KRS 70.170: Salary for services under KRS 70.150.

(1) Each sheriff performing the duties required under the provisions of KRS 70.150

shall be allowed the amount of thirty -six hundred dollars ($3,600) annually payable

out of the State Treasury at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per month for

such services. The first such monthly payment shall be for the month of July, 1966,

and the check therefor shall be forwarded to the sheriff concerned on or about the

last working day of that month and each month thereafter.

(2) The allowance authorized in subsecti on (1) of this section shall be considered as

operating expenses of the sheriff's office and shall not be considered as part of his

compensation. Sheriffs shall not be required to keep records verifying the

expenditures from the allowance provided by the state.