(a) Any person, after sentence of punishment by imprisonment of any prisoner has expired, may, by contract with the workhouse commissioners and with the consent of the prisoner, bail out any prisoner, under the following form and conditions:
(b)
(1) The prisoner, while so bailed, shall be in the hands of the bailee, who may, at any time, surrender and turn over the prisoner to the superintendent of the workhouse and shall be discharged from further liability on the contract; provided, that the bailee shall pay into the county treasury, on receivable warrant of the county mayor, the amount falling due by the terms of the contract prior to the surrender of the prisoner.
(2) The bailee shall have the power to arrest the prisoner in person or through any sheriff or constable anywhere in the state; and the prisoner, when arrested, shall be delivered to the superintendent of the workhouse and shall be compelled to work out such part of the original fine and costs as have not been worked out or paid by the prisoner under the agreement and the costs of the arrest in addition.
(c) If the bailee fails to pay the fine and costs, or costs only, according to the agreement, then the county mayor shall, in the name of the state, for the use of the county, proceed against the bailee and the sureties before any general sessions or circuit court.
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