Ala. Code § 16-9-24
The county board of education may provide upon the nomination of the county superintendent of education, at least the following assistants: an elementary school supervisor and a statistical and stenographic clerk. No person shall be eligible for appointment as supervisor who does not hold a certificate of administration and supervision as required of county superintendents of education. The county board of education may employ additional clerical and professional assistants, including health supervisors, and may reimburse them for all actual traveling expenses necessary in the performance of their official duties. The county superintendent may maintain an office at the county seat, or any other location in the county provided for by local law in a county with a population of more than 100,000 persons according to the most recent United States Decennial Census. The county commission shall provide the county superintendent of education and his or her professional and clerical assistants with ample, convenient, and comfortable office quarters. The county commission shall also provide necessary furniture, office equipment, stationery, postage, forms, and supplies required by the county superintendent of education and his or her assistants.
Ala. Code § 16-9-24 (1975)