Commencing October 1, 1981, the Circuit Clerk of the Eighth Judicial Circuit shall be paid, in addition to any other salary or expense allowance provided by law, an additional expense allowance of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum. Such additional expense allowance shall be payable from the general fund of the county in such circuit in the same manner as are all other expense allowances provided for such officials.
Ala. Code § 45-52-81.01 (1975)