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AL Code § 45-46-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 1 - General and Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 45-46-10 - Disclaimer.

Section 45-46-10Disclaimer. (a) This chapter endeavors to add to the Code of Alabama 1975, all Marengo County local laws enacted after 1978 and all Marengo County prior local laws that were amended or affected by a local law enacted after 1978. (b) It is the purpose of this chapter to state current applicable law. To this end: (1) This chapter shall not affect the compensation, terms, pension and retirement benefits and rights, and other benefits and rights otherwise provided by law enacted prior to the codification of this chapter. (2) A condition or requirement for operation or effect of a law included in this chapter, including, but not limited to, voter approval at a referendum, is not superseded by the inclusion of the law in this chapter, and such condition or requirement remains applicable. (3) This chapter shall not be construed as validating, reenacting, or enacting laws otherwise superseded or repealed by a legislative enactment. (4) This chapter shall have no effect on any law that is not included or otherwise treated and that law shall have the same effect as the law had prior to the codification of this chapter. The inclusion or exclusion of a law in this chapter is not an implication, inference, or presumption affecting the validity of that law. (5) This chapter shall not affect any existing right, remedy, or defense. As to all such cases, the applicable laws in force at the adoption of this chapter shall continue in force and application. (c)(1) The classification and organization of this chapter, the parts, subparts, sections, and other hierarchy units of this chapter, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference, or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the various hierarchy units, except the hierarchy unit numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such units, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such unit. All historical citations and effective notes set out in this chapter are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 45-46-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 2 - Alcohlic Beverages.|Section 45-46-20 - Sale of Beer or Ale in Cans.

Section 45-46-20Sale of beer or ale in cans. (a) In Marengo County, in addition to all other containers provided for by law, beer or ale may be sold in cans that do not exceed one quart or 32 ounces in size. (b) The taxes on the beer or ale in such containers shall be as provided by general state law.  (Act 85-801, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 48, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 4 - Business, Labor, and Occupations.|Section 45-46-40 - Branch Banking.

Section 45-46-40Branch banking. Any bank whose principal place of business is situated in Marengo County, Alabama, may establish, maintain, and operate within the limits of Marengo County one or more branches, or additional offices or places of business, for the receipt of deposits, payment of checks, lending of money, and the doing of general banking business, provided that such bank before the establishment of such branch, or additional office or place of business, shall first secure the written consent thereto of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama.  (Acts 1967, No. 497, p. 1207, § 1; Act 85-133, p. 204, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-46-60 - Expense Allowance; Mileage Allowance.

Section 45-46-60Expense allowance; mileage allowance. (a) Retroactive to January 1, 1992, the Coroner of Marengo County, Alabama, shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month, to be paid in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to the mileage allowance of twenty-two cents ($.22) per mile, and in lieu of any expense allowances heretofore provided by law for the coroner. (b) The Marengo County Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to set the mileage allowance for the county coroner at twenty-two cents ($.22) per mile. Such mileage allowance shall be paid from the county general fund and shall be in lieu of any mileage allowances heretofore provided by law for such coroner.  (Act 89-721, p. 1445, §§ 1, 2; Act 92-491, p. 968, § 1; Act 93-494, p. 834, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70 - Board of Revenue Established.

Section 45-46-70Board of Revenue established. That there is hereby established a board of revenue for Marengo County consisting of four persons and the president, to be called the Board of Revenue of Marengo County.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.01 - Election of Board President and Members; Districts.

Section 45-46-70.01Election of board president and members; districts. At the general election of 1956, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the county a president of the board of revenue and one member for each of the four districts of the county as herein provided; and they shall hold office for the term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The four board of revenue districts shall be constituted and composed of the election precincts of this county as now constituted or as they may hereafter be changed as required by law. The four districts shall be designated as follows: The Northeastern District, the Southeastern District, the Southwestern District, and the Northwestern District. These districts shall be composed of the following election precincts as follows: Northeastern District-Faunsdale, Macon, Dayton, Thomaston, and McKinley precincts; Southeastern District-Magnolia, Pineville, Dixon’s Mills, and Shiloh precincts; Southwestern District-Myrtlewood, Hills, Nanafalia, Horse Creek, Hoboken, and Sweetwater precincts; Northwestern District—Demopolis, Jefferson, Springhill, Jackson’s Store, and Linden precincts. The members of the board of revenue shall be, at the time of their appointment or election, and during their continuance in office, qualified electors of Marengo County, and each shall have been a resident of the district for two years next preceding his or her election or appointment.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 2; Acts 1955, No. 17, p. 45, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.02 - Powers and Authority of Board.

