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AL Code § 11-47-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-66 - Purchase and Sale of Lands, etc., for Reinterment of Remains From Abandoned Cemeteries; Reservation of Lands in Abandoned Cemeteries for Erection of Memorial Mausoleum, Etc.

Section 11-47-66Purchase and sale of lands, etc., for reinterment of remains from abandoned cemeteries; reservation of lands in abandoned cemeteries for erection of memorial mausoleum, etc. (a) Whenever any such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling any such cemetery lands from which the bodies interred therein are to be removed in accordance with the provisions of this division shall have purchased or otherwise acquired lands or a mausoleum or columbarium or the possession or use thereof for the purpose of providing a place for the reinterment or depositing of any human remains which may be removed from any such abandoned cemetery or part thereof, such new lands may be surveyed and subdivided into lots and plats and avenues and walks for cemetery purposes, and any such mausoleum or columbarium or any part thereof may be divided into niches, compartments, or receptacles for the receipt of such remains as may be therein deposited. Thereafter such lots or plats, niches, compartments, or receptacles may be sold to persons desiring to make reinterments or to deposit human remains therein and the board of directors or other governing body of any such cemetery corporation or association may receive and accept as part or full consideration for the purchase price of such new lots or plats, niches, compartments, or receptacles and under such terms and conditions as to the value or price thereof as the said directors or other governing body may deem equitable, full or partial releases from the members of such corporation of their respective right in or to the whole or any part of the assets of said corporation or association other than the lot or plat, niche, compartment, or receptacle conveyed to such purchasers respectively. Any retransfer to said cemetery corporation or association of any lot or plat in the cemetery from which the removal of the human remains are to be made shall operate as such a release. (b) Sufficient lands may be reserved from any such cemetery lands abandoned as a burial place for the dead and from which the human remains have been removed to erect a memorial mausoleum or columbarium for the depositing of the bodies disinterred from such cemetery lands and to provide sufficient grounds around the same and to preserve such historical vaults or monuments as the board of directors or other governing body of any such cemetery corporation or association may determine to be proper or necessary. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §10.)
AL Code § 11-47-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-67 - Reinterment of Remains Generally.

Section 11-47-67Reinterment of remains generally. Whenever under the provisions of this division the remains of any person shall have been removed from any cemetery or part thereof abandoned as such burial place under the provisions of the division by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person having charge or control of such cemetery lands, such remains shall be transported to and reinterred in any other cemetery in this state where burials are permitted by such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person having charge or control of such cemetery lands or part thereof or deposited in a mausoleum or columbarium as provided in this section. The remains of each person so reinterred shall be placed in a separate and suitable receptacle and decently and respectfully interred under such rules and regulations now in force or that may be adopted by such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person making such removal. If the remains of any such person so removed from said cemetery lands are deposited in a memorial mausoleum or columbarium built for that purpose, each body so removed shall be inclosed in a separate and suitable receptacle or container and shall be so deposited in a decent and respectful manner in accordance with such rules and regulations now existing or that may hereafter be adopted by such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §6.)
AL Code § 11-47-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-68 - Erection of Markers Upon and Preparation, Filing, etc., of Maps, Plans, etc., of Lands, etc., Where Remains Reinterred.

Section 11-47-68Erection of markers upon and preparation, filing, etc., of maps, plans, etc., of lands, etc., where remains reinterred. After the removal and reinterment or deposit in a mausoleum or columbarium of the bodies disinterred from any such abandoned cemetery or part thereof the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling such abandoned cemetery lands and making such removals shall cause to be erected upon or imbedded in any lot or plat wherein any such body is reinterred a suitable permanent marker identifying such remains and shall prepare a complete map or plat describing and showing the location and subdivision into lots and plats of the cemetery lands where such bodies are reinterred or a plan of any mausoleum or columbarium wherein such bodies may be deposited, and there shall also be attached to any such map or plat or plans a description of the name of each person whose body is so reinterred or deposited, where known, and the lot or plat in the cemetery or the niche or compartment in any mausoleum or columbarium where such body is reinterred or deposited. Such map or plat shall be kept on file in the office of such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person making such removals and reinterments or depositing bodies in a mausoleum or columbarium and shall at all times be open to inspection by the relatives or friends of those so reinterred or deposited. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §11.)
AL Code § 11-47-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-69 - Care, etc., of Lands, etc., in Which Remains Reinterred.

