Section 16-13-160 Petition for election; calling of election. Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of the county, who are also freeholders, to the county commission in any county within the State of Alabama, the said commission shall order an election to determine whether or not a special tax of one mill […]
Section 16-13-161 Election notice. There shall be made publication of the election in some newspaper within the county, which publication shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued and the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made. (School Code 1927, §254; Code 1940, T. […]
Section 16-13-162 Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of the election shall be appointed and such elections shall be held and the result of said elections shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as is the result of the regular elections for county officers under the […]
Section 16-13-163 Electors. All persons who are at the time of such election qualified electors in the county where such election is held under the laws and Constitution of Alabama then in existence shall be qualified electors to participate therein. (School Code 1927, §256; Code 1940, T. 52, §249.)
Section 16-13-164 Ballot and election supplies. The county commission shall provide a sufficient number of ballots for each voting precinct within said county, and at the top of each ballot shall be printed the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is to be continued and that the purpose is for the support of […]
Section 16-13-165 Levy and assessment of tax. If three fifths of those voting at said election have voted for the proposed taxation, the county commission shall levy said special tax and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county, which shall not exceed $.10 on each $100.00 of […]
Section 16-13-166 Collection of tax. The tax collector shall collect such special tax in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as taxes of the state are collected, shall keep said amount separate and apart from all other funds, shall keep a clear and distinct account thereof and shall turn the same […]
