§14-6-84. Sheriffs, etc., to furnish information on request.  


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  • For the purpose of ascertaining the condition of such institutions and their inmates and in making the reports required to be made under this article and its recommendations for the improvement of the condition of the institutions, the Board of Corrections may call upon the sheriff or other keeper of the jails or county commission, or the city council or other governing board or body and all persons charged with the management of the almshouses for information upon all such matters as it is required to investigate and report upon, and may also summon any witness or witnesses and may administer oath to them and examine them touching all such matters.

(Code 1907, §7216; Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4857; Code 1940, T. 45, §163.)