Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-48-2 (2026)
Definitions.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) COUNCIL. The council, mayor and aldermen, or other governing body.
(2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town now or hereafter created, except where clearly restricted.
(Code 1907, §1360; Code 1923, §2175; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753, §§1, 4; Code 1940, T. 37, §§512, 514.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Hammonds v. Town of Priceville, 886 So. 2d 67 (Ala. 2003).
Hammonds v. Town of Priceville, 886 So. 2d 67 (Ala. 2003). “Thus § 11-48-2 is applicable to the Town of Priceville, requiring that the legislative functions of the town be exercised “by the mayor and five aider-men” and that the mayor “may vote as a member of the council on any question coming to a vote” and must vote “in ease of a tie.”
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