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Whenever, in the opinion of the Board of Corrections, it shall be necessary for the proper care and preservation of the health of any prisoner or prisoners confined in any of the jails of this state who are affected with tuberculosis that such prisoner or prisoners should be removed from such jail or if there is danger of the spread of tuberculosis to the other inmates of the jail by reason of the confinement in the jail of the person or persons affected therewith, the board shall order the sheriff of the county to remove such prisoner, or prisoners, to the state tuberculosis hospital. The warden in charge of the state tuberculosis hospital shall receive such prisoner or prisoners and safely keep and care for them as other patients confined in said state tuberculosis hospital are confined and cared for.

(Acts 1915, No. 387, p. 354; Code 1923, §4838; Code 1940, T. 45, §156.)