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The following schedule or table identifies and gives the title of the various Acts
of the Alabama Legislature commencing with the session of 1882-83, relating to the
City of Selma. It is inclusive, as accurately as could be ascertained from the available
session law books, of the Act dissolving the city previously incorporated in 1875,
the most recent charter, Acts specifically amendatory of the charter, special and
local Acts relating to the city which were not specifically amendatory of the charter,
and population Acts which at the time enacted applied to the City of Selma, probably
to the exclusion of all other cities in the state.
Act
No.
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House or Senate
Bill No.
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Session Law
Page No.
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Approval
Date
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Act Title
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142
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H. 387
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221
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12-11-82
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To vacate and annul the Charter, and dissolve the corporation of the City of Selma,
and to provide for the application of the assets thereof, to the payment of the debts
thereof.
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224
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H. 423
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396
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2-17-83
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To incorporate the inhabitants and territory formerly embraced within the corporate
limits of the municipal corporation (since dissolved) styled "The City of Selma,"
and to establish a local government therefor.
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241
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H. 788
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471
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2-19-83
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To carry into effect any plan or scheme for the compromise, adjustment and settlement
of the existing indebtedness of the late corporation known as the city of Selma, which
may be agreed upon between the creditors of said city of Selma, and the commissioners
of the city of Selma, appointed under and by virtue of an act entitled "An Act to
vacate and annul the charter and dissolve the corporation of the city of Selma, and
to provide for the application of the assets thereof to the payment of the debts thereof,"
approved December 11th, 1882.
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289
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H. 534
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585
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2-23-83
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To exempt the organization of the grand jury of the City Court of Selma, which was
organized at the January term, 1883, from the provisions of an act to regulate the
drawing and empanelling of grand and petit juries in Dallas county, approved December
12th, 1882.
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258
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H. 724
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398
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2-12-85
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To amend the charter of Selma, a municipal corporation in Dallas county in this State.
[To comprise, etc., debts]
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259
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H. 725
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400
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2-12-85
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To repeal an act entitled an act to carry into effect any plan or scheme for the compromise,
adjustment and settlement of the existing indebtedness of the late corporation known
as the City of Selma, which may be agreed upon between the creditors of the said City
of Selma, and the commissioners of the City of Selma, appointed under and by virtue
of an act entitled an act to vacate and annul the charter and dissolve the corporation
of the City of Selma, and to provide for the application of the assets thereof to
the payment of the debts thereof, approved December 11th, 1882, approved February
19th, 1883.
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429
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H. 905
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772
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2-17-85
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To define the police jurisdiction of Selma, a municipal corporation in this State.
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159
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H. 195
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285
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12-11-86
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To amend the charter of Selma, a municipal corporation in Dallas county, in this State.
[To compromise, etc., debts]
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361
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H. 238
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783
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2-10-87
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To authorize the mayor and councilmen of the municipality of Selma to close a certain
street and certain alleys, and to accept certain other alleys in lieu thereof, and
to ratify their action with reference to the same.
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399
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H. 711
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845
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2-21-87
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To exempt the property of the Young Men's Christian Association of Selma from taxes.
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7
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H. 117
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11
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12- 8-88
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To amend an act entitled an act to amend section 499 of the Code of Alabama, approved
February 18, 1887. [Tax assessment, etc., law adoption]
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156
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H. 13
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145
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12- 7-88
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To provide for funding and paying the legal debts of Selma, created prior to December
6, 1875.
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227
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H. 459
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308
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2- 6-89
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To amend section ten (10) of an act entitled an act to incorporate the inhabitants
and territory formerly embraced within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation
(since dissolved) styled the city of Selma, and establish a local government therefor.
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300
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H. 641
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455
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2-19-89
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To amend an act to establish a sinking fund commission for Selma, approved December
12, 1888. [Sic. 12-7-88]
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301
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H. 642
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455
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2-19-89
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To amend an act to provide for funding and paying the legal debts of Selma, created
prior to December 6, 1875, approved December 7, 1888.
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552
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H. 640
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984
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2-28-89
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To amend section eight of an act to incorporate the inhabitants and territory formerly
embraced within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation (since dissolved)
styled the city of Selma, and establish a local government therefor, approved February
17, 1883.
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73
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S. 72
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150
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12-10-90
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To incorporate the City School Board of Selma.
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5
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H. 106
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8
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12- 3-92
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To ratify, approve sales and disposition of real property heretofore made by the city
of Selma to the parties purchasing. [Being part of former Bow Street]
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208
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H. 417
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480
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2-11-93
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To amend [section 9 of] of the Charter of the City of Selma.
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273
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H. 433
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479
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2- 9-95
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To authorize the city council of Selma to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose
of providing and maintaining a system of waterworks in Selma.
