All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to restrain and prohibit gaming and the keeping of gambling houses or tables and may by ordinance authorize the police to enter such house or part thereof, seize all gambling implements, and arrest all persons therein whenever any reputable person shall make affidavit that he has good cause to believe and does believe that any house is being kept for the purpose of carrying on gambling therein.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.
Article 4 - General Police Powers.
Section 11-47-110 - Animals Running at Large on Streets; Driving Livestock Through Streets.
Section 11-47-110.1 - Certified Animal Control Officer in Class 5 and Class 8 Municipalities.
Section 11-47-111 - Prohibition of Gaming and Gambling Houses, Etc.
Section 11-47-113 - Prohibition of Houses of Prostitution.
Section 11-47-114 - Regulation of Running, etc., of Trains or Automobiles Within Corporate Limits.
Section 11-47-115 - Regulation of Operation of Street Railroad Company Over Tracks of Another.
Section 11-47-117 - Abatement of Nuisances, etc., Generally; Assessment of Costs of Abatement.
Section 11-47-118 - Maintenance of Civil Actions to Enjoin and Abate Public Nuisances.