Ala. Code § 45-45-81.02
The office of Clerk of the Madison County Court and clerk of any court successor to the jurisdiction of the Madison County Court is hereby abolished. The Clerk of the Circuit Court, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall be ex-officio Clerk of the Madison County Court or of any court succeeding to the jurisdiction of the Madison County Court. As such ex-officio clerk, the clerk shall have the same powers and discharge the same duties as devolve upon the Clerk of the Madison County Court. These duties and powers shall be exercised and discharged in addition to those duties and powers heretofore or hereafter provided for circuit court clerks. As such ex-officio clerk of the county court or the successor to its jurisdiction, the clerk shall collect and lawfully disperse all fees heretofore or hereafter provided by law to be collected and dispersed by county court clerks or by the Clerk of the Madison County Court or any court successor to its jurisdiction. All files, papers, documents, and equipment of the Clerk of the Madison County Court shall be delivered to the custody of the clerk of the circuit court of the circuit. All outstanding accounts receivable by the Clerk of the Madison County Court or by the clerk of any court successor to its jurisdiction are hereafter to be collected and dispersed by the circuit clerk as heretofore provided by law for the clerk of the county court as if collected and dispersed by the Clerk of the Madison County Court.
Ala. Code § 45-45-81.02 (1975)