Section 16

Section 16. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of Allegheny county, for the time being, is hereby enjoined and required to execute all the lawful process of the said court, and to carry in to effect the sentences and judgments of the said court in all such cases, as he is bound to do under any order, process, sentence or judgments of the county court of quarter sessions, and to take and receive into his custody, the body or bodies of any and all such persons, who may be so committed to him, and to keep them in safe custody in jail of the said county, until lawfully discharged therefrom, and to receive and keep in safe custody in the jail of the said county, until legally discharged therefrom, any person or persons who may be committed by virtue of lawful process from the mayor, recorder or any alderman or aldermen of the said city, in the same manner and under the same penalties as if he, she or they had been committed by the court of quarter sessions or any judge thereof; and all neglect of duty or wilful misbehaviour in the said sheriff or the jailer of the said jail, towards such prisoners, or any of them, shall be and the same is hereby made cognizable and punishable in the mayors court of the said city, in the same manner and under the same penalties as the same offences would be punishable in the court of quarter sessions within its jurisdiction.