Alabama § 16-31-1 Established; Amount; Use

Alabama Statutes

§ 16-31-1 — Established; Amount; Use

Alabama § 16-31-1

Title 16Education

Ch. 31American Legion Scholarships

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 16-31-1 (2026).

Text

Whenever the American Legion or the American Legion Auxiliary of the State of Alabama shall donate to the State of Alabama, and actually pay in cash to the Treasurer of said state, a sum of money amounting to $1,250.00, there shall be considered as established a free scholarship of the value of $750.00 per year in board and such fees or other charges as that amount would cover or include over and above board for the benefit of the student receiving the benefit of the same or appointed to such scholarship at any public institutions of higher learning, that such scholarship shall be and is hereby established for each sum of $1,250.00 so donated to the state.

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Whenever the American Legion or the American Legion Auxiliary of the State of Alabama shall donate to the State of Alabama, and actually pay in cash to the Treasurer of said state, a sum of money amounting to $1,250.00, there shall be considered as established a free scholarship of the value of $750.00 per year in board and such fees or other charges as that amount would cover or include over and above board for the benefit of the student receiving the benefit of the same or appointed to such scholarship at any public institutions of higher learning, that such scholarship shall be and is hereby established for each sum of $1,250.00 so donated to the state.

Legislative History

(Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 50, p. 34, §1; Code 1940, T. 52, §620; Acts 1959, No. 635, p. 1548, §1; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-784, p. 167, §1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-843, p. 318, §1.)