Ala. Code § 45-14-82
There is hereby created within the probate judge's office of Clay County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the probate judge's office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the state Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks and other assistants for the probate judge as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The probate judge shall have authority to employ such clerks and other assistants and to fix their compensation. The compensation of the clerks and assistants shall be paid bi-weekly out of the general fund of the county in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Ala. Code § 45-14-82 (1975)