Ohio Revised Code|Section 2941.44 | Arrest of escaped convict - expense of return.

                                                
Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals,  watchmen, police officers, and coroners may arrest a convict escaping from a state correctional institution and forthwith convey  him to the institution and and deliver  him to the warden of the institution. They shall be allowed ten cents per mile going to and returning from the institution and additional compensation that the warden finds reasonable for the necessary expense incurred.