1. The board of county commissioners is authorized to examine, audit and allow to the sheriff or a constable the actual fare paid by such officer in the conveyance or transportation of any one or more prisoners committed to the county jail by a justice of the peace of the county.
2. The amount provided for in subsection 1 shall be in addition to the amount allowed by law for the safekeeping and delivering of prisoners to the county jail.
3. A bill for fare actually paid pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be accompanied with a receipt showing the amount paid, and by what conveyance the prisoner or prisoners were conveyed to the county jail. In no case shall a greater sum be allowed for a private conveyance than is usually charged by public conveyance for a similar distance, and such amount shall always be determined by the board of county commissioners in accordance with the best judgment and information of the county commissioners.
4. The county auditor is authorized and directed to draw his or her warrant upon the general fund for the payment of such sum as may be allowed by the board of county commissioners from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1, and the county treasurer is directed to pay the sum upon presentation in regular order.
[1:69:1879; BH § 1999; C § 2165; RL § 1544; NCL § 1980] + [2:69:1879; BH § 2000; C § 2166; RL § 1545; NCL § 1981]