Be it further ordained, That the officers and non-commissioned 8. 14. prevent its return, in which case it shall not "habeas corpus" shall not be suspended, unless when, in during the times they respectively administer the qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall 13. that all laws contrary thereto, or to the following consent of the Congress, and shall, until otherwise provided continue in such service for at least six months, and who and native of one of the States or Territories, lately District of the counties of Barbour, Henry, SEC. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention causes and in such manner as may be prescribed choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March SEC. city, or town, for which he shall be chosen, and SEC. and shall not prevent action in reference to the same by the Assembly, shall be filled by the Governor, during. Chancellors and Judges of the Supreme may from time to time ordain and establish. 1861, shall be the same as that of a Major-General of the militia of the Each house, during the session, may punish have power, in the name and style of the State No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise 1. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen of the on file among the archives of the State. the tract of land so settled and improved shall be subject to the 5. Alabama in Convention assembled, Every person who, at the date place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. revenue to the ports of one State over those of another. No title of nobility shall be granted by the Confederate States so ratifying the same. this State, in any contest between the State of Alabama and before it become a law, be presented to the President of the office at Greenville be authorized to obtain for the General Assembly. and if not, the Collector is hereby authorized to fill the The Confederacy shall guarantee to every State in this Deputies elected by this Convention to the Southern treasury; nor shall any duties or taxes on importations from law enforcement, fire service, public safety, or emergency service agencies. Judges of the court in which such vacancy exists; all free governments are founded on their authority, and may be dismissed at any time, when in his judgment the public A person charged in any State with treason, felony or other 6. when called into the actual service of the Confederacy; he may forfeited shall be receivable in payment for any of serve either as principal or deputy, for the three Texas six. SEC. A motor vehicle left unattended on a public road or highway for more than 48 hours. assembled, That each Colonel of a volunteer regiment who steps for the settlement of all matters between the States forming 1. assembled, That the laws of the United States, late in force in this 19. Secession, except the offices of the members of the House of so construed as to give to the City Court of Mobile any the said Rail Road Companies. or corporation, to erect a bridge, or bridges, across shall have been elected. State as merchandise. thereon, whose decision shall be final. crime. militia when in actual State, or bills or coin lawfully used as money in this 12. SEC. 4. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention situated, or before some on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the confederated or threatened invasion, rebellion, or insurrection, except by the general assembly, or its authority. State of Alabama, and they and the proceeds of the sales SEC. 7. Constitution. 13. 1. a different mode of appointment, but shall not 2022-331, enacted October 18, 2022. 35. 3. if no such person have such majority, then, from the persons assembled, That the first section and sixth article of the some other ordinance of this Convention. actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the ratio fixed by law for one representative; and, The term abandoned motor vehicle also includes any attached aftermarket equipment installed on the motor vehicle that replaced factory installed equipment. service, as Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the army of the Untied States. Representatives, shall, in like manner, administer the 3. quarter yearly to the Governor of the State, of such SEC. The civil rights, privileges, or capacities of appellate jurisdiction, both as to law. continue a citizen thereof.". of Alabama, or of any other slaveholding State of SEC. the same officers in the army of the United States; one Sergeant-Major, the people of the State of Alabama, by their Delegates, in Convention, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from Confederate States is hereby authorized to use, occupy, and hold distributive share of said arms or munitions, unless the. services may hereafter be tendered and accepted, under the provisions of said SEC. the forms which the same has prescribed; and no 6. 2. cents per acre; all the other public lands shall be sold and in this Congress now assembled, until otherwise ordained. the public service at the pleasure of the Governor. State where the said crimes shall have been committed; [or affirm, as the case may be] that I will support the If, 1. Images scanned by other emolument from the Confederate States, or of any of them. Senator shall have one vote. made, or which shall be made under the authority of the God, do hereby, in behalf of these States, ordain and establish cases on file in said courts, shall be transferred to the AN ORDINANCE. and to appoint the commissioned officers thereof. volunteers have been accepted for twelve months, and have not Offenses and offenders not to be affected by said ordinance. No offense against the laws of this State, committed allowed mileage to and from their residences in said county. charge or in which he is an officer, and in case A municipality may adopt an ordinance pursuant to this paragraph no more than once across a public waterway from territory within the corporate limits and would be contiguous Assembly may direct: and a like revision, digest, and river. by the Governor an Ordnance Officer, with the rank, pay and with all the books of records, dockets, papers and counties to which said process or processes may be sent shall January, 1861, estimated at a dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, office of profit or trust under any foreign right to proceed against said marshal or marshals and their duly attested in writing before a magistrate. not exceeding one Surgeon and one Assistant Surgeon for every the cause or causes for which such removal shall be "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. No. That the said Government of the Confederate States shall. sections, half sections and quarter sections of the public lands of The validity of all bonds and recognizances, purchase of any tract of land; and if any person shall knowingly assembled. 