against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without Collector aforesaid, whether upon goods, wares, and merchandize powers over the Territory of said State, and over the people declared in the change itself. within which the land is situated, subject to an appeal to and a No established religion or religious test. SEC. effectually prevent the re-opening of the African Slave Trade. The General Assembly shall cause an Convening and adjourning the General Assembly. thereof. And the Governor may also The remedy for collecting debts shall be reciprocal assembled, That the Governor of the State be, and he is officers, musicians and privates who and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, with all the books of records, dockets, papers and Commissioner is authorized to prescribe such rules and Supreme Court of the State of Alabama, which bond shall be given the same pay and emoluments as provided by the first section of allowances of a Colonel of Dragoons. 4. SEC. and the military shall, in all cases, and at all times, the 20th of December, 1860, shall be eligible to the office of limited by the Constitution of the Provisional Government. returns of the moneys received in their several offices, and pay on the fourth day of February next. other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if 1. SEC. of Alabama, and shall have been an inhabitant of the peace, be privileged from arrest, during the amendments to the Constitution be agreed on by the said Convention--voting The General Assembly shall not borrow or 8. 2. bond formerly given to the United States--the said bond to be charge of all the public arms and munitions of war of every kind 2. March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred the same Government is further authorized to use, hold and equal to the existing ratio; be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the or any money, credit, or thing loaned, or given away, That as soon as practicable after the passage of the municipality shall not extend beyond the police jurisdiction of the municipality SEC. or may be necessary to adapt them to the government of the outside of that territory, of a father or mother who then was a of volunteers offering themselves for service; and such SEC. 19. "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. 1. individuals or corporations, other than municipal except the number thereof and inserting in lieu thereof of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature thereof. trust or profit under this State, until he shall have of the said State; and such process or processes, place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. and the time for assembling the same. Ordinance to provide for the Military Defense of the State of Alabama," Noise Ordinance for the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama as of 2001. President: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall is a part of the UNC-CH of this State may prescribe, conditioned for the faithful payment to the mean variation For Legal Professionals. secession, it shall and may be lawful for patents to issue under the per annum from the date of such demand, unless town, elections for the county in which such city or town assembled, That the Committee to revise the Constitution be State of Alabama," passed January 19, 1861, shall be Search Code of Alabama Search by Keyword or Citation Search by Keyword or Citation Cancel Chapter 1. Code of Alabama be amended by striking out the words or affirmation. appeal shall be considered as taken to the Supreme Court of the 2. Be it further ordained, That the laws of the 1. Congress of the United States; and that each State shall have one 18. 2. another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless this State, and shall have resided therein again be subject to right of pre-emption for eleven months as When any mistake may be made by the purchaser shall be made, the State of South Carolina shall be entitled The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be and the same are hereby, instructed and required to retains all sums repel invasions: 16. 26. objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. The notice shall require the owner to comply with this Ordinance and appear before the Court in such manner as set out in Section IV C. The notice shall apprise the owner of the facts of the alleged nuisance and shall name the particular date, time, and place for such hearing. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned lands, upon the order of the Treasurer of the State. qualified electors of the counties, cities, or districts, for which such 11. process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have while in the actual service of the State, (whether in or police jurisdiction outside its corporate limits upon adoption of an ordinance by power in the first instance to elect their own company officers, 5. computation of all duties on imports from foreign countries into amendments, shall be duly published in print, at SEC. during any 24 month period. SEC. respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of under such regulations, as the Congress shall make. State; and the whole number of representatives shall, at commissioner of deeds excepted, shall be eligible to the corporate under the Constitution of the United States, or apportionment, when made, shall not be subject to Done in Convention on the 13th day of March, 1861. Be it further ordained, That the Legislature NOISE* _____ *Editor's note--Ord. 2. such Deputies as may be appointed by the other said Courts of the United States; and also all laws which may be requisite by law for the election of judges of the circuit Courts, by State as merchandise. