upon any convict, in obedience to a warrant from the governor, the sheriff of the county shall be present at the execution, unless he shall be prevented by sickness, or other casualty; and he may have such military guard as he may think proper. He shall return the warrant with a statement, under his hand of his doings thereon, as soon as may be, after the said execution, to the governor, and shall also file in the clerk's office of the court where the conviction was had, an attested copy of the warrant and statement aforesaid, and the clerk shall subjoin a brief abstract of such statement to the record of conviction and sentence.
CHAPTER 31.
PARDONS.
Section 1. In all cases in which the governor is authorized to grant pardons, he may upon the petition of the person convicted, grant a pardon, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions, and under such limitations, as he may think proper, and he may issue his warrant to all proper officers to carry into effect such constitutional pardon; which warrant shall be obeyed and executed instead of the sentence, if any, which was originally awarded.
Sec. 2. Whenever any convict is pardoned by the governor, or his punishment is commuted, the officer to whom the warrant for that purpose is issued, after executing the same, shall make return thereof, under his hand with his doings thereon, to the governor, as soon as may be, and he shall also file with the clerk of the court in which the offender was convicted, an attested copy of the warrant and return, a brief abstract of which the clerk shall subjoin to the record of his conviction and sentence.
