Except in counties of the sixth, seventh, and eighth classes, each sheriff or deputy sheriff, or solicitor representing any sheriff, shall be allowed all reasonable expenses, including hotel bills and traveling expenses actually incurred going to, attending, and returning from any annual meeting of the association, but not in excess of fifty dollars in any one year, which shall be paid by the county of which he is an officer by orders drawn on the treasurer thereof. The time spent in attending such meetings shall not be more than three days exclusive of the time employed in traveling thereto and therefrom. The expenses of the annual meetings of the association, including any necessary amount for printing, committee meetings, and stenographic service, shall, except in counties of the sixth, seventh, and eighth classes, be paid by the proper counties, but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars for each county the sheriff of which is a member of said association. In any county of the sixth, seventh, or eighth class, the sheriff of which may be a member of said association, the county commissioners may allow like expenses to such sheriff or his representative for attending any such annual meeting, and may join with the other counties, aforesaid, in sharing the expenses of such meetings to the extent aforesaid.
16 P.S. § 7242