11-56-1
Section 11-56-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter,
shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, have the following respective meanings:
(1) CORPORATION OR THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the corporation. (3) THE STATE. The State
of Alabama. (4) THE MUNICIPALITY. That incorporated city or town in the state which authorized
the organization of the corporation. (5) THE COUNTY. That county in which the certificate
of incorporation of the corporation shall be filed for record. (6) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. The
municipality or the county. (7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. a. Any public corporation (other than
a corporation organized under this chapter) now or hereafter organized or created in the state
pursuant to the authorization or determination by the municipality, by the municipality and
one or more other cities and towns in the state, by the county, by the county...
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11-14-6
Section 11-14-6 Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around,
etc., county buildings - Authorized. The county commission is hereby authorized and empowered
to appropriate county funds not otherwise appropriated or set apart by law toward a partial
payment of the cost of public improvements made by a city or town to the sidewalks and streets
around or abutting the lot or block occupied by any building belonging to the county, whether
such improvements have been heretofore made or are hereafter made. (Acts 1931, No. 428, p.
520; Code 1940, T. 12, §180.)...
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11-14-8
Section 11-14-8 Payment to cities or towns for improvements to sidewalks and streets around,
etc., county buildings - Ratification of and discharge from liability for prior payments.
The county treasurer or other person exercising the functions of county treasurer of every
county who has heretofore paid county money to any city or town for public improvements around
or abutting any lot or block occupied by buildings belonging to such county is hereby released,
relieved, and discharged from any and all liability for any and all sums of money so paid,
and all payments heretofore made for such improvements by any county are hereby ratified and
confirmed. (Acts 1931, No. 428, p. 520; Code 1940, T. 12, §183.)...
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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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11-43-5
Section 11-43-5 Provision for tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, etc.; designation
of persons to administer oaths, issue warrants, and approve appearance bonds. The council
may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, and chief of the fire department
and shall specifically prescribe their duties. The council shall designate the persons who
shall administer oaths and issue warrants of arrest for violations of law and the ordinances
of the city or town and the persons authorized to approve appearance bonds of persons arrested.
(Code 1907, §1227; Code 1923, §1951; Code 1940, T. 37, §407.)...
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11-46-1
Section 11-46-1 Municipalities may provide for election, compensation, bond, etc., of officers.
Cities and towns may, except as otherwise provided by law, by ordinance provide for the election
at any regular municipal election or for the appointment of such officers as are deemed needful
or proper for the good government of the city or town and the due exercise of its corporate
powers, fix their terms of office, fix their compensation and prescribe the duties of such
officers, their liabilities and powers and require them to give bond in such sum and to be
conditioned and approved as the council may prescribe. (Code 1907, §1171; Code 1923, §1887;
Code 1940, T. 37, §34.)...
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11-50-2
Section 11-50-2 Acquisition of power lines and rights-of-way, etc., incident thereto. (a) Cities
and towns in this state are authorized to construct, lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire
power lines for the transmission of electricity from any point in this state or any other
state to said city or town for the purpose of serving the needs of its citizens. (b) For the
purposes of this section cities and towns may exercise the right of eminent domain in acquiring
title to land for rights-of-way, power stations, and other purposes necessary to the operation
of said transmission lines. Such eminent domain proceedings shall be conducted in the manner
provided by law. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 99; Code 1940, T. 37, §361.)...
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11-51-94
Section 11-51-94 License designates place of business, etc., and authorizes conduct thereof
only at place designated; change of place of business, etc.; uniformity of license tax; classification,
etc., of licenses in certain cities. Any person desiring to engage in any trade, business,
profession, or occupation for which a license is or may be required shall designate the place
at which such trade or business or occupation or profession is carried on, and the license
to be issued under this division shall designate such place, and such license shall authorize
the carrying on of such trade, business, occupation, or profession only at the place designated
unless such person shall be granted permission by the council or other governing body to move
his place of business, trade, occupation, or profession to another place in the city or town,
and in that event such permission shall be endorsed by the clerk on such license. The same
license shall be charged and collected for all portions of...
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23-1-86
Section 23-1-86 Establishment, etc., within municipalities. The county commission of any county,
with the consent or permission of the city council or governing body of any municipality,
may establish, construct, and maintain any road, street, or bridge within the corporate limits
of such municipality except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction
over such road, street, or bridge. (Code 1923, §1367; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940,
T. 23, §49.)...
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28-4-256
Section 28-4-256 Search warrant for seizure of prohibited liquors and beverages, etc., generally
- Issuance - Issuance by judge. If the judge of the district court is satisfied of the existence
of ground or grounds for the application, or one of them, or that there is probable cause
to believe the existence of them, or one of them, he must issue a search warrant, signed by
him, directed to the sheriff or to any lawful officer, commanding him to forthwith search
the place named for the prohibited liquors and beverages and to bring them before the judge.
If the warrant is sought to search a place whose keeper or owner is unknown, the affidavit
may so state and the warrant may issue accordingly. The judge of the district court may direct
the warrant to the chief of police or any police officer of a municipality when the place
to be searched is within a municipality or within the police jurisdiction thereof. (Acts 1909,
No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4746; Code 1940,...
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