Section 11-47-69Care, etc., of lands, etc., in which remains reinterred. Whenever any cemetery corporation or association having a board of directors or other governing body shall have caused the removal from any cemetery or part thereof owned by it or under its charge or control the human remains therein interred and said cemetery corporation or association shall have funds in its treasury which are not required for other purposes of said corporation, said corporation shall have power to set aside, invest, use, and apply from such unexpended funds such sum as, in the judgment of the directors of said corporation, shall be necessary or expedient to provide for the perpetual or other care or improvement of any lands or mausoleum or columbarium or part thereof in which said remains may be reinterred or deposited; provided, however, that in lieu of itself investing, using or applying said funds for the purposes in this section specified, said cemetery corporation may transfer said funds to any other corporation under such conditions and regulations as in the judgment of the directors of said cemetery corporation will insure the application thereof to the purposes in this section specified; provided further, that before any such transfer of such funds is made said cemetery corporation or association shall have obtained an order authorizing such transfer from the probate court of the county where the cemetery or part thereof abandoned under the provisions of this division is situated. Such order shall be obtained upon petition of said cemetery corporation and any member of said corporation may support or oppose the granting of the order by affidavit or otherwise. Before making the order, proof must be made to the satisfaction of the court that notice of the application for leave to transfer such funds has been given by publication in such manner and for such time as the court has directed and that it is for the best interests of the said cemetery corporation that such transfer be made. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §13.)
AL Code § 11-47-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-70 - Removal, etc., of Monuments, Headstones, etc., From Graves From Which Remains Removed.

Section 11-47-70Removal, etc., of monuments, headstones, etc., from graves from which remains removed. (a) Whenever the remains of any person shall have been removed from any cemetery by any relative or friend of such person under the provisions of Section 11-47-65, the person causing such removal shall also be entitled to remove any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant to the grave from which such remains have been removed, and the affidavit or written consent given under the provisions of Section 11-47-65 shall be sufficient warrant and authority for the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole or other person owning or controlling such cemetery to permit such removal of any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant to such grave. (b) Whenever the remains of any person buried in any lot or plat shall have been removed and any vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant thereto shall remain on said lot or plat for more than 90 days after the removal of the last human remains therefrom, such vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement may be removed and disposed of by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands and thereafter no person claiming any interest in said lot or plat or any such vault, monument, headstone, coping, or other improvement appurtenant thereto shall have the right to maintain in any court any action in relation to any such vault, monument, headstone, coping or other improvement so removed or disposed of. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §7.)
AL Code § 11-47-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-71 - Sale, etc., of Lands in Abandoned Cemeteries by Corporations, etc.; Confirmation of Sales by Probate Court.

Section 11-47-71Sale, etc., of lands in abandoned cemeteries by corporations, etc.; confirmation of sales by probate court. (a) Whenever such a cemetery or part thereof has been abandoned as a cemetery or place of burial for the human dead as provided for in Section 11-47-60 by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling the same, the parts or portions thereof in which no interments had been made and such parts and portions thereof from which all human remains have been removed may be sold by the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery land or may be mortgaged or otherwise pledged as security for any loan or loans made to such cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands. No order of any court shall be required prior to the making of any such sale, mortgage, pledge, or other encumbrance of such lands abandoned for cemetery purposes or from which the human remains have been removed; provided, however, that any sale of such cemetery lands made by any cemetery corporation or association controlled by a board of directors or other governing body shall be fairly conducted and the price paid therefor must be fair and reasonable and all such sales must be confirmed, as to the fairness and reasonableness of the price paid by the probate court of the county in which such lands are situated. (b) Petitions for confirmation of such sales by cemetery corporations and associations governed by a board of directors or other governing body shall be made to the probate court of the county wherein such lands are situated, and the judge of said court shall fix a day for the hearing and give notice thereof by publication in accordance with the provisions of Section 43-2-445, relating to confirmation of sales of real estate by an executor or administrator. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §8.)
AL Code § 11-47-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-72 - Filing, etc., of Declaration as to Removal of All Remains From Abandoned Cemetery.

Section 11-47-72Filing, etc., of declaration as to removal of all remains from abandoned cemetery. After the removal of all human remains interred in any part or the whole of the cemetery lands abandoned as a burial place for the human dead as provided in this division, the cemetery corporation, association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling such cemetery lands may file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such lands are situated a written declaration reciting that all human remains have been removed from the part or portion of such lands described in such declaration. Such declaration shall be acknowledged in the manner of the acknowledgment of deeds to real property by the president and secretary or other corresponding officers of such cemetery corporation or association or by the incumbent of any such corporation sole or by the persons owning or controlling such cemetery lands, and thereafter any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of any part of said lands shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any grantee or mortgagee therein named his successor or assigns of the fact of the complete removal of all human bodies therefrom. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §12.)
AL Code § 11-47-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-73 - Payment of Expenses of Abandonment and Removal by Corporations, etc.; Disposition of Funds of Corporation, etc., Remaining Thereafter.

