The Chair of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid a monthly expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500). Each associate member of the Jackson County Commission shall be paid a monthly expense allowance of three hundred dollars ($300). Such amounts shall be paid from the county treasury to such county officers and shall be in lieu of any other expense allowances for performance of in-county duties heretofore provided by law for the chair and associate commissioners.
Ala. Code § 45-36-70.01 (1975)