The chairman and members of the County Board of Equalization of Autauga County shall each be entitled up to twenty-five dollars ($25) a day for expenses for each day the board is in session as provided by law, the exact amount to be established by the county commission. The expense allowances herein provided for shall be payable from the general fund of Autauga County upon presentation of claims therefor.
Ala. Code § 45-1-240 (1975)