11-41-7
Section 11-41-7 Reinstatement of corporate organization of dormant municipalities; appointment
of mayor and councilmen for same. Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to
become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town
or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered
of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such
town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and
until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1059; Code 1923, §1750; Code
1940, T. 37, §16.)...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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33-12-2
Section 33-12-2 Organization; appointment, qualifications, terms, etc., of directors. The organization
and establishment of the agency shall be as follows: (1) The respective county commission
of the Counties of Lauderdale and Limestone shall each nominate by majority vote three candidates
for each of two memberships on the board of directors of the agency. Candidates shall be selected
from persons residing in these counties and active in municipal, industrial, agricultural,
commercial or citizen organizations engaged in promoting comprehensive and unified development
of the resources of the watershed as a basis for its general economic growth. The probate
judge of each county shall certify the nominations for the two directorships from his county
to the Governor, who shall, upon receipt thereof, appoint from the nominees from each county
two directors, one from each group of three nominated for each directorship. One member from
each county shall be appointed for a two-year term, one...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities;
conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation,
the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed
by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title,
who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall
give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in
five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the
powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said
election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title
for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless
he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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11-43-85
Section 11-43-85 Appointment, etc., of accountant, etc., to conduct examination and prepare
report as to municipal books and accounts. In cities and towns, the mayor, at least once a
year, shall appoint an independent public accountant or the Department of Examiners of Public
Accounts to conduct an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
of all books and accounts of the city or town since the preceding examination and to make
a full report thereof in writing, under oath, to be submitted to the council at its first
meeting after the completion of such report, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes
of the council. For his services said independent public accountant or the Department of Examiners
of Public Accounts shall be paid such sum as may be agreed upon. (Code 1907, §1229; Code
1923, §1953; Code 1940, T. 37, §445; Acts 1961, No. 569, p. 669.)...
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11-43-8
Section 11-43-8 Establishment of salaries of municipal officers. The salaries of all officers
of cities or towns except aldermen and councilmen shall be fixed by the municipal council
or other governing body, but if there is a salary limit for such officers provided in the
charter or laws governing the city or town, the same shall not be altered or changed above
such salary limit except by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to said municipal council
or other governing body of such cities or towns and by and with the consent of the mayor.
(Code 1907, §1456; Code 1923, §2312; Code 1940, T. 37, §409.)...
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11-42-201
Section 11-42-201 Certification and filing with probate judge of resolution, plat or map, and
list of qualified electors. Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person holding
the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together with
a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and the
names of all qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be excluded from the
area of such corporation, and file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which
said city or town is situated. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2414; Code 1940,
T. 37, §238.)...
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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking, etc., of
ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment, etc.,
of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc. (a)
The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established,
and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws
and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article
and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish his own ballot
with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of the proposed corporate
limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate limits or "Against
the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote against the adoption
of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to...
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11-46-36
Section 11-46-36 Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified
regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause
to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city
or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical
lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards
and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list
into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting
machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical
group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared
with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the
probate office of the county in which the municipality is...
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