37-8-114
Section 37-8-114 Failure to use proper precautions to prevent accidents. Any engineer, conductor or other person who, having the control or management of any engine or electric motor running on any railroad in this state, fails to use proper precautions to prevent accidents by ringing the bell, blowing the horn or whistle or checking the speed of his engine, on approaching any curve in the road, or any depot, station or crossing of any public road, or on leaving any depot or station, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1852, §135; Code 1867, §3677; Code 1876, §4234; Code 1886, §4109; Code 1896, §5372; Code 1907, §7665; Code 1923, §5333; Code 1940, T. 48, §437.)...
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9-13-11
Section 9-13-11 Willful, malicious, or intentional setting on fire, etc., of woodlands, grasslands, etc.; burning permits; fire alerts; organized forest fire protection; fines. (a) It shall be a Class C felony for every person, firm, association, or corporation to do either of the following: (1) Willfully, maliciously or intentionally burns, sets fire to, attempts to set fire to, or causes to be burned or any fire to be set to any forest, grass, woodlands, or other inflammable vegetation on any lands not owned, leased, controlled, or in the lawful possession of the person, firm, association, or corporation setting the fire or burning such lands or causing the fire to be set or lands to be burned. (2) Shall have in his or her possession or shall set, throw or place any device, instrument, or other incendiary paraphernalia, including any time-delay incendiary device, in or adjacent to any forest, grass, woodlands, or other inflammable vegetation, which forest, grass, woodland or other...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue, and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation, equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges, intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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14-3-43
Section 14-3-43 Removal of convicts - Disease or other urgent necessity. The Board of Corrections may cause the convicts to be removed to such place of security within the state as they may deem expedient whenever the prevalence of any epidemic, infectious or contagious disease or any other urgent necessity may render such removal proper, taking all necessary precautions to insure the safekeeping of the convicts and to prevent escape when removed. (Code 1852, §298; Code 1867, §3846; Code 1876, §4547; Code 1886, §4663; Code 1896, §4481; Code 1907, §6533; Code 1923, §3629; Code 1940, T. 45, §40.)...
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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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23-1-48
Section 23-1-48 Application by counties for construction or maintenance of state road or bridge. Whenever a county commission shall desire that a state road or bridge on a state road in said county be constructed or maintained with state aid, written application shall be made by the county to the State Department of Transportation under such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe. Such application, when made, shall be considered by the department and, if approved by it, the commissioners shall direct an engineer to view said road or bridge and cause to be made surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost of construction or maintenance, and the State Department of Transportation may thereupon appropriate out of the State Highway Fund such part of the estimated cost of such work as it may deem proper, and the State Department of Transportation shall proceed to do such work by contract or with its own force. If it deems best, the department may accept...
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22-3-5
Section 22-3-5 County health officers - Duties generally. It shall be the duty of the county health officer: (1) To exercise, subject to the advice of the county board of health in accordance with the health laws of the state, general supervision over the sanitary interests of the county; and, should he discover any cause of disease or the existence of any condition detrimental to the health of the people, he shall, so far as authorized by law, compel the removal or abatement of the same; and, should no authority for removal or abatement exist, he shall report the fact to the county board of health, adding such recommendations as to special action as he may deem proper; (2) To make personal and thorough investigation of the first case or early cases of any diseases suspected of being or known to be any one of those enumerated in Chapter 11 of this title that may come to his knowledge or be reported to him; and, should he decide such case or cases to be one of those enumerated in said...
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45-9-84
Section 45-9-84 Operations. (a) There is hereby created within the judge of probate's office of Chambers County a license division which shall issue all licenses issued through the judge of probate's office, except marriage licenses. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the State Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks, and other assistants for the judge of probate as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The judge of probate shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and to fix their compensation; however, the number and compensation of such clerks and other assistants shall be subject to the approval of the county commission. The compensation of the...
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8-5-28
Section 8-5-28 Action to charge endorser or assignor on contracts assigned by writing and not covered by Uniform Commercial Code - When holder of contract excused from bringing action, obtaining judgment, etc. The holder of an endorsed or assigned contract which is not governed by the Uniform Commercial Code is excused from bringing an action, obtaining the judgment, and issuing the execution thereon when: (1) The maker has no known place of residence in the state; (2) By the use of ordinary diligence such residence cannot be ascertained; (3) The action has been commenced in the county of the residence of the maker and a summons to the first and next succeeding court returned not found by the proper officer; (4) A judgment against the maker has been defeated, in whole or in part, by a defense to the merits of such contract or writing or a setoff against any other than the endorsee or assignee; (5) Any defense, except a setoff to the merits of such contract or writing, exists which...
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45-5-240.20
Section 45-5-240.20 License division created; clerks and other assistants; duties; fees; evidence of payment. (a) There is hereby created within the Revenue Commissioner's Office of Blount County a license division which shall issue all motor vehicle licenses issued through the revenue commissioner's office. The county commission shall furnish suitable quarters and provide the necessary forms, books, stationery, records, equipment, and supplies, except such stationery, forms and supplies as are furnished pursuant to law by the State Department of Finance or the state Comptroller. The county commission shall also provide such clerks, and other assistants for the revenue commissioner as shall be necessary from time to time for the proper and efficient performance of the duties of his or her office. The revenue commissioner shall have authority to employ such clerks, and other assistants, and to fix their compensation; however, the number and compensation of such clerks and other...
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