All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such election, including the time spent in going to and returning from said county, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses, and for maintenance in the performance of such duties. Such commissioner shall prepare and file with the Governor a sworn itemized statement of time employed and expenses incurred, which said statement shall be by the Governor forwarded to the county clerk of the county holding such election. The expense connected with the holding of any such special election, including the per diem and expenses of all such special election commissioners, shall be borne and paid for by the county out of any funds in hands of the county treasurer.
R.L. 1910, § 1535.