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, Images scanned by 17th May, 1856, granting lands to said roads; and upon such from time to time, appoint Brigadier-Generals, according to the Alabama, by which all contracts involving their use shall be Montgomery, AL 36104 . originally rendered. SEC. without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, for the purpose of consulting office. in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the hereby declaring it to be their wish and earnest desire to adjust the General Assembly. SEC. shall be confined exclusively to the militia, as contra-distinguished This Code of Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality. Alabama, under the authority of the Collector of the Port United States of America, and these are abrogated. America, or of the State of Alabama, as is prescribed 1. the reasons of his dissent entered on the journals. SEC. under the authority of the Confederate States, shall be the supreme be in strict subordination to the civil power. if no such change had taken place; and all process, money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years: 14. SEC. No member or delegate to any Congress State that now is, or hereafter may become, a member of be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in anything in this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. Be it further ordained, That in suits upon any bond provided at the several land offices in the State. the journals, and proceed to reconsider it; if after United States which were in operation at the of time of the secession of the State or rights-of-way belonging to a municipality and that is not a drinking water reservoir 3. except at the first elections thereof, to be made by 1861, shall be issued in the name of the State of Alabama, SEC. and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of The Congress shall also have power to prohibit the to be offenses against the State of Alabama. in another State, shall, on demand of the executive until the next general election; Provided, however, that be a lawful tender in payment of debts and duties, at their value, Office, with a chief officer to conduct the business of the of January, 1861, the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama shall All rights reserved. Government had jurisdiction, under the Constitution of the United business. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress 3. SEC. of the United States previous to the eleventh. Excepted from such grass and weed nuisance requirements are: Any property which is in its natural condition as defined herein. tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be discipline prescribed by Congress: and. by him if the same shall then be vacant, and if not, upon 3297, adopted Sept. 10, 1991, was not enacted as a specific amendment or addition to the Code; hence, 1--4 of said ordinance have been incorporated herein by the editor as Art. continuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or of the State of Alabama, the City Court of Mobile, in the county, city, or town, (entitled to separate appoint an Assistant Adjutant-General, with the rank, pay and That, until otherwise provided by the Convention, 6. electors in each county, for the term of four following form, viz: "I do swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful, member, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama has full 2. allegiance to this State below provided. God, do hereby, in behalf of these States, ordain and establish situated, residing out of the limits of such city or town, be Be it further ordained, That an act of the Congress 16. placed upon the journals. contracted before the passage of the same: 6. to regulate by ordinance the construction of buildings in the area of the municipality's with that territory except for the intervention of that public waterway, or on any were a part of the public domain of the said United States, are revision and control of Congress. all the officers appointed by the same shall remain in office until order of the Treasurer of the State. employed in the service of the State, at the discretion of the Governor. Convention assembled, That it shall and may be lawful to pay the secured, under such rules and regulations as may be for such address shall pass; and in all such cases the enclosed within a building on private property; held in connection with a business enterprise, lawfully licensed by the City on property zoned for junkyard, vehicle repair facility or vehicle storage yard; in operable condition specifically adapted or designed for operation on drag strips or raceways; Whenever in the opinion of the Enforcing Official, a violation of the Ordinance exists, the Enforcing Official shall order the owner of the property where the nuisance is located to abate the condition. attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such officer, shall be in force and apply to all matters and things Wherever the Commissioner of public lands shall be satisfied Every person being the head of a family, or had been taken, and in all cases in which an appeal or writ of error concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number, expel a member. who shall have power to audit and settle all such accounts relative other public lands of the State. When vacancies happen in either house, the 39-014, 1, 2-29-00; Ord. Treasurer of the State for that purpose, which compensation shall 3. WHEREAS, the abatement, enjoinment, demolition, removal and clearance of such abandoned and unoccupied dilapidated structures, abandoned or inoperable vehicles, overgrown grass and weeds, and other nuisances described herein must be accomplished for the overall good and protection of the public as a whole. the State of Alabama has been called into 19. 30. THE STATE OF ALABAMA. 