The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
AN ACT.
OHN PURIFON,
 Secretary of State.

NO. JuU.D NS. DUO, Juu6c- To regulate and restrict the expendi-
 lures made, or contracted to be made,
 by each city in the state of Alabama,
 which now has, or which may here-
 after have, a population of more than
 one hundred thousand, according to
 the last federal census, or any such census which may hereafter be taken, and to provide for the impeachment and removal from office of each per son, a member of the governing body of such city, who wilfully causes, abets or permits any unlawful expen- diture to be made or contracts by such city.
 Be it enacted by the legislature Of Ala
 bama as follows:
 Section l. The governing body of each city in the state of Alabama which now has, or which may hereafter have a population of more than one hundred thousand, according to the last federal census or any such census which may hereafter be taken, shall, prior to or within thirty days after the commence ment of each year, make up and adopt a budget of the estimated receipts and expenditures of the city for the year, and publish the same at least one time in some daily Cor daily except Sunday newspaper published in the city. The budget adopted and published may sub seauently be revised or changed during
 
 city, to conform to or meet the receipts or revenues of the city for the year. Sec g. It shall be unlawful for the governing body of any city in the class described in section 1 of this act, to expend or contract in any year. any amount in excess of the revenue col lected and estimated in good faith to be due and payable during that year into the treasury of the city. Any person who is a member of the governing board of the city of the class described in sec tion 1 of this act. who wilfully violates any provision of this act. or wilfully causes aids, abets or permits any ex- penditure to be made or contracted which is unlawful under any of the provisions of this act. may be impeached and removed from office as for Will ful neglect of duty" in the same manner and in the some way and by the same procedure as is provided for the inn peachment and removal from office or mayors and intendents of incorpor- ated cities and towns in this state
 Sec 3. Expenditures necessary in any year on account of epidemic or protec- tion against epidemic, or on account or riot or unlawful assemblies or the threat thereof, or on account of any extraordinary emergency beyond the control of the governing body of the city and expenditures or obligations for local improvements, the cost of which Is to be assessed in whole or in part against the property benefited thereby and expenditures not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in any one year, for betterments of permanent nature. or acquisitions of property of permanent nature. although not au- thorized by vote of the qualified voters of the city, and bonds issued or other Obligations incurred which are author ized by the vote of the qualified voters of the city in pursuapce of law. and the proceeds of the sale or pledge Of such bonds or other obligations are ex- cepted from the prohibitions of this act and the proceeds of the sale or pledge of such bonds or other obliga- tions shall not be counted as q part of the revenue of the city within the provisions of section hereof Sec. 4. Debts contracted or obliga- tions incurred in behalf of the city by its governing body shalr be and shall be held to be the binding obligations of the city, though contracted or Incurred in violation of the provisions of this act
 Sec. 5. The word years as used in this act means fiscal year as to each city now having or hereafter adopting fiscal year. but the beginning of the fiscal year heretofore or hereafter adopted when once fixed shall not be thereafter changed. The word year as to all other cities means calendar year. Approved August 2s. 1915.
 Official
 JOHN PURIFOY.
 Secretary of State.