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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-151 - Councils to Define Boundaries of Territory to Be Incorporated in Consolidated Municipality Upon Receipt of Petition Requesting Election as to Consolidation.

Section 11-42-151
Councils to define boundaries of territory to be incorporated in consolidated municipality upon receipt of petition requesting election as to consolidation.
When 10 percent in numbers of the qualified voters according to the last municipal election of each of the municipalities to be consolidated shall sign a petition addressed to their respective municipal councils, requesting that an election be held to determine whether the three municipalities be consolidated, said councils of the municipalities between which outside territory to be incorporated in the consolidated municipality lies shall define the boundaries of such territory.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1860; Code 1940, T. 37, §219.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-152 - Calling of Election; Conduct of Election Generally; Notice of Election.

Section 11-42-152
Calling of election; conduct of election generally; notice of election.
(a) The governing bodies shall within 10 days thereafter call an election at which the qualified electors residing in the municipalities may vote at their usual voting places for or against consolidation, and the voters residing in the territory outside the limits of either of the municipalities shall also be permitted to vote at the voting place in either municipality nearest to their place of residence.
(b) The governing bodies of each municipality shall name the election officers in their respective municipalities, and said election shall be governed, the returns canvassed and the results declared as provided by law for other municipal elections.
(c) Such election shall be held in each of such municipalities on the same day and must be advertised in each of the newspapers published in the county in which such municipalities are situated once a week for four successive weeks, and said advertisement shall state the purpose for which such election is called, the time of holding the same, and the territory outside of either municipality which is proposed to be incorporated into the consolidated municipality.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1861; Code 1940, T. 37, §220.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-153 - Form and Marking of Ballots.

Section 11-42-153
Form and marking of ballots.
(a) At the election provided for in this article the municipal authorities shall furnish ballots on which shall be printed:
"Election to provide for the consolidation of _______
(Naming the cities or towns to be consolidated). For Consolidation _____
Against Consolidation _____ "
(b) The voter shall express his choice by making a cross mark (X) opposite the phrase expressing his choice.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1863; Code 1940, T. 37, §222.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-154 - Forwarding of Statement of Vote to Probate Judge and Canvassing of Returns; Ascertainment and Publication of Election Results.

Section 11-42-154
Forwarding of statement of vote to probate judge and canvassing of returns; ascertainment and publication of election results.
Within five days after such election the mayor or other chief executive officer shall forward to the probate judge of the county in which such municipalities are located a statement in writing, showing the number of votes cast for and against the proposed consolidation, and the probate judge shall canvass the returns made to him and ascertain the number of votes cast for and against consolidation and publish the same by posting written notice at the courthouse door of the county.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1862; Code 1940, T. 37, §221.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-155 - Rights, Powers, Duties, and Name of Consolidated Municipality; Disposition of Property, Obligations, and Contracts of Consolidating Municipalities.

Section 11-42-155
Rights, powers, duties, and name of consolidated municipality; disposition of property, obligations, and contracts of consolidating municipalities.
(a) If the majority of the votes cast in each municipality separately are in favor of consolidation, the three municipalities and other territory included shall be consolidated into one municipality which shall have all the rights, powers, and duties conferred by any law, general or special, of the largest in population of the consolidating municipalities and until otherwise changed shall bear its name.
(b) The municipal property of each of the consolidating municipalities shall vest in the consolidated municipality, and all outstanding obligations and contracts of whatever kind shall be assumed by the consolidated municipality.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1864; Code 1940, T. 37, §223.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-156 - Continuation in Office and Powers and Duties of Mayors and Aldermen of Consolidating Municipalities.

Section 11-42-156
Continuation in office and powers and duties of mayors and aldermen of consolidating municipalities.
The aldermen in office in each of the consolidating municipalities shall constitute the board of aldermen of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the largest in population shall be the mayor or chief executive of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the other municipalities shall continue in office until the next general municipal election after the consolidation, but they shall have only such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the council of the consolidated municipality.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1865; Code 1940, T. 37, §224.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-157 - Division of Consolidated Municipality Into Wards; Election of Officers of Consolidated Municipality.

