A. The salaries of the clerk and of the deputy clerks, if any, shall be paid in equal proportions by the town of Marksville and the parish of Avoyelles.
B. The clerk shall receive a minimum salary of one hundred fifty dollars per month, and the deputy clerk shall receive a minimum salary of one hundred dollars per month. The town of Marksville and the parish of Avoyelles, or either of them, may pay such additional salaries to either or both as they may deem proper.