Section 42-3-2 – Cession of Sites Covered by Navigable Waters.
Section 42-3-2 Cession of sites covered by navigable waters. Whenever the United States desires to acquire title to land belonging to this state, covered by the navigable waters of the United States and within the limits of this state for the site of a lighthouse, beacon or other aid to navigation, and application is made […]
Section 42-3-3 – Reservation of Rights, etc., by State.
Section 42-3-3 Reservation of rights, etc., by state. The jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States over any lands acquired by it within the State of Alabama, with the consent of the state, shall be subject to such reservations, restrictions and conditions as provided in the act or instrument of cession relating to such acquisition […]
Section 42-2-8 – Commissioners for Assessment of Damages and Compensation – Report.
Section 42-2-8 Commissioners for assessment of damages and compensation – Report. The commissioners must, within 10 days from their appointment, report in writing to the court the amount of damages and compensation ascertained and assessed by them, and thereupon the court must order the same to be recorded and must make an order of condemnation […]
Section 42-2-9 – Appeal From Assessment of Damages.
Section 42-2-9 Appeal from assessment of damages. Either party may appeal from the assessment of damages and compensation by the commissioners to the circuit court of the county within 30 days after the making of the order of condemnation, upon the report of the commissioners, by filing in the court rendering the judgment a written […]
Section 42-2-10 – Order of Condemnation Vests Title; Right of Entry on Land Pending Appeal.
Section 42-2-10 Order of condemnation vests title; right of entry on land pending appeal. The order of condemnation, upon the payment of the sum ascertained and assessed by the verdict of the jury, or the deposit thereof in the court for the defendant, shall vest in the United States the title in fee simple to […]
Section 42-2-11 – When Damages to Be Paid; Failure to Pay Damages.
Section 42-2-11 When damages to be paid; failure to pay damages. The applicant may pay the damages and compensation assessed at any time within six months after the assessment thereof or, in case an appeal is taken, within six months after the appeal is determined. If the applicant fails to pay the same within such […]
Section 42-2-12 – Appointment of Commissioner to Execute Conveyance.
Section 42-2-12 Appointment of commissioner to execute conveyance. If the application is granted and the lands condemned, as provided in this chapter, and no appeal is taken therefrom, or, if appeal is taken and the lands described are condemned on appeal, the probate court in which the application is filed shall at once appoint a […]
Section 42-3-1 – Authority of Governor to Cede Jurisdiction.
Section 42-3-1 Authority of Governor to cede jurisdiction. The Governor, upon application made to him in writing on behalf of the United States for that purpose, accompanied by the proper evidence of title in the United States describing the lands, is authorized on the part of the state, by patent to be recorded in the […]
Section 42-1-1 – United States May Acquire Lands.
Section 42-1-1 United States may acquire lands. The United States may acquire and hold lands within the limits of this state as sites for forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings, or either of them, as contemplated and provided by the Constitution of the United States, which purchase may be made by contract with […]
Section 42-1-2 – Consent to Acquisition of Lands Needed for Consolidation and Administration of National Forests.
Section 42-1-2 Consent to acquisition of lands needed for consolidation and administration of national forests. The consent of the State of Alabama is hereby given to the United States to acquire by purchase, condemnation or gift, for forest purposes, such lands, within the exterior national forest boundaries or within the watershed or drainage areas of […]