Section 11-42-157
Division of consolidated municipality into wards; election of officers of consolidated municipality.
The council of the consolidated municipality shall before the next general municipal election divide the consolidated municipality into a suitable and convenient number of wards, and at the next municipal election thereafter there shall be elected in the consolidated municipality the officers provided by general law for the government of towns and cities.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1866; Code 1940, T. 37, §225.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-158 - Collection and Disbursement of Taxes.

Section 11-42-158
Collection and disbursement of taxes.
The consolidated municipality shall collect all taxes or other obligations due the consolidating municipalities and disburse the same.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1867; Code 1940, T. 37, §226.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-159 - Continuation in Office of Boards of Education of Consolidating Municipalities; Election of Board of Education for Consolidated Municipality.

Section 11-42-159
Continuation in office of boards of education of consolidating municipalities; election of board of education for consolidated municipality.
The boards of education in the consolidating municipalities shall continue in office and in charge of their respective schools until the next general election after the consolidation, and after such election the council of the consolidated municipality shall elect a board of education as provided by law.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1868; Code 1940, T. 37, §227.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-160 - Continuation of Rights of Action Against Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-160
Continuation of rights of action against municipality annexed.
All rights of action existing against the city or town annexed shall be a right of action against the city or town annexing the other city or town, and a civil action may be brought against the annexing city or town the same as if the right of action originally existed against the annexing city or town.
(Code 1907, §1145; Code 1923, §1840; Code 1940, T. 37, §207.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-161 - Continuation of Civil Actions Brought by Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-161
Continuation of civil actions brought by municipality annexed.
All civil actions pending brought by the city or town annexed, shall, on motion, be made a civil action by the city or town annexing the other city or town, and the right to prosecute such civil action to final judgment by the annexing city or town shall exist the same as if the right of action originally existed in favor of the annexing city or town.
(Code 1907, §1146; Code 1923, §1841; Code 1940, T. 37, §208.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-162 - Continuation of Rights of Action of Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-162
Continuation of rights of action of municipality annexed.
All rights of action existing in favor of the city or town annexed shall be a right of action existing in favor of the city or town annexing the other city or town, and it may bring a civil action the same as if such right of action originally existed in favor of the annexing city or town.
(Code 1907, §1147; Code 1923, §1842; Code 1940, T. 37, §209.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-163 - Payment or Assumption of Indebtedness and Liabilities of Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-163
Payment or assumption of indebtedness and liabilities of municipality annexed.
All indebtedness and liabilities of every kind and character of the city or town annexed shall be paid or payment thereof assumed by the annexing city or town. As between the city or town annexed and the annexing city or town, the agreement of annexation and the terms thereof shall be binding as regards the payment or assumption of such indebtedness, but as to creditors, the payment or the assumption of payment by the annexing city or town shall be absolute and unconditional.
(Code 1907, §1148; Code 1923, §1843; Code 1940, T. 37, §210.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-164 - Annexation Agreement Deemed Contract Between Municipalities; Right of Persons Residing in Annexed Municipality to Enforce Agreement Against Annexing Municipality.

Section 11-42-164
Annexation agreement deemed contract between municipalities; right of persons residing in annexed municipality to enforce agreement against annexing municipality.
The agreement of annexation shall be and shall be held to be a contract by and between the city or town annexed and the city or town to which annexation is made, and no amendment of this article or subsequent law enacted shall in anywise abrogate or change the terms of the agreement of annexation, and any person residing in or owning property in the territory which was embraced within the city or town annexed shall have the right in a court having jurisdiction to require the annexing city or town to abide by and carry out the provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1149; Code 1923, §1844; Code 1940, T. 37, §211.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-165 - Enactment and Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions to Carry Out Annexation Agreement.

Section 11-42-165
Enactment and passage of ordinances and resolutions to carry out annexation agreement.
The council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall enact such ordinances and pass such resolutions as may be necessary or deemed necessary to carry out the agreement of annexation, and any ordinance or resolution enacted or passed by the council or governing body of the annexed city or town in violation of the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation shall be held to be void.
(Code 1907, §1150; Code 1923, §1845; Code 1940, T. 37, §212.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-166 - Dissolution of Annexed Municipality; Ordinances, Resolutions, and Bylaws of Annexing Municipality Applicable to and Enforceable in Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-166
Dissolution of annexed municipality; ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws of annexing municipality applicable to and enforceable in municipality annexed.
The annexed city or town from and after the time of annexation, under the terms of this article, shall be and shall be held to be dissolved, and from and after the time of such dissolution all of the ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws of the annexing city or town shall apply to and be enforceable in the territory which was embraced in the annexed city or town, except insofar as is inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1151; Code 1923, §1846; Code 1940, T. 37, §213.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities. › Section 11-42-167 - Rights, Powers, Duties, etc., of Annexing Municipality as to Municipality Annexed Attach Upon Dissolution of Same.