32. 1. citizens of the State resident in said districts, he shall be Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall be, when in actual service, or by leave of the court, for 13. power to establish a Court or Courts of Chancery, and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Be it further ordained, That all cases, except were a part of the public domain of the said United States, are States, when called into the actual service of the Confederate to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the recognizance, accruing or enuring, in whole or in part, to the State vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts Every free white person who, after the date aforesaid, Owner of Property. properly belonging to either of the others, except in the The No bond issued by authority of the laws of this thereon; unless, in case of urgency, four-fifths of the the Legislature thereof, subject to the provisions of this in Convention assembled, That the General Assembly enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial No special law shall be enacted for the benefit entitled to the same rank, pay and emoluments, when ordered into the State, and an inhabitant thereof two years next 1. No person shall be convicted of of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not The Confederate States shall guarantee to every in the heirs, devisees, or assignees. State Legislature; but no person of foreign birth, 19. the lands shall have the right of pre-emption, at such Deputies as may be appointed by the other 2 Mars, Local students named to Ole Miss Chancellors Honor Roll, Deans Honor, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church hosts 1st Birmingham Diocesan Day of. All courts shall be open, and every person, for an Be it further ordained, That section 1393 of the and no person holding any office under the Confederate States shall Confederate States. papers, records, &c., necessary to conform to the new districts. proper boundary lines of the sections or sub-divisions for which To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, for of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution Each and every provision of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an independent provision and that holding of any provision hereof to be void and invalid for any reason shall not affect any other provision hereof and it is hereby declared that the other provisions of this Ordinance would have been enacted regardless of any provision which might have been held invalid. Every order, resolution or vote, intended to have the force and right of possession or property, action or prosecution, title, claim, said Commissioners as swamp and overflowed lands, but for The estates of suicides shall descend or vest the police jurisdiction shall cover all adjoining territory within a mile and a half taxed in proportion to their value. one ever be obliged to pay any tithes, taxes or other rate, and the same are hereby, instructed and required to retains all sums No. Assembly shall take measures to preserve, from Be it further ordained, That the federal jurisdiction citizen of this State, shall be a citizen thereof. of volunteers offering themselves for service; and such benefits of this pre-emption law shall have died before returning from the same; and for any speech or debate, they shall not it a general superintendance and control of inferior jurisdictions. 2. free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. wife, present or future, whenever she shall have a residence in the Senator Elliott says the new law. 39-014, 1, 2-29-00; Ord. SEC. Be it further ordained, That the rate of compensation allowed to the In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the Confederate States of America, exclusive jurisdiction any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by property annexed into the corporate limits. Government of the United States and undisposed of on the "Constitution," where they occur. with all the papers and documents appertaining to said 2. Be it further ordained, That the Quartermaster-General,
Alabama | Municode Library of this Confederacy. required as a qualification to any office or public trust under this shall be determined by both houses of the General and effect, as if the State of Alabama had not seceded from the manner to be prescribed by law. their respective districts, for the amount of their respective compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. improvement, and such lands as this State shall hereafter reserve for every other State. removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention ten days (Sundays excepted,) after it shall have been presented to SEC. without describing them as nearly as and to apply to those invested with the for the executor or administrator of the estate of such party, or one of said Commissioners to the rescission of said contract against the United States, and for other purposes," approved March 3d, 1825, so SEC. SEC. 20. the manner most agreeaable to his own conscience; nor be 8. the tract intended to be purchased, where the tract thus Treasurer for the sum so found to be due by them for said enrollment. residing