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Alabama Const. art. 14, § 258 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 258
Property donated or appropriated for educational purposes and estates of persons dying without will or heirs to be applied to furtherance of education. All lands or other property given by individuals
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Sec. 258. Property donated or appropriated for educational purposes and estates of persons dying without will or heirs to be applied to furtherance of education. All lands or other property given by individuals, or appropriated by the state for educational purposes, and all estates of deceased persons who die without leaving a will or heir, shall be used or applied to the furtherance of education.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 227 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 227
Liability of public utilities in municipal corporations for damages to abutting property owners. Any person, firm, association, or corporation, who may construct or operate any public utility along or
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Sec. 227. Liability of public utilities in municipal corporations for damages to abutting property owners. Any person, firm, association, or corporation, who may construct or operate any public utility along or across the public streets of any city, town, or village, under any privilege or franchise permitting such construction or operation, shall be liable to abutting proprietors for the actual damage done to the abutting property on account of such construction or operation.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 140 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 140
The supreme court. (a) The supreme court shall be the highest court of the state and shall consist of one chief justice and such number of associate justices as may be prescribed by law. (b) The supre
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Sec. 140. The supreme court. (a) The supreme court shall be the highest court of the state and shall consist of one chief justice and such number of associate justices as may be prescribed by law. (b) The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction (1) of cases and controversies as provided by this Constitution, (2) to issue such remedial writs or orders as may be necessary to give it general supervision and control of courts of inferior jurisdiction, and (3) to answer questions of state law certified by a court of the United States. (c) The supreme court shall have such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. Sec. 141. Courts of appeals. (a) The court of criminal appeals shall consist of such number of judges as may be provided by law and shall exercise appellate jurisdiction under such terms and conditions as shall be provided by law and by rules of the supreme court. (b) The court of civil appeals shall consist of such number of judges as may be provided by law and shall exercise appellate jurisdiction under such terms and conditions as shall be provided by law and by rules of the supreme court. (c) The court of criminal appeals and the court of civil appeals shall have no original jurisdiction except the power to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeals. (d) The court of criminal appeals shall have and exercise original jurisdiction in the issuance and determination of writs of quo warranto and mandamus in relation to matters in which said court has appellate jurisdiction. Said court shall have authority to issue writs of injunction, habeas corpus and such other remedial and original writs as are necessary to give it a general superintendence and control of jurisdiction inferior to it and in matters over

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which it has exclusive appellate jurisdiction; to punish for contempts by the infliction of a fine as high as one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding ten days, one or both, and to exercise such other powers as may be given to said court by law.
Alabama Const. art. 7, § 176 — Alabama Constitution / Article 7 / Section 176
Limitation on impeachment penalties; accused person liable to indictment and punishment. The penalties in cases arising under this article [does] not extend beyond removal from office, and disqualific
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Sec. 176. Limitation on impeachment penalties; accused person liable to indictment and punishment. The penalties in cases arising under this article [does] not extend beyond removal from office, and disqualifications from holding office, under the authority of this state, for the term for which the officer was elected or appointed; but the accused shall be liable to indictment and punishment as prescribed by law.
Alabama Const. art. 10, § 207 — Alabama Constitution / Article 10 / Section 207
Laborers’ liens and mechanics’ liens not barred by
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Sec. 207. Laborers’ liens and mechanics’ liens not barred by 
sections 204 and 205. 
