Upon assembling, it is the duty of the county commission to make an appropriation of such an amount as is necessary for the purposes expressed in subdivision (1) of Section 11-12-15 and, for the payment thereof, to order the issuance of a warrant payable to the sheriff, which must be paid by the county treasurer on the presentment thereof, in preference and priority of all other claims.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Section 11-14-1 - Effect of Deeds, Grants, etc., to Officers, etc., for Use of County.
Section 11-14-2 - Custody of County Property; Conveyances of County Property Generally.
Section 11-14-4 - Erection and Maintenance of County Buildings Generally.
Section 11-14-9 - Custody of Courthouse; Prevention of Trespasses.
Section 11-14-10 - Duty to Erect Courthouses, Jails, Hospitals, and Other County Buildings.
Section 11-14-13 - Construction and Arrangement of County Jail.
Section 11-14-14 - Levy of Tax and Issuance of Proposals for Erection or Repair of County Jail.
Section 11-14-15 - Failure to Levy Tax for Erection or Repair of County Jail When Necessary.
Section 11-14-16 - Special Tax for Courthouse or Jail; Disposition of Surplus.
Section 11-14-17 - Levy of Special Taxes.
Section 11-14-18 - Exemption of Securities From Usury and Interest Statutes.
Section 11-14-21 - Expenditure of Funds by Sheriff.
Section 11-14-22 - Examination of Jail.
Section 11-14-23 - Acquisition of Lands for Drainage Ditches, Lime and Stone Quarries, Etc.