Alabama Statutes

§ 11-42-157 — Division of Consolidated Municipality into Wards; Election of Officers of Consolidated Municipality

Alabama § 11-42-157

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 11Counties and Municipal Corporations

Ch. 42Alteration of Corporate Limits

Art. 5Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities

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Ala. Code § 11-42-157 (2026).

Text

The council of the consolidated municipality shall before the next general municipal election divide the consolidated municipality into a suitable and convenient number of wards, and at the next municipal election thereafter there shall be elected in the consolidated municipality the officers provided by general law for the government of towns and cities.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1866; Code 1940, T. 37, §225.)

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