Section 11-47-73Payment of expenses of abandonment and removal by corporations, etc.; disposition of funds of corporation, etc., remaining thereafter. (a) Whenever any cemetery corporation or association shall have resolved upon the abandonment of any cemetery or part thereof and the removal of the human remains therefrom under the provisions of this division, such cemetery corporation or association shall have power to employ any moneys in its treasury to defray the expense of such abandonment and removal, including the expense of purchasing or otherwise providing a suitable place for the interment or depositing of such remains in any other cemetery, mausoleum, or columbarium in this state, including the expenses of disinterment, transportation, and reinterment or the depositing of such remains in such mausoleum or columbarium, the expenses of the removal and disposal of such vaults, monuments, headstones, coping, or other improvements which may remain after the human bodies are removed from any such cemetery or part thereof, all necessary expenses incident to the sale or mortgaging of any of said lands, all other expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out such abandonment of such cemetery lands and the removal and reinterment or disposing of the bodies so removed and all other expenses incident to any of the above purposes. (b) Any moneys remaining in the treasury of such cemetery association or corporation after making the removal and reinterment of the bodies from such cemetery lands shall be retained and used as a fund for the perpetual maintenance and care of the cemetery lands wherein such bodies so removed have been interred or for the maintenance and care of any memorial mausoleum or columbarium in which said human remains have been deposited or such fund may be used for such other purposes as such cemetery corporation or association may lawfully declare. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §9.)
AL Code § 11-47-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 2 - Cemeteries and Burial Grounds.|Division 2 - Abandonment of Cemeteries and Removal and Reinterment of Human Remains.|Section 11-47-74 - Removal of Remains, etc., From Cemeteries Owned by Churches, Etc.

Section 11-47-74Removal of remains, etc., from cemeteries owned by churches, etc. Nothing contained in this division shall authorize or permit or be construed or deemed to authorize or permit the heirs, relatives, or friends of any deceased person whose body has been interred in any cemetery owned, governed or controlled by any religious corporation or by any church or religious society or any denomination or by any corporation sole administering temporalities of any religious denomination, society, or church or owned, governed or controlled by any person or persons as trustee or trustees for any religious denomination, society or church to disinter, remove, reinter, or dispose of any such body except in accordance with the rules, regulations, and discipline of such religious denomination, society, or church. (Acts 1957, No. 389, p. 523, §15.)
AL Code § 11-50-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-50 - Construction and Maintenance of Sewers, Drains, etc., by Municipalities Authorized.

Section 11-50-50Construction and maintenance of sewers, drains, etc., by municipalities authorized. All cities and towns may make all needful provisions for the drainage of such city or town, may construct and maintain efficient sanitary and stormwater sewers or sewer systems, either within or without the corporate limits of the city or town, may construct and maintain ditches, surface drains, aqueducts, and canals and may build and construct underground sewers through private or public property, either within or without the corporate limits of such city or town, but just compensation must first be made for the private property taken, injured, or destroyed. (Code 1907, §1302; Code 1923, §2076; Code 1940, T. 37, §601.)
AL Code § 11-50-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-51 - Condemnation of Easements, Etc.

Section 11-50-51Condemnation of easements, etc. Cities and towns may acquire, whenever necessary, the requisite rights and easements by condemnation in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of Alabama for the condemnation of lands for the public use. (Code 1907, §1303; Code 1923, §2077; Code 1940, T. 37, §602.)
AL Code § 11-50-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-52 - Extension or Alteration of Sewer System, Etc.

Section 11-50-52Extension or alteration of sewer system, etc. Any city or town may extend or alter its sewer system and extend the mains whenever in the opinion of the city or town it may be necessary or expedient to do so, and such city or town may extend the mains to any point in the county in which it is situated, and for these purposes, the said city or town shall have and exercise the full rights of eminent domain and may acquire such lands or easements therein and the uses of such waterways as may be necessary by the proceedings provided by law for acquiring private property for public uses. (Code 1907, §1292; Code 1923, §2050; Code 1940, T. 37, §603.)
AL Code § 11-50-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.|Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-50-53 - Regulation, Installation, etc., of Drainage and Sewer Connections Generally.

Section 11-50-53Regulation, installation, etc., of drainage and sewer connections generally. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to establish or build drains and may require private or public premises to be connected with the sewer system for proper drainage or sanitation and shall have the power to regulate the manner of connection therewith. They shall also have the power to adopt and enforce all such laws, ordinances, and resolutions necessary to compel the owners of real property to ditch and drain the same at such owner's expense and to punish any neglect of such owner or person in charge of said lots or property, and on failure of the owner after 10 days' notice to do so, the city or town may ditch and drain such premises at the expense of such owner, the same to be a lien on such property to be collected as other debts are collected or liens enforced. The notice required by this section shall be by personal service or by posting a notice on the premises. (Code 1907, §1283; Code 1923, §2040; Code 1940, T. 37, §604.)