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17-12-24
Section 17-12-24 Penalty for failure to make returns. If any officer required to make returns
of any election to the Secretary of State or to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
fails to make such returns within the time prescribed, he or she forfeits to the state five
hundred dollars ($500), recoverable by motion to be made by the district attorney of the proper
circuit, in the name of the state in the circuit court of the county of such officer required
to make the returns, upon three days' notice of such motion; and the certificate of the Secretary
of State or of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, setting forth
that such return has not been received is presumptive evidence of the failure of such officer
to make such return. (Code 1852, §357; Code 1867, §406; Code 1876, §3372; Code 1886, §448;
Code 1896, §1665; Code 1907, §433; Code 1923, §523; Code 1940, T. 17, §207; §17-14-26;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)...
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36-11-3
Section 36-11-3 Investigations of alleged misconduct or incompetency of public officers by
grand juries; disposition of grand jury reports. It shall be the duty of every grand jury
to investigate and make diligent inquiry concerning any alleged misconduct or incompetency
of any public officer in the county which may be brought to its notice; and, if, on such investigation
and inquiry, it finds that such officer, for any cause mentioned in this chapter, ought to
be removed from office, it shall so report to the court, setting forth the facts, which report
shall be entered on the minutes of the court. If the officer so reported against is one of
those included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, the clerk of the court shall
transmit a certified copy of such report to the Attorney General. If the officer so reported
against is the presiding judge of the court, the report must not be made to the court or entered
on the minutes; and, in such cases, the report of the grand jury...
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11-68-13
Section 11-68-13 Architectural review board; composition; nomination of members; terms; removal
for cause; vacancies; officers; rules; reimbursement for expenses; personnel; meetings; multiple
boards. (a) A municipality enacting an ordinance pursuant to this chapter, may elect to create
an architectural review board, hereinafter sometimes called the board, to perform the duties
and responsibilities of the historic preservation commission in accepting, considering and
approving or rejecting applications for certificates of appropriateness, as set out in Sections
11-68-9 through 11-68-12. (b) If such board is created, it shall be composed of not less than
five members who shall have demonstrated training or experience in the fields of history,
architecture, architectural history, urban planning, archaeology, or law. Members of the board
need not be residents of the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality creating the board.
No member of a municipal governing body shall serve as...
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11-81-84
Section 11-81-84 Conduct of election generally. The probate judge, the circuit clerk, and the
sheriff of the county in which an election is being held under this article, within 10 days
after notice in writing to them of the calling of such election, shall appoint three managers,
two clerks, and one returning officer to conduct the election in each beat or polling place
in the county, and said managers shall all reside in the beats, wards, or precincts where
they are appointed to serve and shall be qualified electors at the date of said election.
The sheriff shall notify the managers and returning officers of their appointments and shall
send out the boxes and ballots to the several beats or voting precincts in the county promptly.
(Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 12, §96.)...
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11-99B-6
Section 11-99B-6 Board of directors. (a) Each district shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the district shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 11-99B-4 and 11-99B-5, the board shall consist initially
of that number of directors, apportioned among and elected by the authorizing subdivisions,
as shall be specified in the certificate of incorporation of the district. The initial term
of office of each such director shall begin immediately upon his or her election and shall
end at 12:01 A.M. on the fourth anniversary date of the filing for record of the certificate
of incorporation of the district. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall
be four years. (b) If any amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the district shall
increase the membership of the board, the board shall thereafter consist of such number of
directors, elected by such governing bodies, as may be specified in...
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16-6E-4
Section 16-6E-4 Intervention in local education operations and assumption of control by State
Board of Education. The State Board of Education may intervene in the educational operations
of a city or county board of education and thereby assume general and direct control over
all decision making and operational functions of the city or county board of education under
and subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) If the State Superintendent of Education
determines that a majority of the schools in the system are priority schools, or the system
is not in compliance with Chapter 13A of this title or the accreditation status of the system
or a majority of the schools in the system has been placed on probation, or suspended, or
revoked, or if any other formal disciplinary action has been ordered by the accrediting authority,
the State Superintendent of Education shall issue a written notice to the local superintendent
of education and the presiding officer of the city or county...
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17-16-51
Section 17-16-51 Contest of senator or representative in Legislature - Testimony. The testimony
in the case of a contest provided for in Section 17-16-50 must be taken by deposition under
commission issued by the clerk of the court where the statement of contest is filed, which
commission must issue upon the party applying for the same making and filing an affidavit
stating the name of the witnesses, the place of residence of such witnesses, and that the
testimony sought and expected is material. The depositions must be taken on interrogatories
filed in the office of the clerk after making and filing the affidavit and of the interrogatories
and affidavit and the names and residence of the commissioner or commissioners proposed to
be appointed, 10 days' notice must be given the adverse party by service on him or her personally
or by leaving at his or her usual place of residence or business a copy of the interrogatories
and affidavit, to which must be appended notice of the name and...
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17-16-54
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Procedure generally.
If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district
court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county
of the residence of the person declared elected, a statement in writing of the grounds of
contest, verified by affidavit, as prescribed in this article, and must give good and sufficient
security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the judge of probate. On the filing
of the statement and the giving of the security, the judge of probate must endorse thereon
an order appointing a day for the trial of the contest, not less than 30 nor more than 50
days from the day of the reception of the certified statement and fixing the place of trial,
which must be at some place in the circuit or district in which the election was held, and
where a circuit or district court is required to be held, and must...
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26-8-46
Section 26-8-46 Removal of property or money when minor or ward and conservator nonresidents
- Transcript showing appointment as conservator of minor or ward in state of residence, etc.;
notice to resident administrator, guardian, etc.; entry of order authorizing removal of property
to state of residence. The conservator must produce a transcript from the records of a court
of competent jurisdiction, certified according to the act of Congress, showing that he or
she has been appointed conservator of the minor or ward in the state in which he or she and
the minor or ward reside and has duly qualified as such according to the laws thereof and
given bond, with surety, for the performance of his or her trust; and must also give 10 days'
notice to the resident executor, administrator, or conservator, if there is such, of the intended
application. Thereupon, if good cause is not shown to the contrary and the judge of probate
shall be satisfied, upon proof being made, that it will be for the...
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3-5-8
Section 3-5-8 Posting of notice as to taking, etc., and hearing thereupon; proceedings where
owner appears and claims livestock or animal generally; proceedings and entry of judgment
for sale where livestock or animal not claimed and adjudged to be unlawfully at large generally.
(a) The district court shall give notice, by posting in three public places in the county,
setting forth the fact of such taking up, the description of the livestock or animal and the
fact that the owner is unknown or, if known, that he cannot be located, and notifying any
person claiming to be the owner of such livestock or animal to appear before the court at
a place named not less than three days nor more than six days from the date of such notice
and prove such claim of ownership. (b) If such person appears at any time and if the judge
of the district court is satisfied that such person is the actual owner of such livestock
or animal, then the judge shall require the owner of the livestock or animal to pay...
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