§ 600. Certain correctional officers to administer oaths. The commissioner of correction and the deputy and assistant commissioners of correction may administer oaths and take affidavits in all matters relating to the affairs of the state prisons. The warden, principal keeper, chief clerk, of each prison are authorized and required to take affidavits, in all matters of accounts against their respective prisons, and also in relation to fees of sheriffs in bringing prisoners to any of said prisons.