The marshal of the City Court shall receive a minimum annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the town of Marksville and the police jury of Avoyelles Parish. The town of Marksville and the police jury of Avoyelles Parish, or either of them, may pay such additional salary to the marshal as they may deem proper.
La. R.S. § 13:2488.54