§ 300. City jail.
There is hereby established a city jail which shall be in the custody of the Chief Jailer. The jailer shall receive all persons committed to the jail by the Municipal Court and detain them therein in the jail in execution of the judgment of the Court. He shall receive and detain all persons charged with the violation of any law or ordinance and delivered to him by any police officer of the City, pending orders of the Municipal Court in relation to such prisoners. The jailer shall cause persons of opposite sex to be lodged in separate compartments of the jail. He shall discharge his duties under the supervision and control of the Chief of Police. All female prisoners shall be in the custody of a matron who shall exercise the police power of jailer and who shall perform her duties under the direction of the Chief of Police.