s. 615, Crim. Pr.
§ 7791. The judges aforesaid may, from time to time, as they may deem necessary, revise, alter or amend said rules, and such revised rules shall be printed and disposed of by said commissioners and sheriff in the same manner as is directed by sections 7789 and 7790 of this act.
Sheriff to have charge of the jail.s. 616, Crim. Pr.
§ 7792. The sheriff, or, in case of his death, removal or disability, the person by law appointed to supply his place, shall have charge of the county jail of his proper county, and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other officer is hereby required to conform, in all respects, to the rules and directions of said district judge above specified, or which may, from time to time, by said judge be made, and communicated to him by said commissioners.
Sheriff shall keep jail register-What it shall contain.s. 617, Crim. Pr.
§ 7793. The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff of each county in this territory, shall, as soon as necessary after the passage of this act, procure, at the expense of the proper county, a suitable book, to be called the jail register, in which the said sheriff, by himself or his jailer, shall enter:
1. The name of each prisoner, with the date and cause of his or her commitment.
2. The date or manner of his or her discharge.
3. What sickness, if any, has prevailed in the jail during the year, and, if known, what were the causes of such disease.
4. Whether any, or what labor has been performed by the prisoners, and the value thereof.
5. The practice observed during the year of whitewashing and cleaning the occupied cells or apartments, and the times and seasons of so doing.
6. The habits of the prisoners as to personal cleanliness, diet, and order.
7. The means furnished prisoner of literary, moral and religious instruction, and of labor.
8. All other matters required by said rules, or in the discretion of such sheriff deemed proper; that the said sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff, shall carefully keep and preserve the said jail register, in the office of the jailer of his proper county, and at the expiration of said office shall deliver the same to his successor in office.
Shariff shall make report of the jail.s. 618, Crim. Pr.
§ 7794. The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff, shall, on or before the first Monday of November in each year, make out in writing from said jail register, a jail report, one copy of which said report he shall forthwith file in the office of the clerk of the district court of the proper district, one copy with the county clerk of his county, for the use of the commissioners thereof, and one copy of said report he shall transmit to the secretary of the territory, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the territory to communicate the reports of the several sheriffs of this territory to the legislative assembly, on or before the tenth day of its session annually.
Charge to the grand jury regarding jails.s. 619, Crim. Pr.
§ 7795. It shall be the duty of the district court to give this act in charge of the grand jury once each term of said court, and lay before them any and all rules, plans or regulations established by the district judge relating to county Jails and prison discipline which shall then be in force.
Grand jury shall visit jail and report.s. 620, Crim. Pr.
§ 7796. The grand jury of each county in this territory shall, once at each term of the district court, while in attendance, visit the jail, examine its state and condition, examine
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