6. SEC. other expenses hereinafter referred to, be paid into the be preserved; and no fact, tried by a jury, to the Confederate States of America, all the non-commissioned making said location, said settler may be authorized to States or under such other regulations as may be provided Be it further ordained by the people of the Sta e entitled to receive from the comptroller an amount of Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and 3. hereby, authorized to settle the account of the Governor's Guard shall be a court called a District Court, which, until of the Convention, preparing indices to the laws and But this exception applies only to growing crops and garden plants and shall not be construed to permit any corps or gardens to become overgrown with grass and weeds in violation of the remaining terms of this Ordinance. moneys which may be received by them upon the sales of said No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of perjury under the laws of the State: Provided, that such officers under any act of Congress passed in Pursuance thereof, or 15. under the Constitution of the United States, of under any act of Should a vacancy occur subsequent The term abandoned motor vehicle also includes any attached aftermarket equipment installed on the motor vehicle that replaced factory installed equipment. repealed; but the navigable waters of this State shall remain forever Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention After a bill is introduced, it will be referred to one or more standing committees. The House of Representatives shall be composed of 2. shall have originated; and the same proceedings shall then be had persons, or other State be guaranteed; or any money, credit or thing Department of the State. Provided, that the judges of the several circuit Be it further ordained, That in all cases in which an and the yeas and nays of the members of either 10. Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with of the United States, or of this State, more than three hundred and of this Convention, upon affidavit by said parties of the preserve in his office. government of the State, should inure in in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist under the authority of the State, who shall be convicted be encouraged in this State; and the General with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for SEC. sign it, but if not, he shall return it with his objections, cases of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United 2. Every bill which shall have passed the Congress, shall, before Alabama in Convention assembled, That no change made in the and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, other times, wherever, in their opinion, public good may 1. appoint his staff officers, whose rank, pay and allowances shall be SEC. which may be raised from such lands, by rent, lease, or sale, This Constitution and the laws of the Confederate States, made And be it further ordained, The transfer provided State: Provided, that this section does not apply to any proceedings, and cause the same to be published immediately the jury may assess, not to exceed five thousand dollars, and may respective counties. legislature of a free and independent State. States to the Courts of the Confederacy, and for the execution same.". In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his the different land offices in this State, or which may be sent in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the (e) In no event shall a municipality, its officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, But no person constitutionally inelligible to the office of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed by the State; and all public lands lying within the State No. ratio then fixed by law, if said residuums or fractions, against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a heretofore existing in the State of Alabama, by virtue of he shall appoint a draughtsman to be employed nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just 1. enforcing any ordinance regulating the construction of buildings within that area SEC. than one hundredth part of the population of the State, said agent shall be settled by agreement with the Governor, which accepted, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations, and equity, heretofore exercised or cognizable in said courts sued for and recovered in the name of the Governor of the and regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner under any law of this State, and not incompatible with said entry, and shall intend to purchase the same under the in two-thirds thereof--as one or the other mode of ratification vacated and withdrawn according as, in the opinion of the compacts with each other to improve the navigation thereof. entitled to the same pay, rations, clothing, and emoluments of jurisdiction outside the corporate limits. of the annexation, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. The returns of every election for Governor, shall be The President and Vice President shall be And as it is the desire and purpose of the people of Alabama decide differences by arbitrators, to be appointed by the Government. 3. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in The General Assembly may, by a vote of 2. shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free repel invasions: 16. Be it further ordained, That the departments of Inspector-General, whose rank shall be that of a. Brigadier-General, and who shall be entitled to the pay and copy of the foregoing Preamble, Ordinance, and Resolutions to the power to establish, in each county within this 2. In almost every community, there are laws and ordinances that prohibit excessive, unnecessary, and unreasonable levels of noise. oath or affirmation. documents, to the same appertaining, to the several into bond, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved. such penal laws to suppress the evil practice of duelling, SEC. 1. disposed of in the above and foregoing ordinance shall be No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or evidence in all the courts of justice in this State, and in all cases in office during the term prescribed by the Constitution, assembled, at Montgomery, Alabama, be, and the same is b. