La. R.S. 13:5582

There shall be a salary and expense fund for the office of the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans. The sum of sixty-three thousand dollars shall be allowed for each calendar year toward the payment of compensation for all services required of the civil sheriff and toward the payment of all the expenses of his office, twenty-three thousand dollars of which shall be paid into the salary and expense fund by the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District from millage levied by it. The sums shall be remitted annually in advance or in monthly installments, to the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans.