The order may be substantially as follows:
Order for county seat election. The State of Alabama, _____ County. A majority of the qualified electors of this county having petitioned the Governor praying that an election be held in this county on the question of removing the county seat from _____ to _____, in this county; and the Governor having appointed the undersigned as the board of commissioners of county seat election, as provided by law: It is hereby ordered that an election be held at the usual voting places in this county, by the qualified electors thereof, on Tuesday, the _____ day of _____, 2__, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., on the question of such removal, at which election the elector who desires that the county site shall remain at _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: "Against removal"; and the elector who desires that the county seat shall be removed to _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: "For removal to _____. "Done this, the _____ day of _____, 2____. (Signed _____, the board of commissioners of county seat election.)
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 1 - Provisions Applicable to Counties Only.
Chapter 16 - Relocation of County Seats and Erection of New Courthouses.
Section 11-16-1 - Petition of Qualified Electors for Election to Change County Seat.
Section 11-16-2 - Commissioners - Qualifications and Appointment; Notice of Appointment.
Section 11-16-3 - Commissioners - Designation; Chairman.
Section 11-16-4 - Commissioners - Oath.
Section 11-16-5 - Commissioners - Commission.
Section 11-16-6 - Commissioners - Vacancies.
Section 11-16-7 - Commissioners - Removal.
Section 11-16-8 - Order Establishing Date for Election - Issuance.
Section 11-16-9 - Order Establishing Date for Election - Form.
Section 11-16-10 - Notice of Election.
Section 11-16-11 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Appointment.
Section 11-16-12 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Notice of Appointment.
Section 11-16-13 - Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers - Oath.
Section 11-16-14 - Powers and Duties of Returning Officers Generally.
Section 11-16-15 - Compensation of Returning Officers, Inspectors, Etc.
Section 11-16-16 - Attendance at and Opening of Polls by Inspectors, Clerks, and Returning Officers.
Section 11-16-17 - Appointment of Clerks, Inspectors, etc., Upon Failure of Others to Attend.
Section 11-16-18 - Opening of Polls to Be Proclaimed Prior to Receipt of Ballots.
Section 11-16-19 - Form of Ballot.
Section 11-16-20 - Preparation of Poll Lists; Numbering of Ballots.
Section 11-16-22 - Preparation and Disposition of Certified Statements of Votes and Poll Lists.
Section 11-16-23 - Receipt of Returns, Counting of Votes, and Declaration of Election Result.
Section 11-16-24 - Proceedings When Returns Destroyed, Withheld, or Delayed.
Section 11-16-26 - Majority of Commissioners or Inspectors May Act.
Section 11-16-27 - Declaration of New County Seat.
Section 11-16-28 - Acquisition of Lands for New County Seat; Erection of Courthouse and Jail.
Section 11-16-29 - Removal of County Offices, Records, and Prisoners to New Courthouse and Jail.
Section 11-16-30 - Holding of Court of Record.
Section 11-16-33 - Resolution of County Commission for Erection of Courthouse on New Site.
Section 11-16-34 - Ordering of Election for Determination as to Erection of Courthouse on New Site.
Section 11-16-35 - Notice of Election.
Section 11-16-36 - Preparation, Form, and Marking of Ballots.
Section 11-16-38 - Erection of Courthouse on New Site.
Section 11-16-39 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Four Years of Preceding Election.
Section 11-16-40 - Penalties for Failure to Perform Duties Required by Chapter, Etc.