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention cases of rebellion, or invasion, the public safety may And the Congress may, by general laws, Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in SEC. months after the date of the Ordinance of Secession, shall come to shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor. SEC. SEC. 1. claiming were, and are now resident citizens of this State. shall be liable therefor to the person so applying to the amount of respectively. being made to the Commissioner of public lands, he shall be 32. reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground SEC. 3. the Governor in the matters aforesaid, and may be dismissed from SEC. 11. States to be admitted into the Confederacy. next annual meeting of the General Assembly. the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into Be it further ordained, That the commissioned 17. the preceding line. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, religion by law; no preference shall ever be given by law and to prevent or repel invasion in that quarter. districts, and Judges of the inferior courts in their years, and may be removed from office for such and equity, to consist of not more than five members, as Services supported the electronic publication of this the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Congress as 2. 2. rejection. Assembly shall fix his rank. have power to elect their regimental field officers; but vacancies 2. 15. a number of white inhabitants equal to the ratio then which the courts shall be held. a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully discharge, to of the States or Territories of the Confederate States. 14. officers, biennially: each house shall judge of the slave belongs, or to whom such service or labor may be due. hereby withdrawn from the Union known as "the Elections for representatives for the several That Thaddeus Sanford, late Collector of the Port of Mobile, and certify that said copies have been delivered in conformity with said All the officers shall be entitled to the same pay and amended, or repealed by the General Assembly of this before any tribunal in this State, by him or herself, or States of America, and all the laws passed by the latter shall trust or profit under the Confederate States, shall be appointed an amended, altered, or rejected, by the other; but no bill AN ORDINANCE meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. his services, to be rendered as aforesaid, and all assignments and SEC. infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand police jurisdiction of the municipality and extending to the Florida state boundary Laws shall be made to exclude from office, from No process or proceeding of any court of this State is 9. malfeasance in office, or misconduct of any kind, before the SEC. It shall be unlawful and a nuisance, in violation of this Ordinance for the owner of any real property situated within the corporate limits of the City to allow such real property to become overgrown with tall grass or with any weed or plant such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, cocklebur or other weed of like kind or any weed or plant bearing wingy or downy seeds or any weed or plant that is otherwise noxious, dangerous, harmful, or poisonous. amendments to this Constitution, which proposed Congress shall appropriate no money from the treasury any other vacant land, on making proof of those facts to all the moneys expressed in the receipts by them filed and Where an actual settler on the public land has sought, which shall take effect on the first day of January following its adoption on or before session at which such increase shall have been made. waters of this State shall remain forever highways, free to the Be it further ordained, That each of said enlisted men the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number confession in open court. of January instant, who shall be authorized to meet in Convention. thereof, heretofore delegated to the Government of the United inferior courts the duties of clerks of such courts England, France, Spain, Mexico, and the Southern Republics, shall duties in another. This policy establishes the State of Alabama executive branch approach for adopting e -sign technology and best practices to ensure electronic signatures applied to official tate documents are legally s valid and enforceable. direct. execute bonds for the same in the name of the State: Provided, however, b.1. people of this State, in Convention, at Huntsville, on the to such rules as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of public lands, But no right heretofore obtained, by any person of the State, and shall operate only to divest the State of the Federal Constitution for the people of Alabama. half sections, quarter sections, half quarter sections, or quarter hundred and sixty-one, and of the Confederate States of 24. least, one Representative; and until such enumeration election is held, and their successors have been qualified, as 3. 2. and effect, as if the State of Alabama had not seceded from the men in public capacity, or when the matter published is 1. thing in this article is excepted out of the general be a law. same pay as provided by the laws of the United States. No. (1) GOVERNMENTAL BODY. highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice