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Necessary clothing and bedding must be furnished by the sheriff or jailer, at the expense of the county, to those prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves, and also necessary medicines and medical attention to those who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them for themselves.

(Code 1852, §243; Code 1867, §3791; Code 1876, §4493; Code 1886, §4542; Code 1896, §4953; Code 1907, §7198; Code 1923, §4808; Code 1940, T. 45, §125.)