The council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and keep a journal thereof, which shall be open to the inspection and examination of all citizens and shall have the force and effect of a record, and a copy thereof, certified by the clerk, shall be prima facie evidence in any court or elsewhere.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.
Section 11-43-40 - Composition of City Councils; Voting by President of Council.
Section 11-43-41 - Filling of Vacancies in Office of Aldermen.
Section 11-43-43 - Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 11-43-44 - Organizational Meeting.
Section 11-43-45 - Officers - Election or Appointment.
Section 11-43-46 - Officers - Terms of Service.
Section 11-43-47 - Officers - Powers and Duties.
Section 11-43-48 - Proceedings - Quorum.
Section 11-43-50 - Proceedings - Regular and Special Meetings; Cancelling and Rescheduling Meetings.
Section 11-43-51 - Proceedings - Compulsion of Attendance of Members.
Section 11-43-52 - Proceedings - Rules of Procedure; Journal.
Section 11-43-54 - Aldermen Not to Vote on Certain Matters; Removal.
Section 11-43-55 - Establishment, Organization, etc., of Police Force.
Section 11-43-56 - Management and Control of Finances and Property of Municipality.
Section 11-43-58 - Judging of Qualifications and Election of Mayor, President of Council, Etc.
Section 11-43-63 - Division of Municipality Into Single-Member Districts.
Section 11-43-65 - Filling Vacancies on City Council in Class 6 Municipalities.
Section 11-43-66 - Increases to Compensation for Members of City Council in Class 1 Municipalities.