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§§ 7806-7811 prison, for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor, part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider, or strong beer, unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity prescribed, and no more. And no sheriff, jailer, or keeper, as aforesaid, shall put up, or keep in the same room, male and female prisoners together.

§ 7806. If any sheriff, jailer, or keeper of any prison, shall sell or deliver to any prisoner in his custody, or shall willingly or negligently suffer any such prisoner to have any liquor, prohibited in section 7805 of this chapter, or shall place or keep together prisoners of different sexes, contrary to the provisions of said section 7805, he shall in each case forfeit and pay for the first offense the sum of twenty-five dollars, and such officer shall, on a second conviction, be further sentenced to be incapable of holding the office of sheriff, deputy sheriff, jailer, or keeper of any prison, for the term of five years. Penalty for other

§ 7807. If any person, other than is mentioned in the preceding section, shall sell or deliver to any person committed for any cause whatever, any liquor prohibited in this chapter, or shall have in his possession, in the precincts of any prison, any such liquor, with intent to carry or deliver the same to any prisoner confined therein, he shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifteen dollars.

§ 7808. The keeper of such prison shall see that the same is constantly kept in a cleanly and healthful condition, and shall see that strict attention is constantly paid in the personal cleanliness of all the prisoners in his custody, as far as may be, and shall cause the shirt of each prisoner to be washed at least once in each week; each prisoner shall be furnished daily with as much clean water as he shall have occasion for, either for drink or for the purpose of personal cleanliness, and with a clean towel once a week, and shall be served three times each day with wholesome food, which shall be well cooked and in sufficient quantity.

§ 7809. The keeper of each prison shall provide, at the expense of the county, for each prisoner under his charge, who may be able and desirous to read, a copy of the bible, or new testament, to be used by such prisoner at proper seasons during his confinement, and any minister of the gospel, disposed to aid in reforming the prisoners, and instructing them in their moral and religious duties, shall have access to them at seasonable and proper times.

§ 7810. The sheriffs of the respective counties shall keep a true and exact calendar or register of all persons committed to any prison under their care, and the same shall be kept in a book, to be provided by the county for that purpose; said calendar shall contain the names of all persons who shall be committed to prison, the places of abode, the time of their commitment, shall state the cause of their commitment, and the authority that committed them, and if they are committed for criminal offenses shall contain a description of their persons, and when any prisoner shall be liberated, said calendar shall state the time when, and the authority by which such liberation took place, and if any prisoner escapes, shall also state particularly the time and manner of said escape.

§ 7811. At the opening of each session of the district court, within his county, the sheriff shall return a copy of said calen-