(a) The Board of Registrars of Calhoun County shall meet on the first Monday and for nine consecutive days thereafter, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, in the months of February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September of each year, and on the first Monday and for 19 consecutive days thereafter, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, in the months of October, November, December, and January of each year, for the purpose of registering voters. An applicant may register at the courthouse or at any other location in the county designated by the board of registrars. When the board meets at the courthouse it shall stay in session from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day.

(b) Such board of registrars shall also meet at the courthouse on the third Monday in February in each year and for 39 consecutive days thereafter, Sundays, legal holidays, and the time or times for registering voters excepted, for the purpose of purging the voting list.

(c) The Board of Registrars of Calhoun County is authorized to employ an executive secretary, subject to the approval by the county governing body of Calhoun County, Alabama. The executive secretary shall keep the office of the board of registrars open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at such times when the board is not in session and he or she is authorized to take applications for registration and acknowledgements thereto, provided he or she is a notary public or some other officer authorized to take acknowledgements to deeds or is bonded as such executive secretary in such amount as is prescribed by the board of registrars. The executive secretary shall also attend to all clerical work of the board, and he or she shall devote his or her entire time to duties imposed by the board.

(d) The county governing body of Calhoun County shall provide office space for the board of registrars and shall provide the executive secretary of the board of registrars with clerical help and such office supplies as may be necessary in the opinion of the governing body of Calhoun County, Alabama.

(e) The executive secretary provided for herein shall be paid a salary out of the county treasury of not less than four hundred dollars ($400), the exact amount to be fixed by the county governing body of Calhoun County.