Section 11-42-167
Rights, powers, duties, etc., of annexing municipality as to municipality annexed attach upon dissolution of same.
The rights, powers, duties, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the annexing city or town over the territory embraced in the corporate limits of the city or town annexed and over the inhabitants thereof shall attach immediately upon the dissolution of the annexed city or town as provided in Section 11-42-166, except insofar as limited by the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1152; Code 1923, §1847; Code 1940, T. 37, §214.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-180 - Payment, Execution, etc., of Debts, Bonds, Contracts for Local Improvements, etc., of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-180
Payment, execution, etc., of debts, bonds, contracts for local improvements, etc., of absorbed municipalities.
When any municipal corporation has been absorbed or its government extinguished by the alteration or rearrangement of the boundary lines of another city or town, the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged shall assume and pay all and any debts, liabilities, and bonds of every kind and character and the interest thereon when the same becomes due which may have been lawfully contracted or issued by the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished, and the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged, thereby absorbing and extinguishing the government of another municipality, shall assume, carry on, and complete all contracts for local improvements which may have been entered into by the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been so extinguished, and the said city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged shall have all the powers with reference to the making of assessment for local improvements and the collection thereof as if such local improvements had been originally instituted by it, and such last described city or town may grant to property owners the same privileges of paying local assessments in installments as they would be entitled to if their municipal organization had not changed and, for the purpose of carrying into effect this privilege, the city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged shall issue its bonds in the place and stead of the bonds which would have been issued by the city or town whose government has been extinguished to the end that all contracts for local improvements and the sale of bonds to carry on the same shall be faithfully observed and executed.
(Code 1907, §1156; Acts 1909, No. 160, p. 234; Code 1923, §§1827, 1870; Code 1940, T. 37, §229.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-181 - Disposition of Property of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-181
Disposition of property of absorbed municipalities.
The city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall become vested with the title and ownership of all property, both real and personal, including taxes, moneys, school buildings and grounds, parks, fixtures and furniture of school buildings, city or town halls, equipment and apparatus of fire departments, city or town jails, water, gas or electric systems, including all mains or pipes used for conducting the water or gas or electric lines, wires, poles, conduits and all apparatus connected with any waterworks, gas or electric light systems belonging to the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished, subject to the same conditions and to be held for the same uses and purposes as before.
(Code 1907, §1157; Code 1923, §1871; Code 1940, T. 37, §230.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-182 - Collection and Disposition of Taxes, Special Assessments, etc., of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-182
Collection and disposition of taxes, special assessments, etc., of absorbed municipalities.
The city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines, shall not stay, arrest, or interfere with any proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax, special assessment, or special tax, and the same shall proceed and be carried to a finality by the proper officers of the city or town whose boundary lines shall be so altered or rearranged, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the treasurer of such city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines to be used for the purpose for which the tax was levied or the proceedings instituted.
(Code 1907, §1158; Code 1923, §1872; Code 1940, T. 37, §231.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-183 - Prosecution and Defense of Pending Actions of Absorbed Municipalities; Collection and Enforcement of Fines, Recoveries, Judgments, Etc.

