Examination of jail.

The chairman of the county commission and the probate judge are hereby authorized and empowered, once each week, without informing the sheriff or jailer of the time when such visit will be made, to visit and examine the condition of the jail, to make a memorandum in writing of such examination and to report under oath such examination to the grand jury.

(Code 1886, §900; Code 1896, §1415; Code 1907, §144; Code 1923, §222; Code 1940, T. 12, §196; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)