The provisions of sections 204 and 205 of this Constitution shall not be so 
construed as to prevent a laborers’ lien for work done and performed for the 
person claiming such exemption, or a mechanics’ lien for work done on the 
premises.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 47 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 47
Qualifications of senators and representatives. Senators shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and representatives twenty-one years of age at the time of their election. They shall have been cit
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Sec. 47. Qualifications of senators and representatives. Senators shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and representatives twenty-one years of age at the time of their election. They shall have been citizens and residents of this state for three years and residents of their respective counties or districts for one year next before their election, if such county or district shall have been so long established; but if not, then of the county or district from which the same shall have been taken; and they shall reside in their respective counties or districts during their terms of office.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 7 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 7
Accusation, arrest and detention; punishment limited to laws established prior to offense. That no person shall be accused or arrested, or detained, except in cases ascertained by law, and according t
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Sec. 7. Accusation, arrest and detention; punishment limited to laws established prior to offense. That no person shall be accused or arrested, or detained, except in cases ascertained by law, and according to the form which the same has prescribed; and no person shall be punished but by virtue of a law established and promulgated prior to the offense and legally applied.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 27 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 27
Standing army; military subordinate to civil power. That no standing army shall be kept up without the consent of the legislature, and, in that case, no appropriation for its support shall be made for
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Sec. 27. Standing army; military subordinate to civil power. That no standing army shall be kept up without the consent of the legislature, and, in that case, no appropriation for its support shall be made for a longer term than one year; and the military shall, in all cases, and at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 136 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 136
Vacancy in office or unsoundness of mind of attorney general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or commissioner of agriculture and industries. Should the office of attorney-general, 
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Sec. 136. Vacancy in office or unsoundness of mind of attorney general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or commissioner of agriculture and industries. Should the office of attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or commissioner of agriculture and industries become vacant from any cause, the governor shall fill such vacancy until the disability is removed or a successor elected and qualified. In case any of said officers shall become of unsound mind, such unsoundness shall be ascertained by the supreme court upon the suggestion of the governor.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 223 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 223
Limitation on assessments for public improvements by municipal corporations. No city, town, or other municipality shall make any assessment for the cost of sidewalks or street paving, or for the cost 
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Sec. 223. Limitation on assessments for public improvements by municipal corporations. No city, town, or other municipality shall make any assessment for the cost of sidewalks or street paving, or for the cost of the construction of any sewers against property abutting on such street or sidewalk so paved, or drained by such sewers, in excess of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
Alabama Const. art. 15, § 274 — Alabama Constitution / Article 15 / Section 274
Volunteer organizations. Volunteer organizations of infantry, cavalry, and artillery and naval militia may be formed in such manner and under such restrictions and with such privileges as may be provi
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Sec. 274. Volunteer organizations. Volunteer organizations of infantry, cavalry, and artillery and naval militia may be formed in such manner and under such restrictions and with such privileges as may be provided by law.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 113 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 113
Supreme executive power vested in Governor. The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled ‘‘The Governor of the State of Alabama.’’
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Sec. 113. Supreme executive power vested in Governor. The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled ‘‘The Governor of the State of Alabama.’’
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 91 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 91
Exemption from taxation of state, county, municipal, cemetery and certain religious, educational and charitable property. The legislature shall not tax the property, real or personal, of the state, co
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Sec. 91. Exemption from taxation of state, county, municipal, cemetery and certain religious, educational and charitable property. The legislature shall not tax the property, real or personal, of the state, counties, or other municipal corporations, or cemeteries; nor lots in incorporated cities and towns, or within one mile of any city or town to the extent of one acre, nor lots one mile or more distant from such cities or towns to the extent of five acres, with the buildings thereon, when same are used exclusively for religious worship, for schools, or for purposes purely charitable.
Alabama Const. art. 6, § 139 — Alabama Constitution / Article 6 / Section 139
Judicial power. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, the judicial power of the state shall be vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of a supreme court, 
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Sec. 139. Judicial power. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, the judicial power of the state shall be vested exclusively in a unified judicial system which shall consist of a supreme court, a court of criminal appeals, a court of civil appeals,

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a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the circuit court, a trial court of limited jurisdiction known as the district court, a probate court and such municipal courts as may be provided by law. (b) The legislature may create judicial officers with authority to issue warrants and may vest in administrative agencies established by law such judicial powers as may be reasonably necessary as an incident to the accomplishment of the purposes for which the agencies are created.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 96 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 96
Uniformity of laws regulating court costs and charges and fees, commissions and allowances of public officers. The legislature shall not enact any law not applicable to all the counties in the state, 
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Sec. 96. Uniformity of laws regulating court costs and charges and fees, commissions and allowances of public officers. The legislature shall not enact any law not applicable to all the counties in the state, regulating costs and charges of courts, or fees, commissions or allowances of public officers.

