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39-7-7
Section 39-7-7 Submission of question proposed by petition to voters at general election. If
the petition shall have been filed with the clerk or probate judge or, in case a summary proceeding
has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency of the
petition not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to a general city or town or
county election, the body of the city or town to which such petition is directed or the probate
judge of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall cause the question proposed
by the petition to be duly submitted to a vote of the electors of the territory at such general
election. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §22.)...
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11-40-6
Section 11-40-6 Municipal corporations classified as cities or towns; holding of election after
change in government of municipality. Municipal corporations now existing or hereafter organized
under this title containing 2,000 or more inhabitants shall be called cities. All incorporated
municipalities containing less than 2,000 inhabitants shall be called towns. The last census,
whether federal or taken as authorized in this title, shall be used in determining the population
of a city or town. At the next election more than four months after the one hundred twentieth
day after the first day of the first regular business session of the legislature held next
after the publication by the federal government of the regular federal decennial population
census for Alabama, if the municipality shows a population which authorizes a change in its
government under this title, the proper officers for such a city shall be elected and perform
the duties prescribed in this title. (Code 1907, §1052;...
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11-42-103
Section 11-42-103 Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election
of mayor and other officers. (a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be
selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality
into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast
a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission
or a majority of them may direct. (b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission
has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal
election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which
election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected.
Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission,
who shall declare the results of such election, and those...
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11-42-52
Section 11-42-52 Contests of election. The result of such election may be contested by any
qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for control of general municipal
elections, making the city the contestee. (Code 1907, §1087; Code 1923, §1781; Code 1940,
T. 37, §150.)...
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11-43-4
Section 11-43-4 Election of clerk, etc., in towns and in cities having less than 6,000 inhabitants;
filling of vacancies in council generally. In cities having a population of less than 6,000
and in towns, the council shall elect a clerk and fix the salary and term of office, and may
determine by ordinance the other officers of the city or town, their salary, the manner of
their election and the terms of office, and shall fill all vacancies in the council by a majority
vote of the council; and all members of the council may vote to fill vacancies any provision
of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The clerk and such other officers elected by the council
shall serve until their successor or successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1067;
Acts 1919, No. 448, p. 687; Code 1923, §1759; Code 1940, T. 37, §406; Acts 1951, No. 290,
p. 583; Acts 1981, No. 81-627, p. 1043; Acts 1984, No. 84-286, p. 497, §1.)...
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11-49-101
Section 11-49-101 Adoption of ordinance for vacation of street and erection of public building,
etc., thereon - Publication of notice as to introduction of ordinance and time for consideration
thereof by council, etc. - Required. No ordinance vacating a portion of a street as provided
by Section 11-49-100 shall be adopted until after the expiration of 30 days after its first
introduction, and after it has been introduced it shall be published in some newspaper published
in the city or town for two successive weeks, and such publication shall also contain a statement
of the time when it will be considered and that objections to its passage may then be heard
by the council or other governing body; provided, however, that if the city or town has no
newspaper published therein, such publication shall be made in some newspaper of general circulation
published within the county where such city or town is located. If, for any reason, the ordinance
is not acted on at the time stated in the...
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11-50-149
Section 11-50-149 Disposition of ballots at conclusion of election; canvassing of returns and
declaration of election results. The ballots shall be kept in a sealed box; and, at the conclusion
of the election, the box shall be turned over forthwith by the managers to the officers designated
as the returning officers and shall by them be safely and at once delivered to the mayor or
other chief executive officer of such city or town. Within three days after such election
the votes shall be canvassed and counted by the board of aldermen or other governing body
of such city or town, and it shall declare the result. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923,
§2067; Code 1940, T. 37, §384.)...
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11-50-150
Section 11-50-150 Execution of sale, lease, etc., by governing body and terms thereof. If the
result of such election shall be in favor of a sale, lease, or disposition of the plant, the
board of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town may proceed to sell, lease,
or dispose of the electric light plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant owned by such city
or town at a price not less than the minimum price fixed as provided in Section 11-50-142,
and upon such terms and time of payment as to the said board of aldermen or governing body
may seem best, but if there are deferred payments, the same must be secured by a lien on the
plant sold or disposed of. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2068; Code 1940, T. 37,
§385.)...
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11-42-104
Section 11-42-104 Oath and compensation of commissioners; expenses of election; failure of
commissioner to act. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the commissioners
shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths to faithfully
and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners. They shall be paid for their
services such amount as may be allowed by the several councils by ordinance, and the expense
of such election shall be paid forthwith by the consolidated city or town. If any commissioner
fails or refuses without sufficient excuse to act upon said commission, he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor in a court having jurisdiction, shall be fined
not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. If for any reason a member of the commission
shall not act, the other commissioners shall have the right to declare his office vacant and
fill the vacancy by the appointment of some suitable person. (Code 1907, §1130;...
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11-50-232
Section 11-50-232 Certificate of incorporation - Contents; amendment. (a) The certificate of
incorporation of any corporation organized under this article shall state: (1) The name of
the corporation, which shall be a name indicating the system or systems for operation of which
the corporation is organized (e.g., "The Waterworks and Sewer Board of the City (or Town)
of _____"); (2) The location of its principal office and the post office address thereof;
(3) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, this
fact should be stated); and (4) The objects for which the corporation is organized. The certificate
of incorporation may also contain any provisions not contrary to law which the incorporators
may choose to insert for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation. (b)
Any corporation organized under this article may at any time amend its certificate of incorporation
so as to provide for the operation of a system in addition to...
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