The sheriff of the county, in person or by deputy appointed for that purpose, shall be the keeper of the county jail. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the same is kept. He shall see that the same is kept clean, safe, and wholesome. The expenses of keeping the jail in good order and repair and of lighting and warming that part thereof wherein prisoners are confined and the office in the jail shall be paid by the county wherein the jail is situated. Nothing in this section shall authorize the lighting or warming of that part of the jail occupied by the keeper thereof as his dwelling house.
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