Sec. 96.01. Salaries, fees, etc., of county officials charged with assessing and collecting ad valorem taxes; abolishment, combination or alteration of offices of tax assessor, tax collector or license commissioner. The legislature may, from time to time, by general or local law applicable to the various counties of this state, establish the salaries, fees, commissions or allowances to be charged or received by the tax assessors, tax collectors, license commissioners, revenue commissioners or other officials charged with the assessing and collecting of ad valorem taxes in the various counties of this state, including changing the method and basis of their compensation; and may place any or all of such officials on a salary and further provide for disposition of the fees, commissions, allowances or other compensation theretofore paid to

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such officials; and may provide that the salaries of such officials may be paid from the ad valorem taxes assessed and collected by them on a pro rata basis from the various funds receiving such ad valorem taxes; provided, however, that following the effective date of any general law passed pursuant to this constitutional amendment, the legislature may not thereafter either increase or decrease the salaries of such officials during any term for which such officials have been elected or appointed, and in the case of such officials who were converted from a fee basis to a salary basis of compensation, the legislature may not decrease the salaries of such officials during any term for which such officials have been elected or appointed or may be thereafter re-elected or re appointed. The legislature may by local act provide for the abolishment, combination or other alteration of the offices of tax assessor, tax collector or license commissioner with approval of a majority of voters in the county affected. In the event this amendment is approved and subsequently ratified by the qualified electors of this state who vote thereon when it is submitted, then any law theretofore passed by the legislature addressing the subject matter covered by this amendment shall become effective according to the provisions of said law.
Alabama Const. art. 5, § 133 — Alabama Constitution / Article 5 / Section 133
Great seal of state. There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be used officially by the
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Sec. 133. Great seal of state. There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be used officially by the

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governor, and the seal now in use shall continue to be used until another shall have been adopted by the legislature. The seal shall be called ‘‘The Great Seal of the State of Alabama.’’ Sec. 134. Duties of secretary of state generally. The secretary of state shall be the custodian of the great seal of the state, and shall authenticate therewith all official acts of the governor, except his approval of laws, resolutions, appointments to office, and administrative orders. He shall keep a register of the official acts of the governor, and when necessary, shall attest them, and lay copies of same together with copies of all papers relative thereto, before either house of the legislature, when required to do so, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 10 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 10
Right to prosecute civil cause. That no person shall be barred from prosecuting or defending before any tribunal in this state, by himself or counsel, any civil cause to which he is a party.
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Sec. 10. Right to prosecute civil cause. That no person shall be barred from prosecuting or defending before any tribunal in this state, by himself or counsel, any civil cause to which he is a party.
Alabama Const. art. 14, § 261 — Alabama Constitution / Article 14 / Section 261
Percentage of school funds for teachers’ salaries. Not more than four per cent. of all moneys raised or which may hereafter be appropriated for the support of public schools, shall be used or expended
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Sec. 261. Percentage of school funds for teachers’ salaries. Not more than four per cent. of all moneys raised or which may hereafter be appropriated for the support of public schools, shall be used or expended otherwise than for the payment of teachers employed in such schools; provided, that the legislature may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, suspend the operation of this section.
Alabama Const. art. 12, § 226 — Alabama Constitution / Article 12 / Section 226
Indebtedness of municipal corporations — Municipal cor porations whose present indebtedness exceeds constitu tional limitation; exception as to Sheffield and Tuscum bia. No city, town, or village, who
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Sec. 226. Indebtedness of municipal corporations — Municipal cor porations whose present indebtedness exceeds constitu tional limitation; exception as to Sheffield and Tuscum bia. No city, town, or village, whose present indebtedness exceeds the limitation imposed by this Constitution, shall be allowed to become indebted in any further amount, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, until such indebtedness shall be reduced within such limit; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any municipality, except the city of Gadsden, from issuing bonds already authorized by law; provided, further, that this section shall not apply to the cities of Sheffield and Tuscumbia.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 57 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 57
Doors of each house to be open; exceptions; restrictions on admittance to floor. The doors of each house shall be opened except on such occasions as, in the opinion of the house, may require secrecy, 
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Sec. 57. Doors of each house to be open; exceptions; restrictions on admittance to floor. The doors of each house shall be opened except on such occasions as, in the opinion of the house, may require secrecy, but no person shall be admitted to the floor of either house while the same is in session, except members of the legislature, the officers and employes of the two houses, the governor and his secretary, representatives of the press, and other persons to whom either house, by unanimous vote, may extend the privileges of its floor.