Section 11-42-183
Prosecution and defense of pending actions of absorbed municipalities; collection and enforcement of fines, recoveries, judgments, etc.
All civil actions pending in any court on behalf of any city or town so absorbed or whose government is extinguished may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the city or town whose boundary lines shall be so altered or rearranged, and all judgments, fines, orders, or recoveries obtained for or on behalf of any city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished may be collected and enforced with like force and effect as though such absorption had not taken place in the name of the city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged.
(Code 1907, §1159; Code 1923, §1873; Code 1940, T. 37, §232.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-184 - Disposition of Public Books, Papers, and Documents of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-184
Disposition of public books, papers, and documents of absorbed municipalities.
All the public books, papers, and documents of said city or town so absorbed on file in any office or with any public officer thereof shall be transferred to and filed with the appropriate officer or department of the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered or rearranged as the council or other governing body thereof may direct. It shall be the duty of all persons having charge of such books, papers, and documents to deliver the same to and file the same with the appropriate officer or department.
(Code 1907, §1160; Code 1923, §1874; Code 1940, T. 37, §233.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-185 - Operation, etc., of Waterworks, Gas or Electric Light Systems of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-185
Operation, etc., of waterworks, gas or electric light systems of absorbed municipalities.
Should the city or town so absorbed or whose government is extinguished own any waterworks, gas or electric light systems, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall take charge of and operate said waterworks, gas or electric light systems on the same terms and conditions and charge the consumers thereof the same rates or charges as before said absorption by the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines, and said city or town shall have the same use and benefit of said waterworks, gas or electric light systems as that of the city or town so absorbed.
(Code 1907, §1161; Code 1923, §1875; Code 1940, T. 37, §234.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-186 - Partial Annexation - Payment of Proportionate Share of Bonded Indebtedness for Municipal Improvements by Expanded Municipality.

Section 11-42-186
Partial annexation - Payment of proportionate share of bonded indebtedness for municipal improvements by expanded municipality.
Should the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines absorb or annex any part of another city or town, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall assume and pay the proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of the city or town from which said territory is taken that the cost of the municipal improvements in such territory taken from such city or town bears to the whole cost of municipal improvements made in the whole of the city or town from which such territory is taken immediately before such annexation; provided, that this section shall apply only to that part of bonded indebtedness actually expended for municipal improvements.
(Code 1907, §1162; Code 1923, §1876; Code 1940, T. 37, §235.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities. › Section 11-42-187 - Partial Annexation - Payment of Value of School Property, etc., by Expanded Municipality.

Section 11-42-187
Partial annexation - Payment of value of school property, etc., by expanded municipality.
Said city or town shall also pay to the city or town from which territory is taken the value of any school property or other property that may be in such annexed territory at the time of such annexation.
The amount of said bonded indebtedness and the value of said property to be paid by said enlarged city or town shall be determined and agreed on by the council of the enlarged city or town and by the council of the city or town from which such territory is taken, in such a manner as they shall elect. If they cannot agree, then the matter shall be determined by the circuit court of the county in which such enlarged city or town may be upon the filing of a complaint by either municipality or by any taxpayer of either municipality.
(Code 1907, §1163; Code 1923, §1877; Code 1940, T. 37, §236.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-200 - Passage of Resolution Defining Proposed Reduced Corporate Limits.

Section 11-42-200
Passage of resolution defining proposed reduced corporate limits.
Whenever in the opinion of the council or governing body of any city or town the public health or public good requires that the corporate limits of such town or city be reduced and the boundaries thereof reestablished, said council shall pass a resolution defining the proposed corporate limits.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2413; Code 1940, T. 37, §237.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-201 - Certification and Filing With Probate Judge of Resolution, Plat or Map, and List of Qualified Electors.

Section 11-42-201
Certification and filing with probate judge of resolution, plat or map, and list of qualified electors.
Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person holding the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together with a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and the names of all qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be excluded from the area of such corporation, and file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which said city or town is situated.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2414; Code 1940, T. 37, §238.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-202 - Filing of Resolution and Map or Plat; Notice to Residents of Territory to Be Excluded of Hearing to Show Cause Why Proposed Boundary Should Not Be Established and Map or Plat Recorded.

Section 11-42-202
Filing of resolution and map or plat; notice to residents of territory to be excluded of hearing to show cause why proposed boundary should not be established and map or plat recorded.
Upon the presentation of such certified copy of such resolution, accompanied by the map or plat, the judge of probate shall file the same and issue notice to the persons residing within the territory proposed to be excluded to appear before him on a day to be fixed by the judge of probate, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the filing of such resolution, and show cause, if any they can, why said proposed boundary should not be established and said map or plat recorded.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2415; Code 1940, T. 37, §239.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-203 - Order to Be Entered Establishing Corporate Limits as Defined in Resolution and Map or Plat When No Protest Filed; Recordation of Map or Plat.