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302
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H. 480
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527
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2-11-95
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To authorize the municipality of Selma to force property owners of Selma to connect
all waste pipes, sinks and water closets on their premises with a sewer.
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407
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H. 720
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948
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2-15-97
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To prevent persons in Selma and Demopolis from being convicted twice for the same
offense.
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436
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S. 523
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554
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7-29-07
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To create, etc., Selma Water Works Commission.
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302
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S. 432
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148
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6-26-31
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To abolish the Court of Common Pleas of Selma and provide for disposition of the fund
of said Court known as the "Inferior Court Fund."
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54
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S. 55
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112
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11- 1-50
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To empower the governing body of the City of Selma, Alabama, when authorized by a
vote of the qualified electors of said city, to levy in said city, additional special
privilege or license taxes paralleling, with like provisions in said city, such State
of Alabama taxes as are levied by said State by Section 752 through Section 786, Article
10of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the 1940 Code of Alabama, and amendments thereto, except that only fifty per cent
(50%) of the State levy provided by subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of said Section
753 shall be made and shall be collected by said city; to provide a lien in favor
of the City against the property of taxpayers liable for such taxes and to make the
provisions of the Revenue Laws of the State of Alabama applicable to the enforcement
of such liens; to provide that taxes which may be levied hereunder shall constitute
a debt due said City and to provide methods of collection; to provide for the collection
of such taxes by the Treasurer of said city and for reports to be made by taxpayers
liable for such taxes; to provide that the Treasurer of said city as to the collection
of such taxes shall have the same powers, duties and obligations as are imposed upon
the Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Alabama by Section 752 through Section
786, Article 10
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of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the 1940 Code of Alabama, and amendments thereto; to provide for expenses of clerk
hire and other expenses incurred by said city in collecting, handling and disbursing
such taxes; to provide that the taxes which may be levied hereunder shall be in addition
to all other licenses and taxes which may be levied by said city and a condition precedent
to engaging in any business taxable hereunder, except as may be otherwise provided;
to provide for the time and manner, method and provision for the collection of said
taxes; to provide that such taxes which may be levied hereunder shall be added by
the taxpayer to the sales price and collected from the purchaser on all sales affected
hereby and to provide the method of determining the amounts to be added to sales and
collected from the purchaser and to provide a penalty for failure or refusal to abide
by such requirements; to provide for the allocation and use of the taxes which may
arise hereunder; to provide penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of
this act; and to provide the governing body of said city with authority to call and
hold an election to submit to the qualified electors of said city the question as
to whether or not such taxes shall be levied, the length of time such taxes shall
run and the rate thereof; to provide when this act shall go into effect.
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H. 20
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225
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5-24-55
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To amend Section nine of Act No. 436, S. 523, approved July 29, 1907, the Act which
created and established a commission known as "Selma Water Works Commission," (1907
Local Acts, 544).
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86
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H. 356
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333
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6-28-55
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To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundaries of the City of Selma in Dallas County.
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193
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H. 449
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244
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8-13-57
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To repeal Act No. 25, S. 39, approved September 17, 1932 (Local Acts of Alabama 1932,
Extra Session, p. 7), entitled "An Act To establish an inferior court in Precinct
36 in Dallas County, Alabama, in lieu of all justices of the Peace, and notaries public
with powers of justices of the peace, in said precinct, to be known as "The Court
of Common Pleas of Selma, and to define the jurisdiction and powers of said court,
and the powers, disabilities and duties of the judge thereof; to provide for the execution
of the process of said court, the issuance of certificates of judgment and the operation
thereof; to regulate the procedure in said court, and the appeals therefrom; to provide
for the appointment or election of the judge of said court; to fix the qualifications
and compensation of said judge and the mode of his election; and term of office; to
provide for the payment of the salary of the judge and the expenses of said court;
to abolish the office of justice of peace and notary public with powers of justice
of the peace in said precinct; to provide for the transfer to said court of all causes
pending in the justice of the peace courts in said precinct; to provide that the judge
of said court may practice law; to provide for the payment of
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salaries of the Sheriff and Deputy Solicitor of said County for services rendered
said Court; and to fix the costs and fees, and provide for the disposition of costs,
fees, fines and forfeitures in said Court."
