Every final order is noted in the minute book, a diary of court action by days. On the equity side, all orders of the Court are made the basis of a formal order which is retained in the Court file. In all other respects the record keeping is the same. This redraft of Rule 79 is intended to make no change in this system. The rule differs in important particulars from the corresponding federal rule, in order to preserve existing Alabama practices of a consolidated civil docket, and separate offices of the clerk and of the register.
All activity is recorded in the civil docket.
Any separate orders are kept with the file of the case. Final or appealable orders or orders affecting title are to be placed in a minute book. The original file of the case stands as the final record. The onerous recording requirements are no longer applicable because of an amendment to Tit. See Act No. 1510, Regular Session, 1971.