Section 11-42-203
Order to be entered establishing corporate limits as defined in resolution and map or plat when no protest filed; recordation of map or plat.
On the day so fixed by the judge of probate if no one appears and makes protest against such change, the judge of probate shall make an order which must be entered upon the minutes of the probate court establishing said corporate limits as outlined in said resolution and map or plat and order that said map or plat be recorded in an appropriate record in his office.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2416; Code 1940, T. 37, §240.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-204 - Order to Be Entered Directing Election as to Establishment of Proposed Corporate Limits.

Section 11-42-204
Order to be entered directing election as to establishment of proposed corporate limits.
If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2418; Code 1940, T. 37, §242.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-205 - Notice of Election.

Section 11-42-205
Notice of election.
The judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in newspaper published within the city or town, one publication thereof for at least seven days being sufficient, and if no newspaper is published in such city or town then by posting a notice thereof at three public places in said city or town, which notice shall state the day on which such election is to be held, describe the proposed corporate limits as fixed by said resolution, and state that a map of such territory is on file in the office of judge of probate of said county, open to public inspection.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2419; Code 1940, T. 37, §243.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-206 - Places of Voting; Persons Entitled to Vote.

Section 11-42-206
Places of voting; persons entitled to vote.
Such election shall be held at the regular voting places in said city or town and all qualified electors residing in said city or town shall have a right to vote thereat.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2420; Code 1940, T. 37, §244.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-207 - Question Submitted; Conduct of Election Generally; Form, Marking, etc., of Ballots; Appointment, etc., of Clerks, Inspectors, and Returning Officer; Ascertainment, etc., of Election Results; Entry of Order as to Adoption of Proposed Corporate Limits, Etc.

Section 11-42-207
Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking, etc., of ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment, etc., of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc.
(a) The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established, and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article and except that no official ballot need be provided.
(b) Each voter may furnish his own ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of the proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate limits or "Against the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote against the adoption of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to be of any particular size, form, or color.
(c) The judge of probate shall appoint the inspectors and clerks and a returning officer to hold said election, and the inspectors at their respective voting places, as soon as the polls are closed, must ascertain and certify the result of the election at their respective voting places to the judge of probate and deliver the same to the returning officer who must at once return the same to the judge of probate, and the judge of probate must canvass the returns as made by the inspectors and if it appears that a majority of votes cast at the election was in favor of adoption of proposed corporate limits, the judge of probate must make and enter an order on the record of probate court adjudging and decreeing that the corporate limits of the city or town as proposed and as defined in the resolution and designated on the plat or map attached to the resolution have been duly adopted and are the legal corporate limits of said city or town and must order said resolution, together with said map, recorded in the records in his office, and from the time of the entry of such order said corporate limits shall be the corporate limits of said city or town.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2421; Code 1940, T. 37, §245.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-208 - Entry of Order Dismissing Proposal for Adoption of Proposed Corporate Limits.

Section 11-42-208
Entry of order dismissing proposal for adoption of proposed corporate limits.
If it appears that the majority of votes cast in such election are against the adoption of the proposed corporate limits, an order shall be entered by the probate judge dismissing said proposal.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2422; Code 1940, T. 37, §246.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-209 - Contests of Election.

Section 11-42-209
Contests of election.
The result of such election may be contested by any qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for contest of general municipal elections, making the city or town the contestee.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2423; Code 1940, T. 37, §247.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-210 - Costs and Expenses of Proceedings.

Section 11-42-210
Costs and expenses of proceedings.
The city or town at whose instance the proceedings are instituted shall pay all costs and expenses incident thereto, including the cost of such election so held.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2424; Code 1940, T. 37, §248.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-211 - Map or Plat, etc., Evidence of Municipal Boundaries.

Section 11-42-211
Map or plat, etc., evidence of municipal boundaries.
Said map or plat, the record thereof or a certified copy therefrom, whether the same is adopted without objection or adopted after election as provided in this article, shall be evidence in any court of this state as to the proper boundaries of said city or town.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2417; Code 1940, T. 37, §241.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-212 - Laws Governing Territory Within Corporate Limits Established Pursuant to Article; Jurisdiction as to Same.

Section 11-42-212
Laws governing territory within corporate limits established pursuant to article; jurisdiction as to same.
The territory included within the corporate limits established under the provisions of this article shall be subject to all the laws and ordinances of said city or town then in force or that may thereafter be adopted, and said city or town shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction over said territory as it exercised over the original territory.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2425; Code 1940, T. 37, §249.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 7 - Reduction of Corporate Limits. › Section 11-42-213 - Fees and Compensation of Probate Judge and Other Officers for Services Rendered.

