Section 16-11-19 Bond issues. - Alabama Statutes

Section 16-11-19

Bond issues.

If for any reason the current income of the city board of education is inadequate to provide ample, appropriate and suitable grounds, buildings and equipment for all the needed schools of the city, the city board of education, on the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, shall petition the city council or commission to call an election for the issuance of bonds on the credit of the city in an amount sufficient to provide ample, appropriate and suitable grounds, buildings and equipment for all the needed schools of the city, subject to the limitations set out in the constitution of the state, and the city council or commission shall call the election at the time requested in said petition.

(School Code 1927, §209; Code 1940, T. 52, §169.)