Sheriff
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
In England, the immediate officer of the king within the shire, conservator of the peace, within the county, keeper of the county jail and commander of the posse comitatus and served and enforced the processes of the state. In the U. S. his functions are similar, and he is the chief executive officer of the state in his county.
See 4 Mo. App. 347.