45-2A-30.01
Section 45-2A-30.01 Governing body. (a) The governing body of the City of Daphne shall consist
of a mayor-council-city manager. The mayor shall be elected at large, represent the City of
Daphne at all ceremonial functions and have veto power over all ordinances and resolutions
of a general and permanent nature. The council shall consist of seven members elected by districts
in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1964. The council shall exercise the legislative
functions of the city, shall have the power to appoint and remove a city manager, board, commission
and/or committee member, to establish other administrative departments, to distribute the
work of such departments, and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation thereof.
(b) The council shall be presided over by a president elected by a majority vote of the council
members and the president of the council shall be a voting member of the council. (c) The
city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of...
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11-42-75
Section 11-42-75 Rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards. The council or governing body
of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said
city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to
vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable
an equal number of qualified electors. (Code 1907, §1108; Code 1923, §1802; Code 1940, T.
37, §171.)...
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11-45-2
Section 11-45-2 Style of ordinances; procedure for adoption of ordinances or resolutions generally;
manner of awarding contracts on bids. (a) The style of an ordinance of a city or town shall
be, "Be it ordained by the city (or town) council of ___ as follows:" inserting
the name of the city or town as the case may be. (b) No ordinance or resolution intended to
be of permanent operation shall be adopted by the council at the same meeting at which it
is introduced, unless unanimous consent of those present is given for the immediate consideration
of such ordinance or resolution, such consent to be shown by a vote taken by yeas and nays,
and the names of the members voting shall be entered upon the minutes, and no ordinance or
resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall become a law unless on its final passage
a majority of the members elected to said council in cities of over 12,000 inhabitants shall
vote in its favor. In all towns and in cities of less than 12,000...
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11-49-105
Section 11-49-105 Property rights in vacated portion of street. The fee of such vacated portion
of a street shall remain in the city or town, but the council or other governing body may
grant the right to maintain thereon a state, county, or municipal public building or a railroad
station or depot or street railroad station or depot so long and only so long as the same
shall be used for the purpose for which it was vacated. (Acts 1909, No. 67, p. 102; Code 1923,
§2241; Code 1940, T. 37, §666.)...
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35-4-411
Section 35-4-411 Ordinance or resolution describing proposed conveyance. When the county commission,
or the council or like governing body of a city or town, or governing body of any other subdivision
determines to alienate any public improvement described in Section 35-4-410, it shall adopt
a resolution or ordinance to that effect, describing the nature and extent of the proposed
conveyance and the minimum consideration therefor, if any. The ordinance or resolution shall
be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county,
city, or town, and, if no newspaper is published therein, it may be published in a newspaper
having general circulation in the county, city, or town. (Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 103,
p. 425, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-480, p. 797, §1.)...
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11-42-200
Section 11-42-200 Passage of resolution defining proposed reduced corporate limits. Whenever
in the opinion of the council or governing body of any city or town the public health or public
good requires that the corporate limits of such town or city be reduced and the boundaries
thereof reestablished, said council shall pass a resolution defining the proposed corporate
limits. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2413; Code 1940, T. 37, §237.)...
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11-47-15
Section 11-47-15 Alteration of channel of watercourse; construction, maintenance, leasing,
etc., of wharves and buildings, etc., on and near wharves and wharf sites. The council or
other governing body of any town or city may alter and change the channel of any watercourse
in the police jurisdiction of the city or town and may construct and maintain wharves and
construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites and may collect
wharfage dues and other charges thereon and rentals with respect thereto. Said council or
other governing body may lease to others all or any part of wharves or sites for wharves constructed,
maintained, or owned by such town or city and any buildings and other improvements so constructed
on or near any wharf or wharf site for public or private use for a period or periods not exceeding
40 years from the completion of such construction or for a period or periods not exceeding
40 years from the delivery of the lease if such construction...
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11-49-100
Section 11-49-100 Adoption of ordinance for vacation of street and erection of public building,
etc., thereon - Authorized generally. Whenever in the judgment of the council or other governing
body of any town or city it is to the interest of the public convenience that a portion of
any street in the limits of such city or town be vacated and discontinued as a highway and
that such vacated portion should be used for the erection and maintenance in whole or in part
thereon of any state, county, or municipal public building or railroad station or depot or
street railroad station or depot, such city or town council or other governing body may, by
ordinance duly adopted, vacate such portions of such street and discontinue its use as a public
highway and permit the erection and maintenance in whole or in part thereon of a state, county,
or municipal public building or railroad station or depot or street railroad station or depot.
(Acts 1909, No. 67, p. 102; Code 1923, §2238; Code 1940, T....
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45-10-20.02
Section 45-10-20.02 Municipal option election. (a) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number
of voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of not
less than 1,300 inhabitants nor more than 1,500 inhabitants being filed with the city or town
clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing body shall call a municipal option
election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic
beverages may be legally sold or distributed in the municipality. The petition for the municipal
option election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option
election be held to determine whether the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
shall be permitted within this municipality," on the ballot to be used for the municipal
option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal
sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality? Yes...
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11-46-37
Section 11-46-37 Preparation, etc., of lists of qualified voters upon disqualification of mayor,
etc. In the event the mayor or other chief executive officer of any city or town is a candidate
in any municipal election held under the provisions of this article, he shall be disqualified
to perform the duties set forth in Section 11-46-36, and said duties shall be performed by
a disinterested person appointed by the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city
or town. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §17.)...
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