(1) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) secretary.
(2) Secretaries so appointed shall provide clerical, stenographic, and other secretarial services and may be assigned such additional duties at the discretion of the respective judges as are not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the State of Arkansas.
(3) The salary of the secretaries of the Sixth Judicial District shall be sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) per calendar year, which salary shall be paid by Pulaski County.
(4) The salary of each secretary employed by the Sixth Judicial District set by this section and by county ordinance shall be amended to provide for an increase of the minimum salaries of four percent (4%) as of July 10, 1987; another increase of four percent (4%) beginning December 26, 1987; and another increase of four percent (4%) beginning December 24, 1988, unless a higher salary is provided by any other legislative act or county ordinance.
(5) All of the salaries shall be paid by Pulaski County. All of the salaries shall be paid bi-weekly by Pulaski County.
(6) When the county quorum court raises salaries for county employees, it shall also raise salaries an equivalent amount for the employees provided for in this subsection.
(7) The employees covered by this subsection shall be treated by Pulaski County in the same manner as other Pulaski County employees for all other purposes.