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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11-43-4
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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11-43C-15
Section 11-43C-15 District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath
or petition to become candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates
for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein.
A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified
pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement
of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 500 persons, each of whom is a registered
voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be
a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than
12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§15.)...
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11-43C-33
Section 11-43C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §33.)...
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11-44C-15
Section 11-44C-15 District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath
or petition to become candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates
for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein.
A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified
pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement
of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 500 persons, each of whom is a registered
voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be
a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than
12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96,
§15.)...
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11-44C-33
Section 11-44C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §33.)...
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11-44F-21
Section 11-44F-21 Procedures for referendum. At the referendum, the proposition to be submitted
shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used
for any other office or question and shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the
following: Do you favor the Office of Mayor of the City (Town) of ___ being a full-time position
with the City (Town) of ___ for the person elected at the 1996 municipal election and thereafter?
Yes ___ No ___. The voter shall mark the ballot with a cross mark (x) after the proposition
which expresses his or her choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in the
referendum, the proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body
or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate
propositions on the voting machines. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §2.)...
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11-50-143
Section 11-50-143 Ordering of special election for authorization of sale, lease, etc. After
the passage of said resolution, the said board of aldermen or other governing body shall order
a special election to be held at which all the voters in said city or town, who are qualified
voters under the laws of this state may vote on the proposition of whether such sale, lease
or other disposition of such electric plant, gas plant, or waterworks plant shall be authorized.
(Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2061; Code 1940, T. 37, §378.)...
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11-50-520
Section 11-50-520 Definitions. The following words and phrases and others importing the same
meaning, where used in this chapter, shall be given the following respective interpretations
and meanings: (1) THE CORPORATION. Any corporation organized under this chapter. (2) APPLICANTS.
Those persons who organize the corporation. (3) POWER DISTRICT. The territory proposed to
be served by the corporation as specified in its certificate of incorporation as originally
filed or any amendment thereto made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (4) MUNICIPALITY
or MUNICIPALITIES. Any city or town incorporated under the laws of Alabama. (5) COUNTY or
COUNTIES. Any county organized under the laws of Alabama. (6) GOVERNING BODY. Whenever used
in relation to any municipality, the city or town council, city commission or the body or
board, by whatsoever name known, having charge of the governing of a municipality, and shall
be held to include the mayor or other chief executive officer of the...
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17-11-15
Section 17-11-15 Performance of duties of clerk in municipal elections held separate from primary
or general election. In any municipal election that is held at a time different from a primary
or general election, the duties with reference to the handling of absentee ballots which are
required of the circuit clerk shall be performed by the town clerk, city clerk, or other officer
performing the duties of the clerk. If such clerk or other officer is also a candidate in
such election, the governing body of the city or town shall appoint a qualified elector of
the city or town to perform the duties. Such person so appointed shall have all the powers,
duties, and responsibilities of the circuit clerk under this chapter. (Acts 1975, No. 1147,
p. 2251, §13; §17-10-15; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52; Act 2010-687,
p. 1660, §2.)...
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