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221
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H. 577
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759
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9-30-59
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To authorize all cities in the State of Alabama having a population exceeding 20,000
and not exceeding 23,000 inhabitants, according to the 1950 or any succeeding regular
decennial Federal Census, or which shall hereafter have such population according
to any such census that may hereafter be taken, to enact ordinances to establish and
maintain a general system of pensions and retirements, including allowances payable
on retirement for age or disability, or benefits on separation from service, for the
benefit of their regular employees whose salaries are paid on a monthly basis, with
necessary classification and terms of admission; and providing that upon the establishment
of any system of pensions and retirements, such employees theretofore or thereafter
appointed shall be eligible, subject to such exceptions, limitations and restrictions
as deemed expedient, to admission to such system; to authorize such ordinances to
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prescribe the manner in which the system may be conducted and its funds collected
and distributed; to authorize such cities enacting such ordinances to establish such
board for the administration of the fund as is deemed expedient, and to permit the
governing body of the city to serve as such board; to require the participating employees
and the city to contribute to the funds of such retirement system and to provide for
the fixing of the rates of contribution; to require the board to have prepared annually
actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system and to permit, on
the basis of such valuation, increase or decrease in the rates of contribution; to
require such pension or retirement system organized under the provisions of this act
to create and maintain reserves, calculated to be adequate to cover the liabilities
on account of benefits payable under the ordinances, except that the provisions of
this act shall not be applicable to any retirement system heretofore established by
local act of the Alabama Legislature, on the basis of an interest rate not in excess
of four per centum per annum, and mortality disability and other experience tables,
or a similar group of employees; to authorize the
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reserves required in respect of service rendered or benefits granted prior to the
date of the organization of such system under the provisions of this act to be accumulated
on a basis calculated to produce a balance between the actuarial present value of
the assets and the liabilities of the system within a period of not exceeding thirty
years from the date of establishment of said system; to authorize the organization
of a retirement system under this act; to provide for the cessation, limitation or
application of any former system of retirement benefits applying to persons eligible
to be included in the newly organized system provided that any funds of such former
system transferred to the newly organized system shall be applied first to the payment
of the benefits on account of which such funds were contributed; to require that the
funds of such retirement system organized under the provisions of this act constitute
a trust fund to be used only for the purpose of providing the benefits of such retirement
system and shall be held independently of the funds in the treasury of the city; to
require that the ordinances provide for trustees, to invest and reinvest the
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funds of the system and the terms and restrictions in the manner of making such investments;
to provide that the property of said system, the portion of wages or salary of an
employee deducted or to be deducted, the right of an employee to a benefit, and all
his rights in the funds of the system shall be exempt from taxation, attachment, execution
or other process to satisfy any debt or liability of any employee of the system and
any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency; to provide that no assignment of any
right in said funds or any benefits under the provisions of said ordinances shall
be valid; to provide the time of taking effect of this act.
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249
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S. 184
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2261
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9-15-61
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Relating to the operation of public schools in Dallas County and in the City of Selma;
to confer on the employing board of education, exclusive and plenary authority to
appoint and fix the conditions and tenure of employment of instructors, principals,
supervisors, and teachers in the public elementary and high schools in Dallas County
and in the City of Selma; repealing as to Dallas County and the City of Selma the
provisions of Chapter 13 of Title 52, Code of Alabama 1940, as amended and supplemented.
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440
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H. 967
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v.1,479
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1961
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Compensation for commissioners of Selma Housing Authority.
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49
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S. 18
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215
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4-16-63
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To alter and rearrange the boundaries and corporate limits of the City of Selma, annexing
certain territory to the city.
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203
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S. 88
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263
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8-28-64
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To amend further Code of Alabama 1940, Title 37, Section 440, in relation to the compensation
of the mayor of any city having a population of not less than 28,000 nor more than
29,000.
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537
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S. 532
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788
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8-20-65
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To extend the boundaries of the City of Selma in Dallas County.
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131
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H. 249
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164
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8-19-66
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To repeal Act No. 436 adopted at the 1907 regular session of the legislature of Alabama,
as amended, relating to the Selma Water Works Commission.
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132
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H. 250
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165
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8-19-66
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Relating to cities having populations of not less than 27,650 nor more than 29,200
according to the most recent federal decennial census; to empower the governing bodies
of such cities to authorize and regulate automobile races on the runways of municipal
airports under their jurisdiction, and to repeal conflicting laws.
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371
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H. 437
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510
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9-12-66
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To extend the boundaries of the City of Selma in Dallas County, Alabama.
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30
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S. 22
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360
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6-27-67
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To amend Act No. 440, H. B. 967, Regular Session 1961, providing compensation for
commissioners of The Selma Housing Authority for performance of certain duties.
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402
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H. 158
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1011
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9- 6-67
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To alter, rearrange and extend the boundary the City of Selma in Dallas County; and
to provide for a referendum election to determine whether this Act will become effective.
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543
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S. 600
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1293
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9- 7-67
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To alter, rearrange and extend the boundary lines and corporate limits of the City
of Selma, Dallas County, so as to annex certain territory to the city.
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