Section 11-44-83 Mayor-president of board of commissioners. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-44-83

Mayor-president of board of commissioners.

Immediately upon said commissioners taking office they, by a majority vote, shall elect one of their number as mayor, and he shall be president of the board of commissioners of said city or town; and, in addition to the other duties and powers given him by the provisions of this article, he shall be invested with all of the powers, jurisdiction, and functions and be charged with all the duties which may be conferred or imposed upon him by said board of commissioners, except that he shall not have the power to veto any ordinance. The mayor-president of the board of commissioners may hold that office for one year, but he may not be elected to succeed himself.

(Acts 1939, No. 289, p. 441; Code 1940, T. 37, §95; Acts 1945, No. 295, p. 490, §2.)