The sheriff, when necessary, may, with the assent in writing of the county judge, or in a city, of the mayor thereof, employ a temporary guard for the protection of the county jail, or for the safekeeping of prisoners, the expenses of which are a county charge.
Cal. Penal Code § 4014
County Jails
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.
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