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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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641.03 FEDERAL PRISONERS; FEES.
When any person is committed to any jail by any process issued under authority of the United
States, the sheriff or jailer shall receive such person into custody, and safely keep the person until
discharged by due course of law, subject in all respects to the same liabilities and remedies as
though committed under process issued under state authority. The United States shall pay to the
county the minimum sum of $5 per day for each prisoner so kept and boarded. Provided, that
in any county of this state, the sheriff shall at the request of the county board of commissioners
determine the average daily per capita cost for the food, clothing, medical and incidental expense
for the care and maintenance of persons committed to the county jail for the preceding year. The
amount found to be the average daily per capita cost of such committed persons shall be paid to
the county by the United States for each prisoner so kept and boarded during the current year.
History: (10849) RL s 5464; 1917 c 304 s 1; 1931 c 91 s 1; 1955 c 425 s 3; 1957 c 225 s
1; 1959 c 499 s 2; 1971 c 60 s 1; 1975 c 94 s 4; 1986 c 444
When any person is committed to any jail by any process issued under authority of the United
States, the sheriff or jailer shall receive such person into custody, and safely keep the person until
discharged by due course of law, subject in all respects to the same liabilities and remedies as
though committed under process issued under state authority. The United States shall pay to the
county the minimum sum of $5 per day for each prisoner so kept and boarded. Provided, that
in any county of this state, the sheriff shall at the request of the county board of commissioners
determine the average daily per capita cost for the food, clothing, medical and incidental expense
for the care and maintenance of persons committed to the county jail for the preceding year. The
amount found to be the average daily per capita cost of such committed persons shall be paid to
the county by the United States for each prisoner so kept and boarded during the current year.
History: (10849) RL s 5464; 1917 c 304 s 1; 1931 c 91 s 1; 1955 c 425 s 3; 1957 c 225 s
1; 1959 c 499 s 2; 1971 c 60 s 1; 1975 c 94 s 4; 1986 c 444
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