KRS 441.540: Prisoner transferred to penitentiary when violence threatened -- Officer's

compensation.

If there exists threatened violence or intense feeling and public indignation against a

person charged with a crime and in the custody of an officer, and the Circ uit Judge of the

county that has jurisdiction of the offense charged is of the opinion that the person cannot

be safely kept in the jail in that county, the Circuit Judge, with the consent of the

Governor, may order such person removed for safekeeping to t he state penitentiary most

convenient to the county having jurisdiction of the offense charged. In the absence of the

Circuit Judge from the county, the District Judge of the county may exercise the powers

conferred by this section upon the Circuit Judge. The officer who makes the removal shall

be entitled to the actual expenses in making the removal, and in addition he shall receive

a fee of five dollars ($5) per day for himself and two and one -half dollars ($2.50) per day

each for not more than two (2) guards. The claim for fees and expenses shall be presented

for approval to the Circuit Court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense. The

compensation shall be allowed by the Circuit or District Judge directing the transfer and

paid out of the treasury of the responsible unit of government.