9-9-57
Section 9-9-57 Dissolution. Any district organized under this article may be dissolved by the court of probate having jurisdiction thereof whenever it shall appear to said court that the works thereof need no further care or maintenance to preserve their efficiency and usefulness, that the maintenance of the works are not further conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare and that all obligations of such district have been liquidated and fulfilled; provided, that the court shall not consider the dissolution of any district except upon the petition of two thirds of the owners of real property owning not less than two thirds of the area taxed. Upon the filing of such petition, the same notice shall be served and the same opportunity shall be given for objections to the dissolution of the district as provided in this article upon the filing of a petition for the organization of a district. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §58.)...
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9-8-55
Section 9-8-55 Hearing upon petition; denial or approval of petition. (a) Within 30 days after such petition has been filed with the board of supervisors, it shall cause due notice to be given of a proposed hearing upon the practicability and feasibility of creating such water conservancy district. All interested parties shall have the right to attend such hearing and be heard. If it shall appear at the hearing that other lands should be included or that lands included in the petition should be excluded, the board of supervisors may permit such inclusion or exclusion, provided the land area involved still meets the requirements of Section 9-8-52. (b) If it appears upon the hearing that it may be desirable to include within the proposed district territory outside of the area within which due notice of the hearing has been given, the hearing shall be adjourned and due notice of a further hearing shall be given throughout the entire area considered for inclusion in the district and a...
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9-9-19
Section 9-9-19 Compensation of district officers and employees. Each member of the board of viewers shall receive as compensation for his services $25.00 per diem when actually employed. The secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall be entitled to such compensation for his secretarial work as may be agreed upon by the board of water management commissioners. Any attorney, engineer or assistant engineer or assistants employed under the provisions of this article shall receive such compensation for his or their services as shall be fixed and determined upon by the court of probate, together with reimbursement for all necessary expenses, until the board of water management commissioners is appointed, which shall then assume jurisdiction of these matters. The compensation of the treasurer of the district and of all other assistants and employees shall be determined by the board of water management commissioners. Such expenses shall be paid by order of the board of...
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11-40-65
Section 11-40-65 Filing petition for foreclosure; form of petition; notice. (a) After a municipal code lien has been recorded with the office of the probate judge of the county in which the real property lies, the Class 2 municipality may identify those properties on which to commence a judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article, except that those properties the Class 2 municipality identifies as owner occupied shall not be subject to judicial in rem foreclosure under this article. The Class 2 municipality shall not file a petition for judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article for a period of six months following the date upon which the municipal code lien is recorded in the office of the probate judge. A petition for judicial in rem foreclosure may include any other municipal code lien that has been filed prior to the date the petition is filed. After enforcement proceedings have commenced in accordance with this article, the enforcement proceedings...
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17-3-55
Section 17-3-55 Refusal of registration - Appeal. Any person to whom registration is denied shall have the right of appeal, without giving security for costs, within 30 days after such denial, by filing a petition in the probate court in the county in which he or she seeks to register, alleging that he or she is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years having the qualifications as to residence prescribed by law and entitled to register to vote under the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the probate court shall give notice thereof to the district attorney authorized to represent the state in the county, who shall appear and defend against the petition on behalf of the state. The registrars shall not be made parties and shall not be liable for costs. An appeal will lie to the circuit court in favor of the petitioner if taken within 30 days from the date of the judgment pursuant to Section 12-22-20....
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43-2-467
Section 43-2-467 Correction of mistake in description of lands sold. (a) When a mistake has been made in the description of lands of a decedent sold in good faith under an order of the probate court, either in the petition, order or other proceedings, the court ordering the sale has authority, on the written application of the purchaser, or his heirs or personal representatives, or any person holding under him, verified by affidavit, to correct such mistake. The application must contain a correct description of the lands sold, and must state the facts, and the names, ages and places of residence of the personal representatives and heirs or devisees of such decedent, if known, and if there be no personal representative, that fact must be stated; and, upon the filing of such application, the court must appoint a day for the hearing, of which, and of the nature of the application, notice must be given, by personal service, to the personal representative of such decedent, and such of his...
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9-10A-6
Section 9-10A-6 Petition to form authority. When 25 or more residents, who are 18 years of age or older, within each county located on a defined watershed desire to form a watershed management authority, said residents shall file a petition with the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district in which said proposed authority lies. Such petition shall define the boundaries of the proposed watershed management authority, the number of acres of land involved, reasons for requesting creation of such authority, the proposed name for such watershed management authority and other information pertinent to such proposal. The proposed name of a proposed watershed management authority shall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any other watershed management authority. The proposed name shall include references to the geographic features of the area encompassing the watershed management authority. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119, §6.)...
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35-4-322
Section 35-4-322 Application to compel conveyance - Contents; notice generally; decree; appeals. Such application must be by petition, setting out the contract or agreement, the lands to be conveyed and stating the names of the heirs and personal representatives of the contracting party, which of them are of full age and which are minors; and the judge of probate must give notice of such petition by 20 days' written notice to the personal representative and resident heirs of the contracting party, to be served by any sheriff and, if any one or more are nonresidents, by publication in some newspaper published in his county and in the county in which the lands lie; or, if none is published therein, the paper published in the place nearest to the county site of such county, once a week for three successive weeks; and if, on the hearing of such application, it appears that such agreement or contract was fairly made and the consideration or conditions of the same paid or performed, such...
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45-37-140.06
Section 45-37-140.06 Election notice. (a) As used herein the following terms shall have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) DISTRICT. A district for fighting fires, a district for garbage disposal, or a district for fighting fires and garbage disposal. (2) FIRE STATION. A fire station maintained in a district or a fire station within a proposed district being maintained and operated at the time the petition for an election on the proposed district is filed in the office of the judge of probate. (3) PROPOSED AREA. An area which it is proposed be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. (4) PROPOSED DISTRICT. An area for which it is proposed that there be established a district. (b) Not more than 35 days and not less than 20 days before any election is held under this article the judge of probate shall publish one time a notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held. The notice shall state all of the...
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9-9-41
Section 9-9-41 Bonds of district employees, etc. Bonds in behalf of the district for the safekeeping of funds and faithful performance of their respective duties and obligations shall be given by each of the commissioners, the engineer, if any, the attorney, the secretary, the treasurer and all other persons who may handle funds of the district and by such persons, firms or corporations having contracts with the district as the commissioners may require. The amount of the bonds and the sureties of the commissioners shall be subject to the approval of the court of probate. The amount of bonds and the sureties of the treasurer, the attorney, the secretary, the engineer, if any, and the contractors shall be subject to the approval of the board of water management commissioners. All bonds of district officials shall be placed with the court of probate and the bonds of contractors with the secretary of the district. The amount of the bonds of any person who handles district funds or of a...
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