The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of the sheriff's county, and all the prisoners in such jail, and shall keep such jail personally, or by a deputy or jailer, for whose official acts the sheriff and sureties of the sheriff shall be liable.

G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 105; R.S. 1923, 19-811; L. 2025, ch. 102, § 1; May 1.