Title 11 — Title 11

All deeds, grants, or conveyances made to any officer or person for the use and benefit of the county vest in such county the title as fully as if made to such county by name. History: (Code 1852, §764; Code 1867, §898; Code 1876, §816; Code 1886, §887; Code 1896, §1401; Code 190…

Buildings. The county commission shall erect courthouses, jails, and hospitals and other necessary county buildings, and such county commission shall have authority to levy a special tax for that purpose. Each county within the state shall be required to maintain a jail within th…

Buildings, Bridges, or Roads Authorized; Disposition of Excess Proceeds. The county commission may levy and collect such special taxes as it may deem necessary, not to exceed one fourth of one percent per annum, for the purpose of paying any debt or liability against any county i…

or Undergoing Repair. When the courthouse of any county is damaged or destroyed or is undergoing repair so as to interfere with the sittings of the courts or the occupancy of offices therein, such courts may sit and such offices may be kept at such other place in the city, town, …

The county jail must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners which may be confined therein and must contain at least two apartments, properly ventilated so as to secure the health of those confined therein: One for men and one for women. Hist…

Jail. It is the duty of the county commission, if there is not a sufficient jail in its county, to levy a county tax for the erection thereof and cause proposals to be issued for building or repairing the same within 12 months thereafter. History: (Code 1852, §770; Code 1867, §90…

Necessary. If any county commission fails to levy a tax to erect or repair a county jail when necessary, the persons composing such county commission are severally guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00, but any member thereof may exonerate…

Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the county commission of any county in this state to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges or that may hereafter be cr…

In all cases in which the county commission is directed or empowered to levy a special tax for county purposes, such levy shall be made by the county commission itself upon the assessment last made for state taxes. History: (Code 1876, §824; Code 1886, §895; Code 1896, §1410; Cod…

Any securities issued by any county payable from or secured by a pledge of any part of the tax proceeds of the special tax authorized to be levied under the second proviso of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 208, and Sections 11-14-10, 1…

for Jail - Notice and Designation of Meeting Date. If there is a necessity, and delay until the regular meeting of the county commission may be of injury to the health of the prisoners confined in the county jail, it is the duty of the chairman of the county commission to appoint…

Generally. The county commission shall have control of all property belonging to the county and may, by an order to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property which can be lawfully disposed, and direct the chairman of the county commission to make titles …

for Jail - Appropriation of Funds and Issuance of Warrant to Sheriff. Upon assembling, it is the duty of the county commission to make an appropriation of such an amount as is necessary for the purposes expressed in subdivision (1) of Section 11-12-15 and, for the payment thereof…

The appropriation having been made and the sheriff having received payment thereof, it is his duty, so far as such appropriation will enable him, to keep the jail supplied with wholesome water for drinking and bathing, to keep drinking water accessible at all times to each prison…

The chairman of the county commission and the probate judge are hereby authorized and empowered, once each week, without informing the sheriff or jailer of the time when such visit will be made, to visit and examine the condition of the jail, to make a memorandum in writing of su…

Etc. Counties may acquire by purchase or by condemnation land necessary for drainage ditches and borrow pits, lime and stone quarries, clay and clay pits, sand and sand pits, chert and chert pits, gravel and gravel pits, together with any and all other materials of every characte…

The condemnation proceedings for such land and materials shall be as is now provided by law for condemnation of land for public use. History: (Acts 1923, No. 516, p. 687; Code 1923, §6758; Code 1940, T. 12, §199.)

Municipal Corporations. Any county in the state of Alabama now owning a waterworks plant and distribution system or portion thereof is hereby authorized to transfer or convey such plant and system or portion thereof, without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qu…

The county buildings are to be erected and kept in order and repair at the expense of the county under the direction of the county commission, which is authorized to make all necessary contracts for that purpose. History: (Code 1852, §766; Code 1867, §900; Code 1876, §818; Code 1…

Improvements Which Benefit Property of County. The county commission is hereby authorized, out of any road funds, to pay to the municipality in which the county courthouse is located, the reasonable cost of public improvements constructed by such municipality which benefit the pr…

Around, Etc., County Buildings - Authorized. The county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate county funds not otherwise appropriated or set apart by law toward a partial payment of the cost of public improvements made by a city or town to the sidewalks and…

Around, Etc., County Buildings - Appropriations for Payment of Cost of Improvements - Generally. No appropriation made under the authority of Section 11-14-6 for improvements hereafter constructed shall exceed the cost of such improvement; provided, that where the county commissi…

Around, Etc., County Buildings - Ratification of and Discharge from Liability for Prior Payments. The county treasurer or other person exercising the functions of county treasurer of every county who has heretofore paid county money to any city or town for public improvements aro…

The county commission has charge of the courthouse and the sheriff, at the direction of the county commission, must prevent trespasses, and keep out intruders. History: (Code 1852, §767; Code 1867, §901; Code 1876, §819; Code 1886, §890; Code 1896, §1404; Code 1907, §132; Code 19…