K.S.A. 19-1601b

Such board of county commissioners may require any county official to provide a deputy or such clerk or clerks as may be necessary to render services of his office at such place in the county as the board of county commissioners shall direct. Such deputies and clerks shall be allowed such compensation as the board of county commissioners shall fix which shall be paid from the county general fund. The board of county commissioners may allow any elective county officer maintaining an office at a place other than the county seat such compensation for maintaining said office as it shall deem proper, which compensation shall be paid from the county general fund and shall be in addition to any compensation or salary otherwise provided for by law.