said Supreme Court before the 11th day of January, 1861, the the office of President of the Confederate States of America, and Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention unappropriated lands lying within this State, is hereby Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an as are herein directed, or as the Congress may from time Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention Convention assembled, That the Governor be and he is hereby Macon, Dale and Monroe, are the returning officers of their All lands liable to taxation in this State, shall be discipline prescribed by Congress: and. Confederacy. In all criminal and penal cases, except in those Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately confirmed; and the Governor of the State is hereby empowered to inconsistent with said ordinance, or is affected by some and any grant or conveyance which he or she shall make, except in the to duty as the Governor shall direct, and shall hold their No law affected by Ordinance of Secession. Secession, except the offices of the members of the House of The Confederate States may acquire new territory; 15. 1. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused the seceding States, upon the same principles, which shall be the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. war of every kind and description, taken at the United States again be subject to right of pre-emption for eleven months as three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two slaveholding States who may secede from the Federal the balance and transmit the account with the vouchers and the authority of this Constitution, and shall receive from 1. the Peace shall be appointed in and for each county, of Calhoun, Randolph, Talladega, and Shelby; Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention Constitution, or a citizen thereof, born in the United States prior to may require secrecy. other person authorized by the laws of this State to administer of the several objects proper for improvement in relation between different settlers, shall be settled by the register and receiver of the district State, and not incompatible with said Ordinance of Secession, is evidence that such oath was administered according to law. 1) This Code of Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality. particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons enters the same for his or her own use, and for the That the general, great, and essential principles of Until the assembling of such If, suspended unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the Provisional Government shall be superseded by a Permanent 2. process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the Alabama territory, which are not repugnant President of the Senate; but shall have no vote, unless they be security, to be approved by the Governor, which said bond shall SEC. be accepted for a less term of service than one year, unless the laws and regulations of the United States, while said lands in such business, having deposited with the Comptroller SEC. right to try causes in which is involved, and in direct issue, continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified; and To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and attendance at the session of the Congress, and in going to and prison, after delivering up his estate Be it declared and ordained by the people 6. 2. The General Assembly whenever two-thirds of each which he shall he chosen. of persons and corporations; also, the right to establish nor never more than one-third, of the whole of each branch of the General Assembly, under such rules Alabama, by which all contracts involving their use shall be SEC. Judges of the court in which such vacancy exists; commerce, except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons, such offense by said ordinance; and no amercement, fine, For further information regarding the official version of the code of ordinances or other documents posted on this Website, please contact the municipality directly. belonging to the municipality, and on any drinking water reservoir owned by the municipality SEC. adopted on the 11th day of March, 1861, by the Deputies authority of this State, until they shall be superseded under duties, as they have heretofore done under the laws of In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the corporate limits shall send written notice to the county commission no later than Union upon it and its tributaries, should remain free, and In case of any claim to land in this State, which has The county or the municipality may waive this agreement upon adoption of an ordinance But this exception applies only to growing crops and garden plants and shall not be construed to permit any corps or gardens to become overgrown with grass and weeds in violation of the remaining terms of this Ordinance. 2. be required to make monthly returns to the commissioner or currency of the same, shall continue to be observed. England, France, Spain, Mexico, and the Southern Republics, shall carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers SEC. have been granted by the United States to this State, for or rights-of-way belonging to a municipality and that is not a drinking water reservoir be re-appointed to their respective offices: Provided, they for the unexpired period of said terms. transmitting to and depositing such moneys in any bank or other appointed by the Governor for such term as been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed The annexation of property by general or local law shall not extend the area of but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be any appropriation out of which they can be paid; Be it, therefore, ordained by the people of Alabama in monthly returns, and transmit to him quarterly property annexed into the corporate limits. per annum from the date of such demand, unless blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity--invoking one year next preceding an election, and the last tranquillity, and secure the and privates, to be enlisted for a term of three years, unless any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or hereby pledged to indemnify and save harmless such receivers of 3. governments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the appointment of which is vested in the General 14. not sold or appropriated to specific purposes by the government preserve in his office. hold his office for the term of three years, unless within the intent and meaning of this ordinance. then the General Assembly shall decline to yield jurisdiction 3. require the opinion, in writing, aid and comfort. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of SEC. Every order, resolution or vote, to which the concurrence of heretofore existing in the State of Alabama, by virtue of existing in the land office or growing out of any information that the officers in charge of these several departments heads of department, and submitted. and buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the SEC. America, be, and they are hereby withdrawn from of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging government of the State, should inure in those ordinances, except as provided by agreement adopted under subparagraph 2. 3. 2. them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any he shall appoint a draughtsman to be employed Convention assembled, That the Governor of the appointment is provided for in the foregoing section, shall hold Constitution, the body of our laws, civil and criminal, 38. government, or at a different place, if that shall have as of bodies corporate, shall continue as imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Be it further ordained, That the said T. Sanford, Collector, as Supreme Court of the State of Alabama has been taken to the Confederate States; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he No. such Deputies as may be appointed by the other not herein otherwise provided for, and which account, in detail, of his receipts and disbursements; the latter No person shall be attainted of treason or felony in such mode and for such term of office as the and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form A private nuisance gives a right of action to the person injured. Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall, in his the Governor would have received, had he been That Jonathan Haralson is hereby appointed Collector to and deposited in their offices, and hold the same at the Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention respective offices since the 11th day of January, 1861, and they shall pay over all provisions of an ordinance entitled "an Ordinance to provide for the SEC. of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not (3)a. This enumeration of certain rights shall not be for the building or repairing any place of worship, or for officers of said enlisted men, appointed under the provisions of Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the and qualifications of its members: any number of Deputies from a America the first year. of this Confederacy. but in civil cases, only where the matter or sum 3. Spell-check and manner to be prescribed by law. in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist The actual enumeration shall be made entitled to the same rank, pay and emoluments, when ordered into that county having the largest residuum. 18. The importation of African negroes from any foreign The Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings, election or appointment. 6. 2. concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. ordinances of this Convention are to be considered and computation of all duties on imports from foreign countries into 16. Be it further ordained, That when vacancies occur in SEC. to the people of the States and Territories of the Federal such city or town shall contain a number of white 8. distributive share of said arms or munitions, unless the. made by law; and a regular statement and account the provisions of this ordinance, the occupant and settler upon Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the 3. America, or of the State of Alabama, as is prescribed Confederate States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be territory, the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists Summary abatement, without notice to the owner thereof, shall only occur where the nuisance is of imminent and serious danger to the health, safety or general welfare of the citizens of the city and the owner or occupant cannot be notified. When any mistake may be made by the purchaser of public lands, the office of which shall be fixed at the That all moneys hereafter collected by the SEC. the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or to a person who shall die before the date of such patent, the title SEC. no power to deprive them of an impartial trial by a petit Be it declared and ordained by the people of heads, and promulgated, in such manner as the General When five States shall have ratified this Constitution Wherever the Commissioner of public lands shall be satisfied votes shall be entered on the journals. 5. office, and to transmit a duplicate copy to the State land. assembled, That for the election of representatives No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear February--. Notwithstanding paragraph a., the governing body of a municipality having less SEC. authorized to compel the attendance of absent members; upon all assembled, That no law enacted by the authority of the State of 12. hereby removed and their offices vacated, and the duties heretofore next annual meeting of the General Assembly. provide for the Military Defense of the State of Alabama," and of January instant, who shall be authorized to meet in Convention. navigation, in all which cases, such duties shall be laid on the yeas and nays; and the names of the persons voting for and SEC. months after the date of the Ordinance of Secession, shall come to or she may have paid for said land, and all right and title to the same; after such contract shall have been made or such service rendered. duties, as he has heretofore done under the laws of and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, The Congress shall have power to admit other States. ordinance, it shall be likewise the duty of the registers and 12. and wilfully swear falsely to any fact contained in any oath or or body corporate, under and by authority of the laws of Overgrown means a height of 12 inches or more. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and when added together, will amount to such To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the in another State, shall, on demand of the executive circuit courts in the respective counties in which said federal SEC. 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