16-20-2
Section 16-20-2 Timber on reserved lots not to be injured. (a) The lots reserved for timber
are for the common benefit of the lessees of the other lots; but no timber shall be cut down,
injured or destroyed as long as there is sufficient on the other lots, which the Commissioner
of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is to determine; but the lessees must
in no case cut down, injure or destroy such timber without permission from said commissioner,
which may be given on such terms as he may think proper, having due regard to the interest
of the township or district. (b) Any person who, without authority, cuts down, boxes, injures
or destroys any tree on school lands shall forfeit and pay for every such tree the sum of
$25.00, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction in the name of the county board
of education for the school located in the township in which such lands are located, or the
school district in which such lands are located. (c) All fines and...
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9-15-39
Section 9-15-39 Disposition of revenues from sales of timber or minerals or from rentals or
leases - School lands. The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental
or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or townships
as provided for by the constitution and laws of Alabama, except that there shall be retained
by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a management
fee of 10 percent of any and all revenue. An itemized statement of the revenue derived from
the sale or lease shall be immediately forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources to the State Superintendent of Education, and the statement shall show the items
of sale, the amount of revenue derived therefrom, and a description of the land from which
the sale or lease was made. The Superintendent of Education, upon receipt...
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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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9-15-38
Section 9-15-38 Sales of timber or minerals from school or swamp and overflowed lands. The
Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber from
school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the State
Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in his or
her opinion the timber or minerals is of merchantable quality and quantity. Notice of the
sale of the timber or minerals shall be first advertised once a week for two successive weeks
in a newspaper published in the county where the timber or minerals are to be sold, and the
notice shall also be posted in a public place in the county. The notice shall describe the
timber or minerals to be sold and the amount and quality of the timber or minerals to be sold
and shall call for bids for the purchase price thereof. The notice shall further contain the
date upon which the bids shall be received and the date of the sale. If there...
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9-15-37
Section 9-15-37 Institution of civil actions to clear title to school lands, etc.; cruising
of timber, surveying of lands, investigation of claims to lands, etc. The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions
in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes
for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall
be further empowered to have the timber on school lands cruised, the land surveyed, claims
to said lands investigated, the title cleared in any legal manner which he may deem advisable
and to do such other things regarding school lands which in his opinion shall be for the best
interests of said lands in the supervision and management of them. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p.
949, §4; Code 1940, T. 8, §237.)...
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9-15-43
Section 9-15-43 Sales of school lands - Disposition of revenues from sales. Any revenue derived
from the sale of school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the proper township or townships as provided
for by the Constitution and laws of Alabama. A report of such sale shall be immediately forwarded
by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent of Education,
and such report shall show an accurate and legal description of the lands sold. The Superintendent
of Education upon receipt of such report shall immediately cause a memorandum to be transmitted
to the Treasurer showing which township or townships shall receive credit from such sale and
the amount of credit which shall be made thereto. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §13; Code
1940, T. 8, §245.)...
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9-15-34
Section 9-15-34 Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and
trespass laws - School lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby
empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound
practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass
laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to be done
for the best interests of the state concerning school lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949,
§2; Code 1940, T. 8, §235.)...
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40-7-16
Section 40-7-16 How real estate may be described. The description of real estate may be as
follows: (1) If it is an entire section, it may be described by the number of the section,
township, and range. (2) If it is a subdivision of a section authorized by the United States
for the sale of public lands, it may be described by a designation of such subdivision, with
the number of section, township, and range. (3) If it is less or other than a subdivision,
it may be described by metes and bounds, or in some way by which it may be known; provided,
that such description shall be sufficient without more to definitely locate and identify the
property so listed and shall give the acreage included therein as nearly as known. (4) If
it is in a city, town, or village, surveyed and laid off, and a plat thereof is recorded in
the office of the judge of probate of the county, or if a plat is accessible and if it is
as a whole lot or block, it shall be described by the designation of the number...
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45-37A-53
Section 45-37A-53 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon private property within municipalities
of the state having a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last or
any subsequent federal census, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such
a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous,
may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any such municipality, and
thereafter abated as in this section provided. (b) Whenever any such weeds are growing upon
any private property, the governing body of any such municipality may, by resolution, declare
the same to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under
which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving
a legal description thereof; and no other description of the property shall be required. Any
number of parcels of private property may be included in one...
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11-67-62
Section 11-67-62 Notice. (a) After the passage of the resolution, notice of a public hearing
on the matter shall be given by certified mail, return receipt requested, mailed 21 days prior
to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owner of the time, date, and place of the
hearing and the reason for the hearing. The notice shall be mailed to the owner of the property
as the information appears on record in the office of the tax assessor. (b) All notices shall
carry a list of names of persons or private contractors, or both, who perform the work and
are registered with the municipal clerk. The names shall not constitute a recommendation and
the failure to include a list shall in no way affect the operation of this article. (c) Notice
shall also be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the
municipality once a week for two consecutive weeks, or if no newspaper is published in the
municipality, notice shall be posted in three public places located in...
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