Section 25. The cost of transportation required by section twenty-four shall be borne by the commonwealth. The secretary of administration and finance shall make an annual request for an appropriation for the purpose of funding said section twenty-four and, subject to such appropriation, said funds shall be paid to the treasurer of each county who shall place said funds in a separate account within the treasury of each county. All funds deposited in said accounts and any interest accruing thereto shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in said section twenty-four. No later than March first of each year, the treasurer of each county receiving funds under this section shall file a written report with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing expenditures made from such accounts in the preceding calendar year.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Section 3 - Deputies; Appointment; Oath
Section 4 - Special Sheriff; Appointment; Oath; Bond; Powers
Section 5 - Special Sheriffs; Powers and Duties
Section 7 - Failure to Post Bond; Penalty
Section 8 - Suits on Bonds of Sheriffs
Section 9 - Copies of Sheriff's Bonds; Source; Use as Evidence
Section 10 - Suits Against Sheriff; Procedure for Satisfying Judgment
Section 11 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Precepts
Section 12 - Duties of Sheriffs and Deputies; Service of Demands, Notices and Citations
Section 13 - Powers and Duties; Requisition of Aid
Section 14 - Service of Writs and Precepts After Removal
Section 15 - Service of Writs Against the Sheriff or Deputies
Section 16 - Attendance at Sessions of Courts
Section 21 - Traveling Expenses
Section 21a - Travel Vouchers or Other Verification of Travel Expenses
Section 22 - Accounting of Fees; Disposition of Funds
Section 24 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Sheriffs' Duties
Section 25 - Transportation of Prisoners or Persons in Custody; Costs; Appropriations; Report