(a) Each member of the commission shall receive as full compensation for each day actually spent in the work of the commission the sum of ten dollars ($10) per day and his or her actual and necessary expenses thereby incurred. The commission shall appoint and at its pleasure discharge, a secretary and a treasurer and such assistants as may be deemed necessary to discharge the duties imposed by this article. The treasurer so appointed shall be required to enter into a bond to be approved by the commission in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) conditioned to pay any shortage or loss of funds on hand by the treasurer during his or her term of office or at the time that he or she is holding office. The commission shall outline the duties and fix the compensation of the treasurer.
(b) The commission shall obtain such office space, furnishings, and other proper conveniences as shall be reasonably necessary for carrying out this article. The principal office of the commission shall be located in the City of Decatur. The commission shall adopt a seal with such design as it may prescribe, engraved thereon, by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. The commission shall make appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the office of the commission and for the purpose of carrying out this article. In addition thereto, the commission is empowered to make reasonable inspection of the barbers and barber shops of Morgan County to the end that they observe proper methods of sanitation and sterilization in and about the conduct of their business.
(c) Copies of all records and papers in the office of the commission duly certified and authenticated by its seal shall be received in evidence in all courts with like effect as the original. All records kept in the office of the commission under authority of this article shall be open to public inspection under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the commission. All fees and charges collected by the commission under this article, shall be paid into the treasury of the commission; the funds shall be used and kept exclusively in the hands of the treasurer of the commission, and shall be used under the direction of the commission, not inconsistent with this article. Funds may be disbursed by an order of the commission on a check being drawn by the treasurer against such funds, as may be on hand, and approved by the chair for the purpose of paying all expenses incurred by the commission, including the compensation of members and their employees and their assistants and the treasurer, provided the total expenses for every purpose incurred shall not exceed the total fees and charges collected and paid into the treasury of the commission, and all monies remaining in the separate fund at the end of the fiscal year not expended as herein provided, shall become a part of the funds of the commission and shall be retained by the commission and may be deposited in any bank or savings account or otherwise.
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