41-4-112 - Keys kept at jail.
41-4-112. Keys kept at jail.
It is the duty of the sheriff, where the jail is not fireproof, and so long as any person is confined therein, to be constantly at the jail, or to have constantly at the jail someone having in possession all keys necessary to liberate all of the prisoners in such jail in case of fire.
[Acts 1897, ch. 66, § 1; Shan., § 7440a1; Code 1932, § 12047; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1112.]