Section 130.12. Reports and receiving of prisoners  


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  • (a) No provost marshal,
      commander  of  a  guard,  master at arms, warden, keeper or officer of a
      city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary or prison designated
      by the governor or by the adjutant general under section 130.11 of  this
      article,  shall  refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his
      charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by  him,
      of the offense charged against the prisoner.
        (b)  Every  commander  of  a  guard, master at arms, warden, keeper or
      officer of a city or county jail or of any other jail,  penitentiary  or
      prison  designated  by  the  governor  or  by the adjutant general under
      section 130.11 of this article, to whose charge a prisoner is  committed
      shall,  within  twenty-four hours after such commitment or as soon as he
      is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner
      the name of such prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name
      of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.