Section 45-46-70.02Powers and authority of board. The board of revenue shall have the power and authority to direct and control the property of Marengo County as it may deem expedient, according to law, and to levy a tax for general purposes and special taxes for particular county purposes, according to the laws of Alabama; to examine, settle, and allow accounts and claims chargeable against the county; to audit and settle the accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection, or disbursement of money belonging to the county, or appropriated to its use and benefit, and may have the books of the officers audited or examined by accountants, when it deems same necessary; to have the exclusive control of the convict labor of the county, and the disbursement of the proceeds of same; to regulate and control the purchase of stationery, supplies, office furniture, fixtures, typewriters, records, and books for county purposes; to provide for the purchase and payment out of the county funds of the necessary stationery, office furniture, fixtures, typewriters, books, records, supplies, and postage for the use of the board of revenue in the conduct of its official business; to employ janitors and other help to care for, look after, and protect the court house and the various offices therein as well as the court house square; to provide heat, lights, and water for the use of the court house and jail and to keep the same clean, comfortable, and in a sanitary condition; to have telephones installed in the court house for county business, and to pay for the necessary telephone and telegraph messages about county business; and the sole right and authority to bind the county on any contract for the payment of money, and the sole right and authority to pay any debt due by the county on any existing lawful contract.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.03 - Jurisdiction; Performance of Duties.

Section 45-46-70.03Jurisdiction; performance of duties. The board of revenue shall have all jurisdiction and powers which are now or may hereafter be by law vested in the courts of county commissioners of this state and by any special law now vested in the Court of County Commissioners of Marengo County, and the several members of the board of revenue shall perform all the duties and services, and exercise all the powers which are, or may be required by law of the several members of the court of county commissioners.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.04 - Applicability of Laws Governing County Commission.

Section 45-46-70.04Applicability of laws governing county commission. All general laws hereafter enacted in relation to the jurisdiction, powers, authority, or duties of the county commissioners shall apply to and govern the Board of Revenue of Marengo County.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 5.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.05 - President of Board.

Section 45-46-70.05President of board. The president of the board of revenue shall be its presiding officer, and shall sign the minutes of the proceedings of the board of revenue, and shall be a member thereof and shall have the same rights, privileges, powers, and authority, and perform the same duties as the other members thereof, and shall sign all warrants drawn on the county treasury, and all orders for the payment or disbursement of money or funds of the county, and shall sign all contracts entered into by the Board of Revenue of Marengo County. It shall be his or her duty to prepare the order of business and obtain information for the sessions of the board of revenue and shall see that all orders thereof are properly executed. He or she shall, in addition, perform all the duties now required of the judge of probate as to matters coming before the court of county commissioners. In event the president of the board of revenue shall, for any cause, be absent from any session of the board of revenue, the other members present thereat, by a majority vote, which shall be spread upon the minutes of such session of the board, shall elect one of the members of the board of revenue a president pro tem, who shall preside over such session, sign the minutes of the proceedings of such session of the board of revenue, and shall have the same rights, privileges, powers, and authority and perform the same duties as the president of the board of revenue is authorized to perform when personally present and presiding over the session, and shall sign all warrants drawn on the county treasury and all orders for the payment or distribution of money or funds of the county authorized at such session wherein he or she shall act as president pro tem, and shall sign all contracts entered into by the Board of Revenue of Marengo County authorized at the session over which he or she shall preside; and such president pro tem shall perform all acts and duties at the session over which he or she so presides as would devolve upon the president of the board of revenue if he or she were present.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 6; Acts 1927, No. 242, p. 147, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.06 - Clerk.

Section 45-46-70.06Clerk. The board of revenue shall elect a clerk, and fix his or her compensation, and employ such other clerical assistance as may be necessary, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of revenue to attend the meetings thereof and issue all notices required by it. The clerk, under the direction of the board of revenue, shall keep the minutes and records of the proceedings thereof, in well bound volumes provided for that purpose, the records to be kept in the office of the board of revenue, and to be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the citizens of the county and other interested persons; and the clerk shall perform such other duties and matters as may be required of him or her by the board of revenue. The compensation of the clerk and of all other clerical assistants shall be fixed by the board of revenue and their terms of office shall be at the pleasure of the board of revenue. That before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, the clerk shall take the same oath as the members of the board of revenue are required to take, and shall give a good and sufficient bond, with good and sufficient surety, payable to the County of Marengo, in such amount as may be fixed and prescribed by the board of revenue, which bond shall be filed with and approved by the Judge of Probate of Marengo County, with conditions faithfully to discharge the duties of such office during the time he or she continues therein or discharges any of the duties thereof, the premium on the bond to be paid out of the county treasury on certificate or warrant signed by the president or president pro tem of the board of revenue. The clerk shall keep a record of every warrant, claim, draft, or certificate issued by or under the authority of the board of revenue, showing the date, amount and to whom and for what issued, and shall countersign the same, and shall also keep a record of all notes, bonds, contracts, or agreements made, given, or issued by or in the name of Marengo County, showing the date, amount, object, and purpose thereof, and to whom given and for what purpose made or issued, and countersign the same; and the clerk, under the direction, supervision, and control of the board of revenue, shall also install and keep a general set of books showing the true and correct financial condition of Marengo County and the income thereof, the source from which derived, how or in what way the same is paid out and expended, and an itemized account of each fund handled, expended, or controlled by the board of revenue and in what way the same is paid out and disbursed; and at the September meeting each year of the board of revenue the clerk shall make up and file with it a detailed estimate and statement of the income from each fund for the coming fiscal year, and a detailed statement of the fixed expenses and charges against each of the funds.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 7; Acts 1932, No. 259, p. 107, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.07 - Sessions.

