Section 570.28. Confinement of the accused in jail when necessary  


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  • The  officer or persons executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or
      the agent of the demanding state to whom  the  prisoner  may  have  been
      delivered  may,  when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any
      county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper  of  such  jail
      must  receive  and  safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person
      having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such  officer  or
      person, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping.