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AL Code § 28-4-299 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 11 - Forfeiture and Condemnation of Contraband Liquors and Beverages, Etc.|Section 28-4-299 - Forfeiture, Sale and Distribution of Proceeds of Sale of Contraband Generally.

Section 28-4-299Forfeiture, sale and distribution of proceeds of sale of contraband generally. In cases of all contraband property, as provided in this article, there shall be a remedy by complaint filed in the name of the state by the officer or other person, in accordance with any provisions of the prohibition laws of the state, to secure a judgment of forfeiture, sale and distribution of the proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this article. If the arrest and seizure of such property is made by an officer or employee of any municipality of this state, such municipality shall receive one half of the remainder of the proceeds derived from the sale of such property, after the costs and expenses (including payment to officers and informers provided for in this article) are paid. The said portion of the moneys derived from such proceeds shall be paid into the treasury of such municipality and used and applied as a law-enforcement fund, under the supervision and control of the governing body of such municipality, and the remaining half shall be paid to the law-enforcement fund in the State Treasury. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4784; Code 1940, T. 29, §253.)
AL Code § 28-4-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-310 - Governor Charged With Supervision, etc., of Enforcement of Prohibition Laws; Governor May Require Reports From Officers Charged With Duty of Enforcing Laws; Failure of Officer to Make Report, Etc.

Section 28-4-310Governor charged with supervision, etc., of enforcement of prohibition laws; Governor may require reports from officers charged with duty of enforcing laws; failure of officer to make report, etc. In order for the Governor to perform the duties imposed upon him by the Constitution, that he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, he is made the executive head of the law-enforcement machinery of the state and is charged with supervising and directing the enforcement of the laws of the state for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of the evils of intemperance and he is authorized to supervise, direct and give orders to any and all officers of the state or of any county in the state in regard to the exercise of their powers in the performance of their duties in respect to the enforcement of said laws. The Governor may, as he deems desirable, call upon said officers for reports to be made directly to him concerning any action they may have or may not have taken in enforcing said laws and for reports concerning conditions that may exist, calling for increased diligence in reference to said law enforcement, and all such officers shall strictly obey his orders and directions and make any reports called for and, in the event of a failure to do so or to carry out any instruction of the Governor in respect to the enforcement of said laws, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in office and may be punished, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $50.00 and by imprisonment not exceeding 12 months at hard labor for the county, to be fixed in the discretion of the court or judge trying the case. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4790; Code 1940, T. 29, §259.)
AL Code § 28-4-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-311 - Appointment of Inspectors, etc., to Detect and Report Violations of Prohibition Laws; Offer and Payment of Rewards for Convictions of Persons Violating Laws.

Section 28-4-311Appointment of inspectors, etc., to detect and report violations of prohibition laws; offer and payment of rewards for convictions of persons violating laws. The Governor may appoint and employ, subject to the provisions of the Merit System, such inspectors or secret service men or such other persons as he may deem necessary for the purpose of detecting and reporting upon violations of the prohibition laws, or any of them, and contract with them for reasonable compensation to be paid by the state for their services. He may also offer a reward to all sheriffs, constables or other persons, in his discretion, who will bring about the conviction of any person for the violation of said laws and particularly for the violation of the laws against the manufacture of prohibited liquors, and may state the amount that will be paid out of the State Treasury to any officer or person who may secure the conviction of anyone guilty of the offense of illicit distilling or other violation of said laws. In the event such reward or rewards are earned, the same shall be paid by warrant drawn by the Comptroller upon the State Treasury or the law-enforcement fund therein provided by this chapter, as the Governor decides, upon a bill presented against the state for the reward, stating the facts and circumstances which the claimant puts forward as entitling him to the reward, when the said bill is certified and approved as being correct by the Attorney General of the state and is also approved by the Governor. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4791; Code 1940, T. 29, §260.)
AL Code § 28-4-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-312 - Governor May Require Attorney General to Prepare Instructions for Officers of State, etc., for Enforcement of Laws; Publication and Distribution of Same.

Section 28-4-312Governor may require Attorney General to prepare instructions for officers of state, etc., for enforcement of laws; publication and distribution of same. The Governor, in his discretion, may require the Attorney General to prepare instructions to the officers of the state, counties or municipalities to aid them in enforcing the prohibition laws, to be published and distributed at the expense of the state, as directed by the Governor. (Acts 1919, No. 7, p. 6; Code 1923, §4792; Code 1940, T. 29, §261.)
AL Code § 28-4-313 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-313 - Prosecutions for Violations of Chapter, etc., Begun by Affidavit or Indictment; Right of Person Charged to Demand Grand Jury Indictment; Continuation of Prosecution Upon Original Affidavit; Amendment of Affidavit or Complaint.

Section 28-4-313Prosecutions for violations of chapter, etc., begun by affidavit or indictment; right of person charged to demand grand jury indictment; continuation of prosecution upon original affidavit; amendment of affidavit or complaint. All prosecutions for a violation of any provision of this chapter or of any other law for the suppression of the evils of intemperance may be begun by affidavit as well as by indictment; and when begun by affidavit, the person charged shall not have the right to demand that a grand jury prefer an indictment for the alleged offense, except where such offense is a felony, but the prosecution may continue no matter in what court or before what judge the trial shall be had upon the affidavit upon which it was originally begun. The said affidavit or any complaint that may be filed in such prosecution may be amended to meet the ends of justice and to prevent a dismissal of the case upon any informality, irregularity or technicality. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4646; Code 1940, T. 29, §121.)
AL Code § 28-4-314 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-314 - District Attorneys to Institute Prosecutions for or Make Reports to Grand Juries as to Violations of Prohibition Laws.

Section 28-4-314District attorneys to institute prosecutions for or make reports to grand juries as to violations of prohibition laws. Any district attorney in the county whose duty it is to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state shall not be prohibited from commencing prosecution on his own affidavit against any party violating any provision of any law of the State of Alabama for the suppression of the evils of intemperance, and every such district attorney, upon receiving information giving him probable cause to believe that there has been a violation of any statute upon the subject named, shall proceed to lay the matter before the grand jury or to institute a criminal prosecution against said party by affidavit before a court or judge of competent jurisdiction, if he is willing and able to make such affidavit for the institution of a criminal prosecution. If he is not, he must superintend the preparation of the papers and the institution of the prosecution if any citizen is willing to make an affidavit for the institution of a criminal prosecution against any party for such violation; provided, that the district attorney is of opinion from the facts at hand that there is reasonable ground to believe that the offense has been committed. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4642; Code 1940, T. 29, §117.)
AL Code § 28-4-315 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-315 - Sheriffs to Cooperate With District Attorneys in Prosecutions, Etc.

Section 28-4-315Sheriffs to cooperate with district attorneys in prosecutions, etc. Sheriffs are charged with the duty of being on the alert for violations of any of the prohibition statutes and of cooperating with the district attorneys in bringing violators to justice. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4643; Code 1940, T. 29, §118.)
AL Code § 28-4-316 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-316 - Grand Jury Proceedings Generally - Effect of Failure of Person to Attend and Testify in Obedience to Summons.

Section 28-4-316Grand jury proceedings generally - Effect of failure of person to attend and testify in obedience to summons. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand jury to answer as to any violation of law for the suppression of intemperance or prohibiting the manufacture, sale or other disposition of prohibited liquors or beverages or the keeping or maintaining of any unlawful drinking place, or liquor nuisance and who fails or refuses to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without good cause, to be determined by the court, is guilty of contempt and also of a misdemeanor and, on conviction of such misdemeanor, must be fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $300.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the discretion of the court. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4633; Code 1940, T. 29, §109.)
AL Code § 28-4-317 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-317 - Grand Jury Proceedings Generally - Offenses as to Which Witnesses May Be Required to Testify; Initial Interrogation of Witnesses to Particular Offense Not Required.

Section 28-4-317Grand jury proceedings generally - Offenses as to which witnesses may be required to testify; initial interrogation of witnesses to particular offense not required. The witnesses before the grand jury to give evidence may be required to answer generally as to any offense against the laws of Alabama for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of intemperance committed within their knowledge during the 12 months next preceding or as to any violation within said time of any law of the state prohibiting the manufacture, sale or other disposition of any of said prohibited liquors or beverages or the maintaining of any unlawful drinking place or liquor nuisance, and it shall not be necessary to first specially interrogate the witnesses to any particular offenses. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4634; Code 1940, T. 29, §110.)
AL Code § 28-4-318 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-318 - Grand Jury Proceedings Generally - Exemption From Prosecution of Witnesses.

Section 28-4-318Grand jury proceedings generally - Exemption from prosecution of witnesses. A witness must not be prosecuted for any offense as to which he testifies before the grand jury, and the district attorney or any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove that fact. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4635; Code 1940, T. 29, §111.)
AL Code § 28-4-319 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-319 - Grand Jury Proceedings Generally - Duty of Grand Jury to Present Indictments for Violations of Laws.

Section 28-4-319Grand jury proceedings generally - Duty of grand jury to present indictments for violations of laws. Grand juries shall have no discretion as to the finding of indictments for violations of the provisions of this chapter or for violations of the provisions of any law of the state for the promotion of temperance and the suppression of intemperance, and it shall be their duty, if the evidence justifies it, to find and present indictments for every such violation. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4637; Code 1940, T. 29, §112.)
AL Code § 28-4-320 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-320 - Servants, Agents, etc., and Principals Not to Be Excused From Testifying Against Each Other on Grounds of Self-Incrimination; Immunity of Said Persons From Prosecution for Offenses Disclosed, Etc.

Section 28-4-320Servants, agents, etc., and principals not to be excused from testifying against each other on grounds of self-incrimination; immunity of said persons from prosecution for offenses disclosed, etc. No clerk, servant, agent or employee of any person accused of a violation of the laws to promote temperance and to suppress intemperance or prohibiting the sale, manufacture or other disposition of liquors or beverages shall be excused from testifying against his principal for the reason that he may thereby incriminate himself, nor shall any principal be excused for the same reason from testifying against any clerk, servant, agent or employee in such cases, but no testimony given by any of said parties shall in any manner in any prosecution be used as evidence, directly or indirectly, against him, nor shall the party testifying be thereafter prosecuted for any offense so disclosed by him. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4638; Code 1940, T. 29, §113.)
AL Code § 28-4-321 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-321 - Contents and Sufficiency of Charges in Indictments, Complaints, Affidavits, etc., for Sale, Offer for Sale, Possession, etc., of Prohibited Liquors and Beverages, etc., Generally; Proof of Charges Generally; Admissibility in Evidence of Testimony of Persons Purchasing, etc., Prohibited Liquors and Beverages, etc.; Immunity From Prosecution of Persons Testifying as to Violations of Chapter, Etc.

Section 28-4-321Contents and sufficiency of charges in indictments, complaints, affidavits, etc., for sale, offer for sale, possession, etc., of prohibited liquors and beverages, etc., generally; proof of charges generally; admissibility in evidence of testimony of persons purchasing, etc., prohibited liquors and beverages, etc.; immunity from prosecution of persons testifying as to violations of chapter, etc. In an indictment, complaint or affidavit for selling, offering for sale, keeping for sale or otherwise disposing of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant sold, offered for sale, kept for sale or otherwise disposed of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors contrary to law, and in an indictment, complaint or affidavit for selling, offering for sale, keeping for sale or otherwise disposing of prohibited liquors and beverages, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant sold, offered for sale, kept for sale or otherwise disposed of prohibited liquors and beverages. On the trial under a charge in either form, any act of selling in violation of law embraced in the charge may be proved and the charge in each of said forms shall be held to include any device or substitute for any of said liquors. In any indictment, complaint or affidavit charging that prohibited liquors and beverages have been manufactured, sold, offered for sale, kept for sale or otherwise disposed of, it shall not be necessary to set out the kind or quantity of the prohibited liquors and beverages nor the person to whom such sale or offer to sell or other disposition was made, and in any prosecution for a second or subsequent offense, it shall not be requisite to set forth in the indictment, complaint or affidavit the record of a former conviction, but it shall be sufficient briefly to allege such conviction. The person purchasing or to whom prohibited liquors and beverages or any of them have been sold or otherwise disposed of shall in all cases be a competent witness to prove the unlawful act. No person who testifies with respect to any unlawful act under this chapter or other statute for the suppression of the evils of intemperance shall be prosecuted in respect to any act to which he testifies nor shall his evidence so given be used against him in any criminal proceeding. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4644; Code 1940, T. 29, §119.)
AL Code § 28-4-322 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-322 - Several Charges May Be Set Out in Separate Counts in Indictments, Complaints, etc.; Judgment Entered and Punishment Imposed Upon Each Count.

Section 28-4-322Several charges may be set out in separate counts in indictments, complaints, etc.; judgment entered and punishment imposed upon each count. Indictments, complaints or affidavits for any violation of this chapter or any provision thereof or of any other statute of the state for the suppression of the evils of intemperance may set out several charges in separate counts, and the accused may be convicted and punished upon each one as upon separate indictments, complaints or affidavits, and judgment shall be entered on each count under which there is a finding of guilty. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4645; Code 1940, T. 29, §120.)
AL Code § 28-4-324 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-324 - Issuance of Injunctions to Prevent Violations of Chapter, Etc.

Section 28-4-324Issuance of injunctions to prevent violations of chapter, etc. When any violation of any provision of this chapter is threatened or shall have occurred, the doing of, or continuation or repetition of the unlawful act or any of like kind by the offending party may be prevented by injunction issued by a circuit court upon a petition filed in all respects as in cases of liquor nuisances. In like manner the injunction may be employed to compel obedience to any rule or regulation prescribed by this chapter. (Acts 1915, No. 491, p. 553; Code 1923, §4653; Code 1940, T. 29, §128.)
AL Code § 28-4-325 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-325 - Fees of Officers Making Seizures of Prohibited Liquors.

Section 28-4-325Fees of officers making seizures of prohibited liquors. When an officer arrests any person in possession of an unlawful quantity or quantities of prohibited liquors or of such liquors under conditions prohibited by law, then, on the conviction of such party of a violation of a city ordinance or state law, whether in the municipal court or state court possessing jurisdiction, the following fee for making the seizure of the liquors shall be taxed against the defendant and paid to such officer as a part of the cost of the case: (1) If a seizure is made of not less than one gallon nor more than five gallons of such liquors, the fee shall be $3.00; (2) If the seizure is of more than five gallons and less than 20 gallons, the fee shall be $5.00; and (3) If more than 20 gallons is seized, the fee shall be $10.00. (Acts 1915, No. 491, p. 553; Code 1923, §4654; Code 1940, T. 29, §129.)
AL Code § 28-4-326 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 28 - Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine.|Chapter 4 - Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Dry Counties and Dry Municipalities.|Article 12 - Enforcement of Chapter.|Section 28-4-326 - Penalties for Violations of Chapter.

Section 28-4-326Penalties for violations of chapter. Any violation of any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, to which may be added, in the discretion of the court, imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county for not less than six months nor more than 12 months. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4655; Code 1940, T. 29, §130.)