Arrest warrant - Issuance; contents.

If the Governor shall decide that an extradition demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner or other person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issue.

(Acts 1931, No. 482, p. 559; Code 1940, T. 15, §54.)