1. The sheriff in counties of the third class shall on January first of each year and every three months thereafter file with the circuit court of the county a report on the conditions of the county jail, the number of prisoners confined in the jail, together with recommendations relating to its operation.
2. In counties of the third and fourth class, the sheriff shall pay all fees collected by him in civil matters, and which were previously retainable by him, into the county treasury, except charges for each mile traveled, allowable to him, which he may retain, in serving civil process.