The Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, or such other board or persons as may
from time to time exercise the administrative power of Fulton County, shall pay to
the district attorney of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, as a supplement to the salary
paid by the state as provided in "An act to provide a salary payable from state funds
for each solicitor-general, etc.," enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia at the
1968 regular session thereof [see now O.C.G.A. §§ 15-18-10, 45-7-4(a)(2)], or any
act amending said act, not less than the amount which, when added to the salary paid
by the state pursuant to said act, shall equal the salary currently being paid to
each Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit by the state, as
augmented and supplemented by Fulton County. Said salary supplement shall be paid
from county funds as a part of the operating expenses of Fulton Superior Court.