The county deputy animal health commissioner shall receive a reasonable compensation, to be determined by the state animal health commissioner, in an amount not to exceed $100 per month and necessary travel expenses while absent from home in the discharge of the duties of such position.

L. 1917, ch. 233, § 4; R.S. 1923, 47-653; L. 1989, ch. 156, § 38; L. 2012, ch. 140, § 61; July 1.