The Constable of the District Court of Etowah County shall be paid an expense allowance of seven hundred dollars ($700) per month. The expense allowance shall be in addition to the expense allowance provided by Act No. 88-787, H. 302, 1988 First Special Session until it is repealed. The payments made to the constable prior to May 6, 1998, are confirmed and ratified. The expense allowance shall be paid from the county general fund.
Ala. Code § 45-28-50 (1975)