11-43-3
Section 11-43-3 Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000
inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices. (a) In cities having a population of
more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as
soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until
the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council
may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except
as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe
their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require
the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection
(b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of
the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may...
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11-43-7
Section 11-43-7 Establishment of salaries and fees of municipal employees; disposition of fees
of clerk. All employees of any city or town whose compensation is not fixed by law shall receive
such salary or fees for their services as the council may by ordinance from time to time prescribe.
For all attested certificates and transcripts, other than ordered by the council, the clerk
shall be paid fees not in excess of those allowed to county officers for like services to
be accounted for in all cases as other public moneys where such clerk receives a salary or
fixed compensation. (Code 1907, §1256; Code 1923, §1997; Code 1940, T. 37, §410.)...
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45-37A-52.64
Section 45-37A-52.64 Meetings; passage of ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public
meetings on Tuesday of each and every week at a regular hour to be fixed by the order of the
council from time to time and publicly announced. The council may hold such adjourned, called,
special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The president of the council,
when present, shall preside at all meetings of the council. Five members of the council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council,
and the affirmative vote of at least four members of the council provided such four constitute
a majority of those voting shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or
ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the council, or the exercise
of any of the powers conferred upon it by this part or by law, or which may hereafter be conferred
upon the council. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford 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 of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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11-42-80
Section 11-42-80 Assessment, collection, and disposition of street tax in territory exempt
from taxation. The council or governing body of the city shall have the same rights and powers
by and under an ordinance enacted to assess and collect a street tax from every person liable
to road or street duty residing in the territory exempt from taxation that it has to assess
and collect such tax from other persons residing within the corporate limits of the city,
but not in territory exempt from taxation. The money collected from persons residing in territory
exempt from taxation shall be applied by the council or governing body of the city towards
keeping up and maintaining the public roads or streets in the territory exempt from taxation
or in opening new roads or streets in such territory. (Code 1907, §1112; Code 1923, §1806;
Code 1940, T. 37, §175.)...
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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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11-45-3
Section 11-45-3 Transmittal of ordinances or resolutions to mayor for consideration; approval
by mayor and publication by clerk; recall of ordinances or resolutions from mayor. In cities
having a population of 12,000 or more, all resolutions or ordinances intended to be of permanent
operation, after having been passed by the council, shall be transmitted by the clerk, within
48 hours after their passage, to the mayor or acting mayor for his consideration, who, if
he shall approve thereof, shall sign and return the same to the clerk, who shall publish them,
and such ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon have the force of law; provided, that
the council may provide that they shall be effective from approval. An ordinance or resolution
may be recalled from the mayor at any time before it has become a law or has been acted on
by him by a resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to the council in regular
or special session. (Code 1907, §1185; Code 1923, §1901; Code...
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11-43-101
Section 11-43-101 Auditing, recordation, etc., of claims, etc., against municipality and issuance
of warrants therefor. The clerk shall submit all claims, requisitions, and demands against
the city or town to the council at its next regular meeting for its approval, unless already
provided for by ordinance or resolution, and upon its being approved by the council and the
passage of ordinances carrying it into effect when necessary, said clerk shall issue warrant
on the city or town treasurer for the amount of such claim, requisition, or demand. Before
issuing any warrant upon the treasurer, the clerk shall audit the claim, certify to its correctness,
and keep a record thereof, which record shall also show to what department or departments
it is chargeable. (Code 1907, §1200; Code 1923, §1916; Code 1940, T. 37, §422.)...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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11-43C-24
Section 11-43C-24 City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment
of successor; duties. The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this
chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such merit system. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called
meetings of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by
his signature and record in full in a book kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions
and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance,
or such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks. (Acts 1987, No.
87-102, p. 116, §24.)...
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