Section 1-1-2 – Tenses; Gender; Singular and Plural; Joint Authority.
Section 1-1-2 Tenses; gender; singular and plural; joint authority. Words used in this Code in the past or present tense include the future, as well as the past and present. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter. The singular includes the plural, and the plural the singular. All words giving a […]
Section 1-2-3 – Official Coat of Arms – Use.
Section 1-2-3 Official coat of arms – Use. The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama shall be placed above the speaker’s stand in each house of the Alabama Legislature, in the office of the Governor of the state, in the Department of Archives and History and any other department or institution, and […]
Section 1-2-19 – State Nut.
Section 1-2-19 State nut. The pecan is designated as official state nut of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1982, No. 82-17, p. 27.)
Section 1-2-35 – State Fruit.
Section 1-2-35 State fruit. The Blackberry, Rubus, R. occidentalis, is hereby designated and named as the official fruit of Alabama. (Act 2004-363, p. 592, §1.)
Section 1-1-3 – “Blind Person” Defined; How Blindness Proved.
Section 1-1-3 “Blind person” defined; how blindness proved. (a) As used in this Code or any statute of this state heretofore or hereafter enacted, unless the context requires a different meaning, the term “blind person” means a natural person who has no vision or whose vision with correcting glasses is so defective as to prevent […]
Section 1-2-4 – Great Seal of the State.
Section 1-2-4 Great Seal of the State. The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two and a quarter inches; near the edge of the circle shall be the word “Alabama,” and opposite this word, at the same distance from the edge, shall be the words, “Great Seal.” In the center of the seal […]
Section 1-2-20 – State Fossil.
Section 1-2-20 State fossil. The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State of Alabama fossil the “Species Basilosaurus Cetoides.” No fossil “Species Basilosaurus Cetoides” shall be removed from the State of Alabama, in whole or in part, except by prior written approval of the Governor. (Acts 1984, No. 84-66, p. 89.)
Section 1-2-36 – State Mammal.
Section 1-2-36 State mammal. The Black Bear, subfamily ursinae, Ursus americanus Pollas, 1780, is hereby designated as the official state mammal of Alabama. (Act 2006-245, p. 443, §1.)
Section 1-1-4 – Computation of Time.
Section 1-1-4 Computation of time. Time within which any act is provided by law to be done must be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. However, if the last day is Sunday, or a legal holiday as defined in Section 1-3-8, or a day on which the office in which the […]
Section 1-2-5 – Flag of the State – Description.
Section 1-2-5 Flag of the state – Description. The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. (Code 1896, §3751; […]