Section 45-46-70.07Sessions. The board of revenue shall hold sessions on the second Tuesday of each month of every year, and may continue in session as long as it deems necessary to conduct the business of the county, and may hold such session at any time upon the call of the president or three members of the board of revenue, entered in writing on the minutes of the board of revenue. The sessions of the board of revenue shall be held at the court house of the county.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 8; Acts 1927, No. 22, p. 147, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.08 - Recordkeeping.

Section 45-46-70.08Recordkeeping. The board of revenue shall keep a correct register of all claims presented against the county showing the name of the claimant, the nature and amount of the claim, and the action of the board of revenue thereon; and keep a full carbon copy of every warrant or order for the payment of money out of the county treasury, and these records, together with the minutes of the proceedings and all papers of the board of revenue, shall be public records open to the inspection of the citizens of Marengo County or other interested persons, at reasonable hours, when the same are not being used by the board of revenue, or under its direction.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.09 - Itemized List of Fines and Forfeitures.

Section 45-46-70.09Itemized list of fines and forfeitures. It shall be the duty of the clerk and of the register of every court of record in Marengo County to render to the board of revenue an itemized list, in writing, under oath, of all fines assessed and all forfeitures made final in their respective court, for the use or benefit of Marengo County, within 10 days after the assessment of the fine or making final of such forfeitures.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 10.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.10 - Compensation of Board Members.

Section 45-46-70.10Compensation of board members. The members of the board of revenue shall each be entitled to ten dollars ($10) per day for each day of actual service rendered; five cents ($.05) per mile for traveling to and from the sittings of the board of revenue, and to and from the place where any service is rendered by them, to be paid out of the county treasury on certificates or warrants signed by the president, or president pro tem, of the board of revenue; provided that no member of the board of revenue, during any year, shall receive more than eight hundred dollars ($800) from the county treasury for any and all services rendered by him or her either as a member of the board or for any work or labor done for, or services rendered to the county.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 11; Acts 1927, No. 242, p. 147, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.11 - Consolidation of Offices.

Section 45-46-70.11Consolidation of offices. The Court of County Commissioners of Marengo County, as the same now exists, shall be and is hereby abolished, and the Judge of Probate of the county is hereby relieved of his or her duties to the court of county commissioners of the county, which duties shall hereafter be performed by the president of the board of revenue.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 12.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.12 - Oaths.

Section 45-46-70.12Oaths. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties each member of the board of revenue shall take the same oaths that are now required by law to be taken by the members of the Court of County Commissioners of Marengo County.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 13.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.13 - Bond.

Section 45-46-70.13Bond. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, each member of the board of revenue shall give a good and sufficient bond, with good and sufficient surety, payable to the County of Marengo in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) each, to be filed with and approved by the judge of probate of the county, with condition faithfully to discharge the duties of such office during the time he or she continues therein or discharges any of the duties thereof-all premiums on the bonds to be paid out of the county treasury, on certificates or warrants signed by the president of the board of revenue.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 14.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.14 - Vacancies.

Section 45-46-70.14Vacancies. In case of a vacancy in the board of revenue, it shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the member of the board of revenue in whose place he or she is appointed.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 16.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.15 - Service in Multiple Offices.

Section 45-46-70.15Service in multiple offices. No member of the board of revenue shall discharge the duties, either as principal or deputy, of any state or county officer, so long as he or she is a member of the board of revenue.  (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 17.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.16 - Quorum.

Section 45-46-70.16Quorum. Three members of the board of revenue shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Acts 1923, No. 311, p. 188, § 18.)
AL Code § 45-46-70.17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 46 - Marengo County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-46-70.17 - Accounting.

Section 45-46-70.17Accounting. Accounts shall be opened and kept by the county treasurer or county depository or bank in which the funds of the county are deposited, in such manner and such funds as the Board of Revenue of Marengo County, Alabama, may direct disbursements to be made upon the order of the Board of Revenue of Marengo County, Alabama, and the treasurer, depository, or bank, on October 1 of each year, shall furnish to the board of revenue in writing, a full and detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements in each and every year to the close of business on September 30th of such year, and shall at the same time furnish the board of revenue with a full and detailed statement in writing, of the entire indebtedness of the county, of whatever kind and character, specifying particularly the amount of bonds outstanding, their character and when due; the amount of the outstanding warrants whether interest bearing or not, and if interest bearing, the rate of interest, for what the warrants were issued and when due and payable.  (Acts 1927, No. 241, p. 146, § 22.)