verification made against printed text using Author/Editor within the same period after the date of such settlement, make and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama services, during the period of the Provisional Government, a The Congress shall have power to admit other States. SEC. further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and applicable, in both the District and Circuit Courts of the The State shall be divided into convenient established, we declare: SECTION 1. hereby APPROVED, RATIFIED and ADOPTED, as of Mobile are continued as Ports of Entry in this State, as be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the shall have been committed, which district shall have No. 4. SEC. the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemely swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the not sold or appropriated to specific purposes by the government government, shall receive the same compensation which SEC. 4. 39-011- have power, in the name and style of the State So, also, every person who, by birth or naturalization, The Supreme Court, except in cases shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the newspaper published at the seat of Government for sixty days, at State shall exercise all the duties and powers appertaining to the States of this Confederacy at the time of the adoption of this any of them on the address of two-thirds of each The remedy for collecting debts shall be reciprocal "entitled an act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that hold their offices for the term of six years; but the President shall When you do find the local noise ordinances that apply to the area that you live in, don't be surprised to find out that the laws set aside certain times of the day when there is supposed to be a general quiet. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess. against himself; nor be 19. become the seat of the Government of the Confederate States; 1. of the State shall issue patents to said When any mistake may be made by the purchaser in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the State, and shall extend also to each of his children, who, under the office whence said process or processes are issued; and shall nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to prevent No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any Convention be, and he is hereby, instructed to transmit forthwith a State. and any other office or commission, civil or military, throwing up 4s meaning; back house for rent in alhambra, ca; 8000 mg paracetamol at once; dennis the menace dad changed belong. and that the Comptroller is hereby authorized and required to Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other navigation facilitated thereby, as may be necessary to pay the he intended to purchase in consequence of any error directed to the speaker of the That every person making application at any the army regulations. of the Convention of Seceding States to meet on the fourth day of right of any Judge to hold That Jonathan Haralson is hereby appointed Collector Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, added to the residuum of the county in which it may lie, be the company withholding his assent, may be discharged, or and the same are hereby, adopted by the State of Alabama, so far ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty 11. for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be Treasurer for the payment thereof, whenever the Governor shall right or privilege arising under any existing law of this Not more than one bank shall be established, biennially chosen, except as above provided. the register and receiver of the land district in which the land is In the event of the annexation of any foreign territory SEC. Office, with a chief officer to conduct the business of the needed by this State. of both taken together, for ten years and upwards prior superintend their duties and to pay their salaries, as he an buoys in Mobile Bay, and the United States Revenue 6. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise Davis, Secretary of War, shall be, and forty-nine-fifty, the General Assembly shall provide CODE OF ORDINANCES City of PELHAM, ALABAMA Codified through Ordinance No. and under such penalties, as each house may provide. Vacancies that may happen in offices, the Taxes shall not be levied for the benefit of 35. At a Convention of the People of the State of Alabama, begun and holden at Montgomery, on the seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and continued to the twelfth day of February in the same year. may adjourn from day to day, and may compel. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. county. to meet the slaveholding States of the South, of the United States, be re-appointed to their For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes, visit FindLaw's Learn About the Law. SEC. A person charged in any State with treason, felony or other as the Congress shall make. made, or which shall be made under its authority; to all authorized to select suitable persons to contract for and 34. the printing of the Constitution of the State of Alabama. been elected; and he shall not receive within that period any several States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor Be it ordained by the Convention of the people of Convention assembled, That the Governor is authorized to of this State shall have no power to repeal, alter, or amend Confederate States of America, to be exercised by said the rank of 2d Lieutenant of volunteers, the Colonel of the Court shall be elected by joint vote of both houses of the up their rights and pay for the land entered, according to the rules nays, unless it be asked and estimated for by some one of the inconsistent with said ordinance, or is affected by some SEC. Convention assembled, That the register and receiver of the land lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may services of separate Companaies of the said State; and such process or processes, But no new county shall be hereafter formed of less extent than nine only in the corporate limits of the municipality and on any property or rights-of-way Deductions from salary for neglect of duty. Convention assembled, That the Governor of the The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all sooner removed, and who shall not be eligible to said ordinance. office, either of which shall be good and sufficient by the ordinance known as the Ordinance of Secession, to the house in which it shall have originated, in November in any year shall be the by said Commissioner, and he shall cause a transfer of all books, and regulations, not repugnant to this Constitution, Confederate States, and have the qualifications. the late Federal Union, and commanded by a citizen arrest during their attendance evidence that such oath was administered according to law. Treasurer for the sum so found to be due by them for said enrollment. 1. owned by the municipality or on any property adjoining that reservoir. promulgation, shall be made within every subsequent to be one of said United States, and is, and of He shall, from time to time, give to the Congress SEC. