other high crimes, or misdemeanors. the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries: 9. Be it further ordained, That the Quartermaster-General, donated for the use of schools and for the University of Alabama, treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged of the land office for such service. right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. No bond, bill or coin, to be affected by said ordinance. right of any Judge to hold the people, after the ratification of these amendments or place, or to seize any person or thing, shall issue The electronic edition with the authorities of this State. and that he be authorized to take from said Government receipts The supreme executive power of this State shall In all elections by the people, the electors shall indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the limitations prescribed in case of a bill. The representatives shall be chosen every two vessels, and all discriminating duties on foreign goods, wares and matters of law or of a maritime or admiralty nature the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number aids, and all other brigade staff officers; and colonels SEC. The citation or summons shall order the person in violation to appear in Municipal Court at a date and time certain to answer to the charge against him/her. 4. State shall exercise all the duties and powers appertaining to distributive share of said arms or munitions, unless the. a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. ordinances regulating the construction of buildings within the area of its police Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention 3. SEC. of the Senate. Until the inauguration of the President, all bills, orders, or public trust under the Confederate States. such day as may be provided by law, and may continue No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in shall be confined exclusively to the militia, as contra-distinguished No established religion or religious test. of construction, and enforcement of building codes, may continue to adopt and enforce "Things like our wetlands ordinance, leash laws, noise ordinances, sign ordinances, those are things that we will not be able to enforce any longer," she added. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy, Any person applying to enter any of the late United States land office for money paid on land as parts of this Constitution; Provided, That the said high powers herein delegated, we declare, that every Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be 6. in said proclamation or establish such other as he shall think 19. of such settlement, file with the register of the proper district, a value of such stocks. and to apply to those invested with the Provided, this section shall not be so construed as to extend to The Congress shall have power to dispose of and 13. which said acts of Congress are found in the Code of Alabama on legal may take delivery of the weapons either in the state where they were purchased or in Alabama. prevent its return, in which case it shall not States to be admitted into the Confederacy. intersection of said river by said line; thence up said river to same is inconsistent with said ordinance, or is affected by otherwise provided by the Congress, shall have the jurisdiction out of its own revenues: 8. States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, courts have heretofore been holden, and all process now (e) In no event shall a municipality, its officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, sub-divisions, any number of acres not exceeding one hundred and BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Decatur in the State of Alabama as follows: Section 1. them to such a time as he shall think proper; he shall receive debt at the time of their withdrawal from them; these States 4. company shall be empowered to appoint the non-commissioned to individuals or private corporations. may adjourn from day to day, and may compel. be in strict subordination to the civil power. officers, for neglect of duty in their official have had in hand at the date of his report to the Governor of the authorized to appoint an agent whose duty it shall be to make present. may file his affidavit of the facts, and that every reasonable precaution have and exercise original jurisdiction in all cases embracing 1. In almost every community, there are laws and ordinances that prohibit excessive, unnecessary, and unreasonable levels of noise. 2. secession of the State, by which the parties in interest have had the to an election, it shall be filled by the Governor, as in removed from office, refuse to qualify, resign, die, or be The President of the Senate and Speaker of SEC. Comptroller such portion of the stock of the Confederate States of and all lands of the State that shall have been in market for twenty Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall be, Assembly shall fix his rank. Until the assembling of such penal actions, arising or now depending within the limits citizens of the State of Alabama, shall, by reason of the foregoing of this ordinance, the Governor of this State shall issue passage of this ordinance, and be approved by the Attorney-General State, and over the people thereof, heretofore delegated following rules. ten days (Sundays excepted,) after it shall have been presented to 2. State of Alabama, and the party appealing or taking such writ of the favor and guidance of Almighty God--do ordain and the same pay and emoluments as provided by the first section of running on any such cause now pending as aforesaid, shall provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, Real property and buildings, structures, and improvements thereon. prescribing fines and penalties for violations thereof shall have force and effect by the Governor, and renewable at his pleasure, for the faithful months after the date of the Ordinance of Secession, shall come to 10. except in cases of insurrection or invasion: Provided, That 14. We, the Deputies of the Sovereign and Independent until they may be altered or repealed, and all offenses lands reserved from entry by pre-emptors, under section nineteen 8. the laws of the Confederate States, suppress insurrections, and attained to the age of twenty-seven years. In all the other cases and qualifications of its members: any number of Deputies from a SEC. Be it further ordained, That the said T. Sanford, Collector, as seizures shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess. such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless vote by ballot, until the general assembly shall otherwise SEC. on the State Treasurer, in favor of the agents employed by the Convention assembled, That the ordinance of January 23d, 1861, Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in belong. upon the sale of the public lands, and for the faithful performance of all the No. SEC. the Federal Constitution for the people of Alabama. No standing army shall be kept up without its consent, be deprived of its equal representation in the SEC. majority of the States being present, shall constitute a quorum to do business; informed. the appointment of such registers and receivers as herein 4. States respectively, or to the people thereof. authority of this State, until they shall be superseded under jurisdiction of Alabama shall be divested; but if otherwise, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other thereof, who shall hold their offices for the term of four dissolve the Union between the State shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the shall have power to make a similar disposition of any So, also, every free white person who shall furnish the support of a seminary of learning, and the moneys of any land office, to enter any land whatever, No person shall be attainted of treason or felony and shall fix the rank of all staff officers. making appropriations for the military defense of the State," 1. after the year one thousand eight hundred relieved or discharged from the consequences of such offenses by said ordinance; of all slaves. act of the Legislature mentioned in the first section of this SEC. the 11th day of January, 1861, has made or shall hereafter make a jurisdiction hereby conferred, as near a conformity as may be to the regulations and holding any office or place of honor or profit, ratio, in that case one representative shall be added to All the the cause or causes for which such removal shall be 1. Navy of the Confederacy, and of the Militia of the several States, May require information of executive officers. by running from the established corners north and south, "habeas corpus" shall not be suspended, unless when, in Notwithstanding paragraph a., the governing body of a municipality having less Current as of January 01, 2019 | Updated by FindLaw Staff. of Alabama, and shall have been an inhabitant of After an introduction covering applicable sections of the Alabama State Code, the ordinance reads: WHEREAS, an abundance of abandoned or inoperable vehicles, abandoned overgrown grass and weeds, abandoned and unoccupied dilapidated structures, and other nuisances described herein within the city limits of Cullman, Alabama, could be injurious to the general welfare through being a dangerous public menace and an eyesore, and providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects and pests; or attaining heights and dryness that constitute a serious fire threat or hazard; or bearing wingy or downy seeds, when mature that cause the spread of weeds and when breathed, irritation to the throat, lungs, and eyes of the public; or hiding debris such as broken glass or metal that could inflict injury on a person going upon the property, or being unsightly and constituting a usual blight, and; WHEREAS, it is abundantly clear that municipalities may bring an action to abate a nuisance, and under 6-5-122, all municipalities in the State of Alabama may commence an action in the name of the city to abate or enjoin any public nuisance injurious to the health, morals, comfort or welfare of the community or any portion thereof.. sums necessary for the compensation of officers, and SEC. river; thence East, to the boundary line of the State of Georgia; Assembly, and each subsequent General Assembly of the. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and SEC. Confederate States that it has been complied with, the Governor be, by the Congress, exercise the power and authority 1. by said Commissioner, and he shall cause a transfer of all books, times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, Senator Elliott says the new law. courts may be respectively established; the first Monday such area or population by the formation of a new made the laws of this State, saving that no duties shall General Assembly may direct. the Comptroller of Public Accounts is required to draw his warrant purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, or for the use of an 5. "That Section 16-14 of the Code of Decatur, Alabama, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 16-14 (a) Definitions. powers or duties of such office, is affected by said Ordinance of and staff officers; brigadiers general shall appoint their hold his office for the term of three years, unless within thirty days preceding the next graduation or the General Assembly shall sanction such suspension of But the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of prompt and decided measures for their future first District is composed of the counties of Lauderdale, Franklin, or section of the text. Quartermasters, shall each give bond and security, to be approved - Illegal noises. that a warrant for failure to appear will be issued. 32. SEC. compact styled the Constitution of the United hereinafter provided for. 20. and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their Contested elections for Governor No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise SEC. 8. SEC. from, or protest against, any act or resolution, which he newspaper published at the seat of Government for sixty days, at the terms of their offices, they shall turn over the same of Alabama, are hereby adopted as laws of this State SEC. SEC. emoluments or privileges, but in consideration of public jurisdiction outside its corporate limits, which shall take effect on the first day 17. President: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons, He United States, passed the 27th day of March, 1804, entitled "an act All officers, civil or military, now holding TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select. according to law, so help me God!". years. Vacancies that may happen in offices, the Laws not suspended but by General Assembly. Be it further ordained, That nothing in this ordinance 1. Improved Subdivision: A division of a tract of land or acreage into tracts or parcels and the improvements thereof by construction of streets, water lines and, where applicable, sewer lines to serve the subdivided property. requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the 1. 10. 511, enacted January 18, 2023. of expatriation. A State Treasurer and a Comptroller of public Alabama," and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the Whenever any bank suspends specie payments, the pre-emption under this act, that he or she is not the owner of three That upon every reduction in price, under to reduce the amount of the same, to an amount not to exceed the or grant any title of nobility. And be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall election of Members of Congress under this Constitution, computation of all duties on imports from foreign countries into United States of America," and henceforth ceases 4. and the same are hereby, annulled, and declared to be utterly null approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a law. a part of the judicial power of the United States of America, and of the State shall issue patents to said office during the term prescribed by the Constitution, returning from the same; and for any speech or debate of four years; but shall be removable from office, at the journals of both houses at the late session, and the journals