Section 11-44-155 Conduct of election, canvassing of vote and declaration of election result; adoption and certification thereof of provisions as to mayor-council form of government. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-44-155

Conduct of election, canvassing of vote and declaration of election result; adoption and certification thereof of provisions as to mayor-council form of government.

The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the manner now provided by law for other municipal elections, and if the majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of such proposition, then the provisions of the general municipal law with respect to the aldermanic form of government shall become effective October 1 of the general municipal election year next following said election, and the president of the board of commissioners of said city or town shall transmit to the Governor of Alabama, to the Secretary of State and to the judge of probate of the county, each, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted by said city or town.

(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2399; Code 1940, T. 37, §125.)