Sec. 16.
When any person convicted of an offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine or costs, or to be imprisoned in the county jail, the clerk of the court shall, as soon as may be, make out and deliver to the sheriff of the county or some officer in court, a transcript from the minutes of the court, of the conviction and sentence duly certified by such clerk, which shall be sufficient authority for the sheriff to execute such sentence, and he shall execute the same accordingly.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17344 ;-- CL 1948, 769.16 Former Law: See section 7 of Ch. 168 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6106; CL 1871, § 7990; How., § 9606; CL 1897, § 11976; and CL 1915, § 15849.