23-1-88
Section 23-1-88 Facilities between adjoining counties - Authority of counties to build, establish,
etc. Adjoining counties may purchase, establish, build, maintain, and operate bridges and
ferries or public highways across streams, swamps, waters, or marshes which form the boundary
between two counties upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the county commissions of the
adjoining counties. (Acts 1920, No. 98, p. 146; Code 1923, §6461; Code 1940, T. 23, §51.)...

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16-42-1
Section 16-42-1 Counties and cities authorized to undertake research into history of state.
The county commissions and the governing bodies of all municipalities in the State of Alabama
are hereby authorized and empowered to promote education by undertaking research into the
history of the State of Alabama, its several counties and municipalities, its coastline and
boundaries and the territory included therein, its geological deposits, agricultural and marine
data, its rivers, streams and harbors, its history from the earliest times and especially
during the colonial period, A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1815, and such general historical data and information,
and to effect the completion of translations of such data and information where such old official
records are in foreign languages, and to effect the publication of these records for the free
distribution to public libraries, school libraries and to the college and university libraries
within the State of Alabama and for the further diffusion...
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22-3-11
Section 22-3-11 Appropriations by municipalities for public health work. Each incorporated
municipality having a population of 5,000 or more, according to the last federal census, in
counties which have provided for a health officer shall provide a sufficient sum of money
properly to safeguard the public health and promote sanitation within the corporate limits
of the municipality, and all municipalities may make appropriations especially for public
health work. (Acts 1919, No. 658, p. 909; Code 1923, §1056; Code 1940, T. 22, §13.)...
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11-25-1
Section 11-25-1 Authorized; power to appropriate space and funds; filing of resolutions. The
governing body of each county by resolution thereof shall have the power to establish and
maintain a county law library for each courthouse in their respective counties for the use
and benefit of the county and state officials, court system, and the public; and shall have
the power to appropriate and set aside for the establishment, maintenance, and support of
said libraries, such space and funds as it shall deem necessary and appropriate. All resolutions
setting up county law libraries shall be filed in the probate office of the county where located
and with the Administrative Director of Courts. (Acts 1979, No. 79-751, p. 1336, §1.)...

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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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11-49-20
Section 11-49-20 Exclusive rights of municipalities as to establishment, regulation, etc.,
of ferries. (a) The mayor and council or other governing bodies of incorporated municipalities
in this state have the exclusive power and authority to establish or authorize the establishment
of ferries on rivers which in whole or in part constitute the dividing line between two counties
in this state at points touching such incorporated municipalities and to regulate the same.
(b) In all cases where the river is the dividing line between two counties and where the boundaries
of any incorporated municipality border upon such river and at a public road crossing, the
power and authority to establish a ferry across said river at such public road crossing is
hereby vested exclusively in such municipality. (Acts 1923, No. 541, p. 721; Code 1923, §2409;
Code 1940, T. 37, §372.)...
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41-10-26
Section 41-10-26 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article;
(2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper
venue; provided, that the authority may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts
of the county in which is located the principal office of the authority; provided further,
that the officers, directors, agents and employees of the authority may not be sued for actions
in behalf of the authority in any trial court other than the courts of the county in which
is located the principal office of the authority; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal
and to alter the seal at pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To anticipate by the
issuance of its bonds the receipt of the revenues appropriated and pledged in this article;
(6) To pledge the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges provided for...
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11-96A-3
Section 11-96A-3 Municipalities or counties empowered to take certain actions to carry out
purpose of chapter. The council or other governing body of any municipality, or governing
body of a county in furtherance of the legislative purpose stated above, is empowered to take
the following actions and to the extent necessary or desirable in its judgment to expend its
moneys to accomplish such purpose: (1) To acquire sites for, purchase, construct, own, develop,
operate, survey, subdivide, establish, maintain, refurbish, remodel, or improve single or
multi-family dwellings; (2) To receive designated funds from whatever source, federal, state,
private, or otherwise and to apply such funds for the uses and purposes described in this
chapter; (3) To sell and issue bonds or warrants in order to provide funds for any low or
moderate income single or multi-family housing purpose or to provide funds for any shelter
for the homeless purpose; (4) To purchase mortgage loans from mortgage lenders;...
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23-1-80
Section 23-1-80 County commissions - Powers and duties generally. The county commissions of
the several counties of this state have general superintendence of the public roads, bridges,
and ferries within their respective counties so as to render travel over the same as safe
and convenient as practicable. To this end, they have legislative and executive powers, except
as limited in this chapter. They may establish, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations,
make and enter into such contracts as may be necessary or as may be deemed necessary or advisable
by such commissions to build, construct, make, improve and maintain a good system of public
roads, bridges, and ferries in their respective counties, and regulate the use thereof; but
no contract for the construction or repair of any public roads, bridge, or bridges shall be
made where the payment of the contract price for such work shall extend over a period of more
than 20 years. (Code 1923, §1347; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348;...
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11-49A-8
Section 11-49A-8 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers, together
with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetual,
subject to the provisions of Section 11-49A-20) specified in its certificate of incorporation;
(2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against
it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To
adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To
acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property
of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties or
municipalities and whether located within or outside the authorizing municipality; (6) To
make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and...
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