff shall visit the jail in person, and examine into the condition of each prisoner at least once each month, and once during each term of the district court; and it is hereby made his duty to cause all the cells and rooms, used for the confinement of prisoners, to be thoroughly white-washed at least three times in each year.
Sect. 13. The jailer or keeper of the jail shall, unless the sheriff elect to act as jailer in person, be a deputy appointed by the sheriff, and such jailer shall take the necessary oaths before entering upon the duties of his office: Provided, The sheriff shall in all cases be liable for the negligence and misconduct of the jailer as of other deputies.
Sect. 14. If the sheriff or jailer, having in charge of any county jail, shall neglect or refuse to conform to all or either of the rules and regulations established by said judge, or to any other duty or duties required of him by this act, he shall, on conviction thereof by indictment for each case of such failure or neglect of duty as aforesaid, pay into the county treasury of the proper county, for the use of such county, a fine not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, to be assessed by the district court of the proper district.
Sect. 15. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
- Approved May 8, 1862.