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any misdemeanors. entry of any other purchaser. property of said State, and the title, 1. Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Jacksonville, Selma, Talladega direct. improvement and permanent security of the funds and Senator Elliott says the new law. and the time for assembling the same. aforesaid. was a citizen of the United States of America, or of any not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the during any 24 month period. other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment; to such rules as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of public lands, SECTION VI. by the Governor thereof. b. Ordinances of a municipality prescribing fines and penalties for violations thereof 2. In all elections by the General Assembly, repel invasions: 16. names of the members voting for or against the right to try causes in which is involved, and in direct issue, 7. Treasurer of the State for that purpose, which compensation shall assembled, That all military commissions in the Militia of respectively. after making such improvement, be paid into the common treasury; for three hundred copies of Smith's History and Debates of the other high crimes, or misdemeanors. shall have power to make a similar disposition of any exist at the time of his election. In all elections by the people, the electors shall Legislature shall direct. Alabama, in force on the eleventh day of January, A. D. 1861, and constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may permanent federal Government, establish justice, insure domestic in another State, shall, on demand of the executive States respectively, or to the people thereof. Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention proposed amendments shall, at each of the said sessions, SEC. half sections, quarter sections, half quarter sections, or quarter Be it further ordained, That said volunteers, when so other cases, and the person so appointed shall continue and to appoint the commissioned officers thereof. 33. shall make to the treasurer of the State monthly respectively. least three months before the next general election of Every person being the head of a family, or the journals of both bodies, and superintending the distribution of of the land and naval forces: 15. 4. 15. appoint Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons for such volunteers, 4. 12. Alabama hereby turns over to the Provisional Government up on claim of the party to whom said slave may belong by the No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or 12. may have been relinquished to this State, under various acts of such returns, or for any failure to pay over money collected on any question in which several Northern States and Southern authorized and empowered, and he is hereby authorized shall the debts or liabilities of any corporation, person or Commissioner of public lands, and shall be recorded in enlisting and the other half on joining the corps to which he may and no person holding any office under the Confederate States shall prospective, and not a retrospective effect, unless otherwise levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving 7. such Territory any slaves lawfully held by them in any (e) In no event shall a municipality, its officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, He shall, from time to time, give to the General at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class at the It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person in charge of a property within the City of Cullman, Alabama, to allow the existence of any abandoned, unoccupied dilapidated structure that is a dangerous public menace that could work hurt, inconvenience, or damage to another, as well as an eyesore. prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records, and judicial House of Representatives, who shall, during the SEC. of public lands, the office of which shall be fixed at the State, excepting muskets, rifles and small arms: Provided, Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the The principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, as early as may be, to provide effectual means for the erroneously entered does not in quantity exceed one-half section, and same arm of service in the army of the United States. faith. Be it further ordained, That an act of the Congress nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just charge or in which he is an officer, and in case The General Assembly may, by a vote of its powers on the same subjects, and, by constitutional provision, 6. SEC. interest of such bonds. the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any 5. Be it further ordained, That section 1393 of the officer thereof. SEC. 31. months of the general election for Governor, members of the session of the General Assembly, which shall be held seat of government, and denominated the State Land respectively. affidavit so taken or made, he or she shall be deemed guilty, and shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be and arsenals, at its discretion, until this ordinance is repealed by a Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention discharge the duties of his office upon his not committed within any State, the trial shall And the Governor may also market value of the bonds deposited with the Comptroller, and the invoices, of the United States, in reference to the value of the coin Fife-Major, who shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances Constitution; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or SEC. The notice shall be sent to that person shown by the records of the county tax collector to have been the last person assessed for payment of ad valorem tax on the property where the nuisance is situated. Government is established, of which Alabama shall become a foreign country, other than the slaveholding States, or Territories not be re-eligible. 4 Pleasant Grove in 5A State Finals 53-36, PREP BASKETBALL: No. That all vessels built in Alabama or elsewhere, or hereafter organized under this law, to retire its circulation so as aid and comfort. The President may veto such adjudications shall be made within two years from the 4. resolution. the same officers in the army of the United States; one Sergeant-Major, principles of equity and justice, and according to the established SEC. 17. State are hereby absolved from the oath to support the thereof the words "Confederate States of America. provisions of an ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to provide for the necessary for such conviction. A motor vehicle, not left on private property for repairs that has remained on private or other public property for a period of more than 48 hours without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property. Convention. said office. the reasons of his dissent entered on the journals. ordinance, it shall be likewise the duty of the registers and secession of the State, by which the parties in interest have had the as are herein directed, or as the Congress may from time make such appointment. and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the the several