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The county commission or city council or other governing board or body shall cause the reports and recommendations of the Board of Corrections upon the jail, prison and almshouse in their respective counties, towns or cities to be published not later than 30 days after receipt of a copy of such reports and recommendations in some newspaper published in said county and shall send a copy of such newspaper to the board, and the probate judge shall lay such reports and recommendations before the grand jury of such county at the next meeting of such grand jury after receipt of a copy of such reports and recommendations. The cost of the publication of such reports and recommendations shall be paid out of the funds of the county in which is located the institution dealt with in such reports if the institution is a county institution and out of the funds of the town or city if the institution is a town or city institution, upon the order of the county commission or the city council or other governing board or body, of such counties, towns or cities.

(Code 1907, §7221; Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4864; Code 1940, T. 45, §170.)