The attorney general and the attorney general’s assistants shall be repaid their actual and necessary expenses incurred in transacting their official duties at places other than the seat of government. [C73, §3770; C97, §211; S13, §211; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 153; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §13.8 ]