Title 11

In making such determination with reference to the authorized expenditure of public funds of the county in payment of the claims so presented and filed for payment with the county commissioner, such officer shall make such investigation and inquiry, both as to fact and legal suff…

Should such officer draw a warrant upon the county treasurer or county depository in payment of a claim or claims not legally chargeable to or payable from the public funds of the county such officer shall be held jointly liable with the other members of the county commission of …

It is the duty of the county commission to provide proper utilities to all offices in the courthouse as may otherwise be authorized by law. (Code 1886, §907; Code 1896, §1422; Code 1907, §152; Code 1923, §230; Code 1940, T. 12, §120; Acts 1980, No. 80-808, p. 1663.)

The judge of probate, the tax assessor, the tax collector, the sheriff, and the county treasurer or custodian must be allowed reasonable expenses for suitable books, stationery, postage stamps used exclusively for official business, and telephones, to be paid for by the county on…

(a) The following claims are declared to be preferred claims against the county, and they shall be given priority in the order named: (1) Costs of heating the county jail, of supplying it with wholesome water for drinking and bathing, of keeping it in a cleanly condition and free…

The county commission may appropriate from the general or special funds of the county such sums of money as such county commission shall determine from time to time for the following purposes: (1) To reimburse any person, firm, or corporation who in good faith has performed servi…

(a) A county commission shall not be liable for or be a party to a suit challenging the expenditure or use of public funds where a local or general law provides that the public funds are to be expended, awarded, or used at the discretion of a single public official. (b) For suits…

No county shall be liable under the provisions of Section 11-12-1 for any injury, damage, or death which may be caused by the actual handling of such cattle by the owners or agents of such owners in driving such cattle to and from the vat or for injuries, damages, or deaths cause…

No county shall be liable for injuries, damages, or deaths caused during the absence of the regularly qualified inspector commissioned by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1919, No. 732, p. 1082; Code 1923, §6792; Code 1940, T. 12, §113.)

The county commission must audit all claims against the county, and every claim or such part thereof as is allowed must be registered in a book kept for that purpose and the chairman of the county commission must give the claimant a warrant on the treasury for the amount so allow…

No claim against the county shall be passed upon or allowed by the county commission unless it is itemized by the claimant or some person in his behalf having personal knowledge of the facts and all claims passed upon and allowed according to this section must be entered in the o…

When a claim is filed by an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee, it may be verified by the affidavit of such executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee that he believes the claim to be just, due, and unpaid. (Code 1876, §828; Code 1886, §903; Code 1896, §1418; Code 1…

If a claim is rejected or not allowed in full, the claimant may withdraw the same. (Code 1852, §774; Code 1867, §908; Code 1876, §831; Code 1886, §904; Code 1896, §1419; Code 1907, §149; Code 1923, §227; Code 1940, T. 12, §117.)

All claims against counties must be presented for allowance within 12 months after the time they accrue or become payable or the same are barred, unless it be a claim due to a minor or to a lunatic, who may present such claim within 12 months after the removal of such disability.…

Claims against a county in which the records have been destroyed by fire are barred if not registered in the proper office of the county within 12 months. (Code 1876, §833; Code 1886, §906; Code 1896, §1421; Code 1907, §151; Code 1923, §229; Code 1940, T. 12, §119.)

The county commission may, in its discretion, once in every 10 years cause the laws of the county to be codified, with supplements thereto once in every four years, such codification not to embrace any statute embodied in the Code of Alabama, nor any private act relating to perso…

The county commission of any county may have published, at the expense of the county, within 60 days after the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, any or all laws of a local nature, said laws to be published in a newspaper published and at least partly printed in the …

County commissions which desire publication of local acts as provided in this chapter shall procure from the Secretary of State certified copies of any laws affecting their respective counties and procure bids for the publication of said laws, and contract with the lowest respons…

The cost of publication to the county shall in no instance exceed the rate now announced by law for legal publications. (Acts 1915, No. 72, p. 119; Code 1923, §248; Code 1940, T. 12, §173.)

The newspapers selected to publish said laws shall furnish to all county and precinct officers copies of the paper containing such publications; and the judge of probate shall preserve in his record book copies of such publications, which record book shall become a public record …

(a) The county commission shall pay from the county treasury, at the regular legal rate, the cost of the advertising of notice and substance of all local bills which may be introduced in the Legislature by any member of the Legislature from the county, if the notice is signed by …

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. (Code 1852, §764; Code 1867, §898; Code 1876, §816; Code 1886, §887; Code 1896, §1401; Code 1907, §129; …

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 their county.…

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 incurred for the erection, construction, or maintenance of the necessary b…

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, or village where such …

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. (Cod…

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. (Code 1852, §770; Code 1867, §904; Code 1876, §…

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 himself fr…

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. (Code 1876, §824; Code 1886, §895; Code 1896, §1410; Code 1907, §…

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…

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 a day for the meeting of the county commission, of…

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 thereto and…

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, to order the issuance of a warrant payable to the sheriff, which mus…

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…

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 character tha…

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

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 qualified voters of such c…

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. (Code 1852, §766; Code 1867, §900; Code 1876, §818; Code 1886, §889…

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 property of such county; provided, that the conse…

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 streets around or abutting the lot or block …

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 commission of any county shall elect to pay the cost of such improvement in installments, the appropriati…

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 around or abutting any lot or block occupied by buildings belonging to such county is hereby released…

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. (Code 1852, §767; Code 1867, §901; Code 1876, §819; Code 1886, §890; Code 1896, §1404; Code 1907, §132; Code 1923, §211;…

The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, wherever used in this chapter, shall in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise have the following respective meanings: (1) THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this …