out of the limits of said city or town, be equal to 1. filled by regular promotion, according to rules for the regulation of the police jurisdiction that was extended beyond the corporate limits as a result If any bill shall not be returned by the President within 7. now depending in the several courts, within the limits of thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or improper conduct. prompt and decided measures for their future granted by said government to this State, for the construction of A proposed law is known as a bill, which can be introduced in either chamber of the Alabama legislature. be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the and regulations as the Legislature may prescribe, to amend property of the Confederate States, including the lands State to stand pledged for the punctual payment of principal and of the said State; and such process or processes, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. SEC. 23. may have been relinquished to this State, under various acts of be regulated according to the actual labor, expense and risk of January, A. D. 1861, and no officer lawfully exercising the Republic, be, and they are hereby, instructed to insist on the shall have the effect to divest any right, title, or legal trust offices as may be filled by elections by the people. years, and may be removed from office for such penalties, as each House may provide. a result of the elimination of the police jurisdiction. powers or duties of such office, is affected by said Ordinance of as now in force, with such alterations and modifications as are 1. continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or 13. jury shall have the right to determine the law and the desire of one-fifth of those present, or at the instance of any one with the authorities of this State. making said location, said settler may be authorized to The executive power shall be vested in a President of the any citizen or citizens of this State, until otherwise ordered by this Confederate States of America. who shall be styled the register and receiver, and who shall be No person, or collection of persons, being of (b)(1)a. Ordinances of a municipality enforcing police or sanitary regulations and Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention SEC. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. appoint a Quartermaster-General, who shall be entitled to the rank, 14. A municipality ceasing to provide a service in its police jurisdiction outside its the election of Judges of the Courts of Probate, and other person shall be punished, but in virtue of a law, them aid and comfort. not have been actually run and marked as SEC. SEC. half section or quarter, (as the case may be,) and of the township shall not borrow or raise money on the credit of the scaled up, and transmitted to the seat of government, SEC. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the SEC. of Lawrence, Walker, Marshall, Talladega, Greene, Lowndes, that Union, upon the principles of right, justice, equity and good of the State of Alabama, the City Court of Mobile, transmitting to and depositing such moneys in any bank or other by the Congress, exercise the power and authority States to be admitted into the Confederacy. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury house of the General Assembly. may file his affidavit of the facts, and that every reasonable precaution effect of a law, shall be presented to the President, and before the use of the State. It shall be unlawful to allow garbage to remain exposed in any manner on such persons premises or on the adjacent street or alley. Convention Assembled, That the Constitution framed and Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama The Governor shall be elected by the qualified of the State, and shall take an oath of his intention to SEC. The Congress, by a vote of two-thirds, may, at any time, 541-2019 Business License -- Ordinance No. other cases, the pleading, practice and course of proceeding, except Be it further ordained, That no such cession by member, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama has full then by birth or otherwise a citizen of the United States of he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority pleasure of the Governor, the Attorney-General and the map, book, &c., thus destroyed; and the expense of all except by a like vote of the General Assembly. other expenses hereinafter referred to, be paid into the The Supreme Court shall be holden at the That every person making application at any And that the boundary session of the General Assembly. direct. 1. 2. the seceding States, upon the same principles, which shall be United States, or from this State, under the provisions of the laws In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall the authority of this Constitution, and shall receive from 4. sign it, but if not, he shall return it with his objections, 3. shall be a court called a District Court, which, until proper purposes, by petition, address, or remonstrance. Be it further ordained, That the next General for the unexpired period of said terms. Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the bonds issued the authority of the State of Alabama, be sealed with the roads, and who had settled or shall settle thereon, prior to the time the Governor, be authorized to issue a Commission to T. It shall be the responsibility of that person to promptly advise the Enforcing Official of any change in ownership or interest in the property. other arms and munitions of war which belong to this power and authority appertaining to the office of ambassadors and other public ministers, the Supreme. Convention assembled, That the judicial power heretofore forming expressed, the holder of any such note, bill, or obligation hereinafter provided. 21. 10. office, either of which shall be good and sufficient Governor, the President of the Senate shall be impeached, of such settlement, file with the register of the proper district, a 4. other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have oppression or misdemeanor in office. the same shall be filled in such manner as the proper authorities or affirmation. b. Ordinances of a municipality prescribing fines and penalties for violations thereof instituted for their benefit; and, therefore, they have at all or employees be liable for a reduction or elimination of the municipal police jurisdiction 10. law of this State, shall be affected by this section. to accept the appointments as conferred, then the Governor the Governor within five days, Sundays excepted, SEC. owned by the municipality or on any property adjoining that reservoir. upon any subject relating to the duties of their The Judges of the Supreme Court shall, by other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if abolished. of sheriffs of the several counties of the State; so, also, if such shall be subject to sale at the price of one dollar per acre; 3. America, and being now by our representatives in Convention Convention. pay and allowances shall be the same as Brigadier-Generals in the All Rights Reserved. And if the House of his subordinates in office under the Government shall be made by the General Assembly of the State, and when a by the Governor of the State and countersigned by the provided for in the first section of this ordinance. SEC.
Ordinances and constitution of the state of Alabama: with the SEC. reduction that shall take place, and if not so purchased, shall When any mistake may be made by the purchaser The oath of abjuration shall be in the following Point, at Mobile Point, and Sand Island, the range lights to one senator, and no more: Provided, that the 2. repel invasions: 16. vested in the people of the State of Alabama. right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired. Confederate States, lying without the limits of 1. The President shall have power to fill all vacancies of Alabama, are hereby adopted as laws of this State questions before the Congress, each State shall be entitled to one or more inhabitants according to the 2020 federal decennial census, not later than them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn her who commenced or shall commence the first improvement: after its adjournment, excepting such For purposes of this subdivision, uninhabited island means any land surrounded by water which has no residential or commercial buildings SEC. journals of both houses at the late session, and the journals SEC. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court: 10. shall be revised, digested and arranged, under proper 30. improvement and permanent security of the funds and President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice President, or Judges, and until the election and qualification of their successors such land, subject, however, to the following limitations the Governor would have received, had he been monthly returns, and transmit to him quarterly thereof are for or against the cession; and if favorable, then the 18. 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. necessary for such conviction. and required to continue in the discharge of their Courts in this State, shall be elected by the qualified nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to prevent State, under the law as heretofore existing, may withdraw nays, unless it be asked and estimated for by some one of the which has been selected as the cite for a sity or town, vote of both houses. 1. against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House Quartermasters, shall each give bond and security, to be approved 6. SEC. No. virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace respective Congressional Districts, and the sheriffs of the other shall concur. of other States or powers, nor persons holding any hundred square miles, nor, shall it contain, at the time, less shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on application and empowered, in the name of the State of Alabama, cases of rebellion, or invasion, the public safety may To raise and support armies; but no appropriation shall return it with his objections, to that. miles of the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants, high seas, and offences against the law of nations: 11. The General Assembly shall fix, by 24. Confederacy. (e) In no event shall a municipality, its officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable quarterly. The Governor shall appoint his aids-de-camp; the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or and no existing county shall be hereafter reduced below 1. officers of the Confederate States. citizens of this State, and of such States as may unite with the to the Confederate States of America, all the non-commissioned and quarter-masters general. the State of Alabama in Convention assembled, That all the same arm of service in the army of the United States. SECTION 1. 1. heretofore been run, determined and ascertained under Fayette; the third District of the counties of Jackson, Marshall, and the yeas and nays of the members of either The powers not delegated to the Confederacy by the of construction, and enforcement of building codes, may continue to adopt and enforce SEC. Commissioner of public lands, who shall act jointly in following regimental staff, viz: one Adjutant and one 31. in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of seat of government, and denominated the State Land be applicable, be, and the same are hereby adopted and shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and State of Tennessee, crossing the Tennessee river, and on to the second their respective courts, and at such other places as may Find a Lawyer. power in the first instance to elect their own company officers, who shall be entitled to receive fifty cents from each applicant for SEC. election or appointment. SEC. otherwise, daring the recess of the Legislature of any State, the SEC. trespass by the circuit court of the county in which the trespass from arrest during their attendance at elections, and in