The county board of mental illness authorizing a transfer under this section may authorize the sheriff of the county from which the person was initially committed to transfer the person at the expense of the county

The sheriff shall be paid no per diem but only mileage as allowed by law. Source: SDC 1939, § 30.0113 as added by SL 1945, ch 126 ; SDCL, § 27-7-24; SL 1991, ch 220 , §§ 155, 156; SDCL, § 27A-9-25; SL 1997, ch 164 , § 3.