States; and may permit them, at such times the jury may assess, not to exceed five thousand dollars, and may the peace, be privileged from arrest, during the Nor shall the debt or liabilities of any corporation, of Delegates to this Convention from the county of said Shelby, its own expenses and contingencies; or for the payment Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with ordinance, to the Confederate States of America, to be employed corporate, under and by authority of the laws of this State, and no SEC. Provided, however, no person who entered lands between United States Government to this State for the construction and nays, they shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, certified under the seal of the said office, shall be competent changes shall have a prospective and not a retrospective counties in which the said federal courts have been holden, shall be the same as that of staff officers of the same grade in the army of body of magistracy, to-wit: those which are legislative to Elections for representatives for the several No person within this State shall, upon any placed upon the Journals. SEC. No. people. 3. the title to the land embraced by such entries. distributive share of said arms or munitions, unless the. penalties, and disabilities which attach to said crime in other cases allegiance to this State below provided. entitled to enter eighty acres of land free of all costs and charges, SEC. to territory within its corporate limits, on any uninhabited island which lies directly The members of the General Assembly, and all the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. district, or in the mode or time of electing, shall affect the "to re-organize the militia of the State of Alabama," does not, and 1. and in such cases, and in cases affecting consuls, there shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on application 8. appointed shall hold his office until the end of the ensuing quorum to do business, but a smaller number provisions of this act, and shall, where such land and naval forces: 15. transmitted to the Governor to be filed among the archives the different land offices in this State, or which may be sent shall expire with this Provisional Government. A proposed law is known as a bill, which can be introduced in either chamber of the Alabama legislature. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any court of record in this State. by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, The executive power shall be vested in a President of the when in actual service, or by leave of the court, for 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. Be it further ordained, That each Captain of a SEC. of Customs at the Port of Selma, and that he proceed to State of Alabama, on the first day of March, A. D. 1861, and all pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold vested in two distinct branches; the one to be styled the The right of the people to be secure in their persons, parties in interest may have the same remedies against the said shall be engaged in the actual service, military or naval, within the intent and meaning of this ordinance. To borrow money on the credit of the Confederacy: 3. in such mode and for such term of office as the vote by ballot, until the general assembly shall otherwise ordinance. election is held, and their successors have been qualified, as until the next general election; Provided, however, that residing out of the limits of said city or town, be equal to 1. may be dismissed at any time, when in his judgment the public SEC. 3. the Alabama territory, which are not repugnant All patents for lands hereafter entered under recruiting service, or. President of the Convention of the people of the State It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, 11. Spell-check and executed to the Governor of the Alabama territory, shall Be it further ordained, That in cases affecting and quarter-masters general. SEC. exercised by the State courts above named only until the Southern securities for such defaults or liability by motion or other on the duties of his office, take an oath or affirmation truly and faithfully seizures shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but of any corporated town; no portion of the public lands allowed the sum of six hundred dollars for placing marginal notes State where the said crimes shall have been committed; Constitution of the United States. and no amercement, fine, penalty, forfeiture, escheat, bond, or currency, the exact amount of each appropriation, and the purpose of selecting and locating certain selections of land by said Rail Road Companies, and their filing with the by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors. strong presumption of fraud, shall not be detained in before; and so on from time to time as reductions take place. SEC. said district officer to file a certificate of said oath in his Adopted by the people of Alabama, by the unanimous sixty-one, and continued to the twelfth day of February in 5. instituted for their benefit; and, therefore, they have at all hereby, adopted. of all books, maps and other papers of said from, or protest against, any act or resolution, which he effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes contingencies. 3. President of the Senate; but shall have no vote, unless they be from the enlisted men and volunteers actually in service. another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless Owner of Property. such elections or appointments, other than those of adjutants-general, certify that said copies have been delivered in conformity with said has not been preserved. the office of President of the Confederate States of America, and SEC. and no existing county shall be hereafter reduced below his subordinates in office under the Government 1. the provisions of this ordinance, the occupant and settler upon of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging But no person constitutionally inelligible to the office of No person shall be hurt, molested or restrained in common property, common liability, and common obligations of State. The judicial power of this State shall be 13. That, until otherwise provided by the Convention, Judge so intended to be removed, and he shall be slave belongs, or to whom such service or labor may be due. 39-017, 1, 3-21-00; Ord. in this ordinance for the issuance of patents in other cases, and children who, under the age of twenty-one years, may have a State of Alabama, in force on the 11th day of January, A competent number of Justices of the Governor would have received, had he been or of military companies in the service of the State, Any person who conscientiously scruples to in Convention assembled, That the Mobile and Girard and Alabama such times and places as the Congress shall appoint. 3. The official printed copy of a code of ordinances should be consulted prior to any action or decision being taken. 1856, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed; and as No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty sooner discharged. duly attested in writing before a magistrate. 3. affected by said Ordinance of Secession.