12-13-37
Section 12-13-37 Appointment of special judge when probate judge incompetent, absent, sick,
etc., generally; powers and duties of special judge and force, effect, etc., of judgments,
orders and decrees thereof. If in any matter or proceeding arising in the probate court or
in reference to which the judge thereof is required to exercise jurisdiction or authority
or to perform a duty the judge is incompetent for any legal cause or shall be absent, sick
or otherwise disqualified from acting, he or his chief clerk must certify the fact of incompetency,
absence, sickness or disqualification to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and
the Supreme Court shall, upon such certificate, appoint a person possessing the qualifications
of a probate judge to act as special probate judge. Such special judge in relation to such
matter or proceeding shall have the jurisdiction and authority and discharge the duties of
the probate judge, and the judgments, orders and decrees made or rendered...
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14-3-13
Section 14-3-13 Officers and guards - Oath of office. Every officer and guard shall, before
entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe before some officer authorized to
administer oaths, the following oath: "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the
case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution
of the State of Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen thereof; that I will faithfully execute
and discharge all the duties required of me as _____ (designating the office), and observe
all the rules and regulations prescribed for the government of convicts, so far as concerns
my office; and will, in no case, ill treat or abuse any convict under my charge or control,
nor inflict upon him any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by said rules
and regulations. So help me God." (Code 1886, §4582; Code 1896, §4456; Code 1907, §6508;
Code 1923, §3607; Code 1940, T. 45, §24.)...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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34-3-43
Section 34-3-43 Powers generally. (a) The Board of Commissioners shall have power: (1) To determine,
by rules, the qualifications and requirements for admission to the practice of law; (2) To
conduct through a Board of Examiners the examination of applicants; and such Board of Examiners
shall certify to the Supreme Court the names of the applicants found to be qualified; such
certifications shall entitle such persons to be enrolled in the bar of the state and to practice
law; provided, that the fees required are paid; (3) Subject to the approval of the supreme
court, to formulate rules governing the conduct of all persons admitted to practice and to
investigate, or cause to be investigated, and to pass upon all complaints that may be made
concerning the professional conduct of any person who has been, or may hereafter be, admitted
to the practice of the law; (4) Subject to the approval of the supreme court, to formulate
rules governing the reinstatement of members of the bar who have...
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9-7-14
Section 9-7-14 Coastal Area Board - Created; composition; qualifications, appointment, term
of office and compensation of members; officers; meetings; seal; powers and duties generally;
executive director and employees; technical assistance to board; acceptance, use and disposition
of funds, facilities, etc. (a) through (g) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §14(b),
effective October 1, 1982. (h) The board shall have authority to solicit, accept and expend
funds from the state, the United States and from any other source, to carry out provisions,
purposes and policies of this chapter. (i) The board shall coordinate activities and plans
of all existing interests, other state governments, local governments, regional planning agencies,
interstate compacts and commissions and federal agencies which have programs relevant to the
coastal area. (j) When necessary to achieve conformance with the management program provided
for in Section 9-7-15, the board shall have the power to...
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11-92B-10
Section 11-92B-10 Powers and duties of authority. An authority shall have the following powers
and duties together with all powers and duties incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge
thereof: (1) To sue or be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) To adopt and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (4) With respect
to property within the operational area of the authority, to acquire, receive, and take title
to by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, improve, maintain, and impose
restrictive covenants and land use controls, to engage in environmental remediation and restoration
efforts as required under applicable agreements with the United States Department of Defense,
to equip, furnish, develop, and to transfer, convey, donate, sell, lease, grant options to,
assign, encumber with easements and mortgages and...
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12-1-7
Section 12-1-7 Powers of courts as to preservation of order, enforcement of judgments, etc.,
generally. Every court shall have power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate
presence and as near thereto as is necessary to prevent interruption, disturbance or hindrance
to its proceedings; (2) To enforce order before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial
investigation under its authority; (3) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process
and to orders of a judge out of court, in an action or proceeding therein; (4) To control,
in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its officers and all other persons connected with
a judicial proceeding before it in every matter appertaining thereto; (5) To administer oaths
in an action or proceeding pending therein and in all other cases where it may be necessary
in the exercise of its powers and duties; and (6) To amend and control its process and orders
so as to make them conformable to law and justice. (Code 1852,...
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14-11-4
Section 14-11-4 Failure of duty or violation of law by guard, etc., of convicts generally.
Any guard or any person having the charge, management or control of any convict who fails
to discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by law or in any other way violates any of
the provisions of law regulating or governing the inspection, treatment, confinement, working
or guarding or the charge, management or control of convicts, state or county, when no other
punishment is provided for such failure in duty or violation of law, must, on conviction,
be fined not more than $1,000, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced
to hard labor for the county, for not more than 12 months. (Code 1886, §3984; Code 1896,
§4550; Code 1907, §6612; Code 1923, §3715; Code 1940, T. 45, §110.)...
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17-16-71
Section 17-16-71 Evidence confined to allegations; exceptions. No evidence shall be taken on
the part of the contestant unless to sustain some one of the specific allegations of the original
or amended statement of grounds of contest. Nor shall any evidence be taken on the part of
the contestee except in rebuttal of the specific allegations of the original or amended statement
of the grounds of contest. But upon five days' notice the contestee shall have the right to
take evidence of any malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk,
returning officer, canvassing board, or other person; of illegal votes cast for some person
other than the contestee; of the rejection of legal votes cast for the contestee; of offers
to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full
exercise of the elective franchise in any election precinct in the State of Alabama, the election
in which is not put in issue by the original or amended...
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9-16-78
Section 9-16-78 Hearing officer; powers; witness fees. (a) No hearing officer shall participate
in a hearing if he or she has an interest therein. At any such hearing all testimony shall
be given under oath and be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is made.
(b) The manner in which hearings before hearing officers shall be presented and the conduct
of hearings and appeals before hearing officers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed
by the regulatory authority. (c) In the discharge of his or her duties under this article,
any hearing officer shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and
cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve subpoenas, compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records,
and testimony, provide for site inspections or inspections of other operations. In the event
of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued,...
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