17-16-59
Section 17-16-59 Judgment of court. If, on the trial of the contest of any election, either before the judge of probate or the circuit court, it shall appear that any person other than the one whose election is contested, received or would have received, had the ballots intended for the person and illegally rejected been received, the highest number of legal votes, judgment must be given declaring such person duly elected, and such judgment shall have the force and effect of investing the person thereby declared elected, with full right and title to have and to hold the office to which the person is declared elected. If it appears that two or more persons have, or would have had, if the ballots intended for them and illegally rejected had been received, the highest and equal number of votes for such office, judgment must be entered declaring the fact, and such fact must be certified to the officer having authority to fill vacancies in the office the election to which was contested. If...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...
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31-2-111
Section 31-2-111 Ordering out of troops - Request to Governor by local officials. Whenever any circuit court judge, municipal court judge, probate court judge, sheriff, or mayor of any incorporated city, town, or village, shall have reasonable cause to apprehend the outbreak of any riot, rout, tumult, mob, or combination to oppose the enforcement of the laws by force or violence, within the jurisdiction in which such officer is by law a conservator of the peace, which cannot be speedily suppressed or effectually prevented by the ordinary posse comitatus and peace officers, it shall forthwith become the duty of such judge, sheriff, or mayor, to report the facts and circumstances in writing or verbally to the Governor or his authorized representative, and request him to order out such portion of the National Guard of the state as may be necessary to enforce the laws and preserve the peace. It shall thereafter be the duty of the Governor, if he deems such apprehension well-founded, to...
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43-2-192
Section 43-2-192 Appointment of nonresident executor - Filing of copies of will and letters testamentary; bond and surety. When the will has been probated in another state or territory, before issuing letters testamentary thereon to a nonresident executor, the judge of probate must require him to file in court a copy of the will under which he is appointed, together with a certificate of the judge of the court in which the will was probated, that such will was regularly proved and established and that letters testamentary were issued to him thereon, in accordance with the laws of the state or territory in which such original letters were granted, and also to give bond and surety upon the same terms, conditions and requirements as are required by law of citizens of this state. But if it shall appear from the will that the testator, by an express provision therein, has exempted the applicant from giving bond as executor, such bond must not be required, except in the cases specified in...
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45-31-141.03
Section 45-31-141.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question or questions on which the petition requests an election. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (b) The petition shall contain a map and description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article and the petition shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: "Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? Yes ( ) No ( )" (c) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of a district may change the name of a district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of the resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board. (d) The petition...
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45-35-244.30
Section 45-35-244.30 Authorization; prerequisites. The Houston County Commission, at its election by resolution and in its sole discretion, or its designee is authorized to collect any municipal privilege, license, sales, and use taxes levied or assessed by any city or town under a municipal ordinance duly promulgated and adopted by the governing body of the city or town upon the request by resolution of the council or commission of the city or town and upon the filing with the Houston County Commission of a certified copy of the ordinance levying the tax, whenever the levy, in the judgment of the Houston County Commission, substantially parallels the levy by Houston County, except for the rate of the tax and the uses for which the tax may be levied and is subject to Subpart 1 and this subpart, except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided, including provisions for enforcement and collection of the taxes. (Act 95-407, p. 856, ยง2.)...
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45-39A-25.01
Section 45-39A-25.01 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and draft beer except on Sunday. (a) The voters of the Town of Lexington may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town each day of the week except Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: (1) The governing body of the town, by resolution, shall call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters of the town residing within the corporate limits, as to whether or not it may determine whether alcoholic beverages and draft beer can be legally sold or distributed each day of the week except on Sunday for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town. (2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the corporate...
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45-39A-25
Section 45-39A-25 Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a) The voters of the Town of Lexington may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town each day of the week except Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: (1) The governing body of the town, by resolution, shall call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters of the town residing within the corporate limits, as to whether or not it may determine whether alcoholic beverages and draft beer can be legally sold or distributed each day of the week except on Sunday for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town. (2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the corporate limits of the Town of...
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45-39A-70
Section 45-39A-70 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2016 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2016. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The voters of the Town of Lexington may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town each day of the week except Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: (1) The governing body of the town, by resolution, shall call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters of the town residing within the corporate limits, as to whether or not it may determine whether alcoholic beverages and draft beer can be legally sold or distributed each day of the week except on Sunday for on-premises and off-premises consumption within the town. (2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and draft beer for...
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45-8A-23.006
Section 45-8A-23.006 Election of first council; term of office. Within five days of the date of his or her receipt of the certificate of adoption the judge of probate with whom the certificate was filed shall call an election to be held on the first Tuesday in September, 1954. The expenses of this election shall be paid by the city. Before calling such election the judge of probate shall cause the city to be divided into five wards containing as nearly equal number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in Section 45-8A-23.051 and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in Sections 45-8A-23.052 and 45-8A-23.053. Each candidate shall announce the ward from which he or she desires to become a candidate. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from each of the wards. Any candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast for the candidates from the ward from which he or she is a candidate shall be elected as the...
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