Section 11-42-213
Fees and compensation of probate judge and other officers for services rendered.
The judge of probate for services rendered under the provisions of this article shall be entitled to charge a fee of $10.00. All other officers shall be entitled to the same compensation for services rendered by them as they are authorized by law to charge for similar services rendered by them and the city or town at whose instance the services are performed under the provisions of this article shall pay all costs and expenses thereof; except, that in the case of a contest as provided in this article, the cost of such contest shall be paid by the party against whom such contest is decided.
(Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2426; Code 1940, T. 37, §250.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-1 - Qualifications and Residence of Mayors, Councilmen, and Officers.

Section 11-43-1
Qualifications and residence of mayors, councilmen, and officers.
Every mayor, councilman, and officer elected by the whole electorate of the city or town shall be a resident and qualified elector of the city or town in which he shall have been elected and shall reside within the limits of the city or town during his term of office. The councilmen shall be qualified electors of said city or town, residing within the limits of the ward from which they shall have been elected and shall reside within the limits of said ward during the term of their office.
(Code 1907, §1069; Code 1923, §1761; Code 1940, T. 37, §403.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-3 - Election, etc., of Treasurer, Clerk, etc., in Cities Having More Than 6,000 Inhabitants; Consolidation or Abolishment of Offices.

Section 11-43-3
Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000 inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices.
(a) In cities having a population of more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection (b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may abolish any of the offices; provided, that the term of office of no incumbent shall be diminished.
(b) The consent of the mayor is not necessary to consolidate or abolish offices pursuant to subsection (a) if the mayor is operating pursuant to Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census.
(Code 1907, §1066; Code 1923, §1758; Code 1940, T. 37, §405; Acts 1984, No. 84-296, p. 661, §1; Act 2018-281, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-4 - Election of Clerk, etc., in Towns and in Cities Having Less Than 6,000 Inhabitants; Filling of Vacancies in Council Generally.

Section 11-43-4
Election of clerk, etc., in towns and in cities having less than 6,000 inhabitants; filling of vacancies in council generally.
In cities having a population of less than 6,000 and in towns, the council shall elect a clerk and fix the salary and term of office, and may determine by ordinance the other officers of the city or town, their salary, the manner of their election and the terms of office, and shall fill all vacancies in the council by a majority vote of the council; and all members of the council may vote to fill vacancies any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The clerk and such other officers elected by the council shall serve until their successor or successors are elected and qualified.
(Code 1907, §1067; Acts 1919, No. 448, p. 687; Code 1923, §1759; Code 1940, T. 37, §406; Acts 1951, No. 290, p. 583; Acts 1981, No. 81-627, p. 1043; Acts 1984, No. 84-286, p. 497, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-5 - Provision for Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Chief of Police, etc.; Designation of Persons to Administer Oaths, Issue Warrants, and Approve Appearance Bonds.

Section 11-43-5
Provision for tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, etc.; designation of persons to administer oaths, issue warrants, and approve appearance bonds.
The council may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, and chief of the fire department and shall specifically prescribe their duties. The council shall designate the persons who shall administer oaths and issue warrants of arrest for violations of law and the ordinances of the city or town and the persons authorized to approve appearance bonds of persons arrested.
(Code 1907, §1227; Code 1923, §1951; Code 1940, T. 37, §407.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-43-5.1 - Abolition or Creation of Civil Service System, etc., in Municipality Having Less Than 5,000 Inhabitants; Section in Pari Materia With Section 36-27-6.

Section 11-43-5.1
Abolition or creation of civil service system, etc., in municipality having less than 5,000 inhabitants; section in pari materia with Section 36-27-6.
(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing body of any municipality, with a population of less than 5,000 persons, by resolution duly adopted, may abolish or create a civil service system or other personnel board for its officers and employees. Provided, however, any person holding an office or position in or who is a member of any civil service or merit system within any such municipality upon any such action by a municipality shall continue all rights, interest, and privileges vested or vesting therein.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be construed in pari materia with Section 36-27-6; provided, however, those laws or parts of laws which are in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-665, p. 1333, §§1, 2.)