Provisions of article cumulative; affirmative action necessary to exercise powers, etc., conferred by article.

This article shall be supplementary to other statutes relating to municipal government in Alabama and shall be cumulative, and the provisions of this article shall not be mandatory as to any municipality coming within its scope unless affirmative action to exercise the authorities and powers hereby conferred are properly taken by the governing body of such municipalities in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §420.)