All employees of any city or town whose compensation is not fixed by law shall receive such salary or fees for their services as the council may by ordinance from time to time prescribe. For all attested certificates and transcripts, other than ordered by the council, the clerk shall be paid fees not in excess of those allowed to county officers for like services to be accounted for in all cases as other public moneys where such clerk receives a salary or fixed compensation.
Ala. Code § 11-43-7 (1975)