Alabama Const. art. 9, § 200 — Alabama Constitution / Article 9 / Section 200
Duty of Legislature to fix number of senators and divide state into senatorial districts; equality of senatorial districts; senatorial districts not to be changed until next apportioning session; divi
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Sec. 200. Duty of Legislature to fix number of senators and divide state into senatorial districts; equality of senatorial districts; senatorial districts not to be changed until next apportioning session; division of counties between senatorial districts prohibited; counties within senatorial districts to be contiguous. It shall be the duty of the legislature at its first session after taking of the decennial census of the United States in the year nineteen hundred and ten, and after each subsequent decennial census, to fix by law the number of senators, and to divide the state into as many senatorial districts as there are senators, which districts shall be as nearly equal to each other in the number of inhabitants as may be, and each shall be entitled to one senator, and no more; and such districts, when formed, shall not be changed until the next apportioning session of the legislature, after the next decennial census of the United States shall have been taken; provided, that counties created after the next preceding apportioning session of the legislature may be attached to senatorial districts. No county shall be divided between two districts, and no district shall be made up of two or more counties not contiguous to each other.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 99 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 99
Restrictions on donation or sale of state lands to private corporations or individuals; grant of easements to railroad, telephone and telegraph companies. Lands belonging to or under the control of th
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Sec. 99. Restrictions on donation or sale of state lands to private corporations or individuals; grant of easements to railroad, telephone and telegraph companies. Lands belonging to or under the control of the state shall never be donated, directly or indirectly, to private corporations, associations, or individuals, or railroad companies; nor shall such lands be sold to corporations or associations for a less price than that for which they are subject to sale to individuals;

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provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent the legislature from granting a right of way, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in width, as a mere easement, for railroads or telegraph or telephone lines across state land, and the legislature shall never dispose of the land covered by such right of way except subject to such easement.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 107 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 107
Special, private or local laws — Notice required by section
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Sec. 107. Special, private or local laws — Notice required by section 
106 prerequisite to repeal or amendment. 
The legislature shall not, by a special, private, or local law, repeal or modify 
any special, private, or local law except upon notice being given and shown as 
provided in the last preceding section.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 54 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 54
Expulsion for corruption bar to further service in legislature; punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior not bar to indictment for same offense. A member of the legislature, expelled for corrupt
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Sec. 54. Expulsion for corruption bar to further service in legislature; punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior not bar to indictment for same offense. A member of the legislature, expelled for corruption, shall not thereafter be eligible to either house, and punishment for contempt or disorderly behavior shall not bar an indictment for the same offense. Sec. 55. Journal of proceedings of each house. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and cause the same to be published immediately after its adjournment, excepting such parts as, in its judgment, may require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the request of one-tenth of the members present, be entered on the journal. Any member of either house shall have liberty to dissent from or protest against any act or resolution which he may think injurious to the public, or to an individual, and have the reason for his dissent entered on the journal.
Alabama Const. art. 4, § 88 — Alabama Constitution / Article 4 / Section 88
Counties to provide for maintenance of the poor. It shall be the duty of the legislature to require the several counties of this state to make adequate provision for the maintenance of the poor.
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Sec. 88. Counties to provide for maintenance of the poor. It shall be the duty of the legislature to require the several counties of this state to make adequate provision for the maintenance of the poor.
Alabama Const. art. 1, § 4 — Alabama Constitution / Article 1 / Section 4
Freedom of speech and press. That no law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press; and any person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects,
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Sec. 4. Freedom of speech and press. That no law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press; and any person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.