25-7-15 - Allowances for deputy circuit court clerks.
§ 25-7-15. Allowances for deputy circuit court clerks.
(1) In counties having two (2) judicial districts and having a regularly appointed deputy circuit court clerk who shall serve in the judicial district of the county other than the judicial district of the county in which the circuit court clerk resides, the circuit court clerk shall be allowed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month. This amount shall be allowed and paid monthly to the circuit court clerk by the board of supervisors of each county affected by this section out of the general fund of the county and shall be in addition to all other allowances now provided by law.
(2) The boards of supervisors of every county shall pay to the circuit clerk the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700.00) for each session of the grand jury for preparing the grand jury docket, subpoenas, calendar and related services.
(3) The circuit clerks of every county having an assessed valuation in excess of Sixty-five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) at the last federal census and having located therein two (2) municipalities with population in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) respectively at the last federal census and bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, of every county bordering on the Gulf of Mexico and the State of Alabama, and of counties having a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) according to the federal census of 1960, and any county with a population in excess of sixty-five thousand (65,000) at the last federal census of 1970 and having an assessed valuation in excess of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars ($125,000,000.00) according to the 1975 assessment, shall receive a sum of not less than Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) annually for employment of deputies whose duties are devoted substantially to registration of voters. The sum shall be payable monthly out of any available funds in the county treasury.
Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 3934.5, 3934.7; Laws, 1952, ch. 219, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1962, ch. 262, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1964, ch. 511; Laws, 1966, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1968, ch. 360, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 330; Laws, 1977, ch. 385; Laws, 1994, ch. 643, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 500, § 1, eff from and after October 1, 1997.