Ala. Code § 45-37-83: Salary of Judges.

The salaries of each judge of the District Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by the county which makes up the judicial circuit in an amount so that the total annual salary from the state and the county of each judge of the district court shall be equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000) less than the total annual salary from the state and county paid to a judge of the circuit court of the judicial circuit. This supplement shall be paid in equal twice monthly installments in the same manner as paid to a judge of the circuit court and shall be paid from the general fund of the county of the judicial circuit.