All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to exercise police jurisdiction over all lands purchased or acquired by the city or town for the purpose of being used or occupied as a hospital, quarantine station, poorhouse, pesthouse, workhouse or house of correction, schoolhouse, sanitary or storm water sewers, rights-of-way, cemeteries and parks, and the laws and ordinances of the cities and towns shall apply to and extend over all the lands so used or occupied and the inhabitants thereof.
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 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-47-1 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Twelve-Month Renewable Loans.
Section 11-47-2 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Thirty-Year Loans.
Section 11-47-4 - Authority for Issuance of Bonds After Reorganization.
Section 11-47-5 - Execution of Contracts.
Section 11-47-6 - Contracts to Be Awarded to Lowest Responsible Bidder.
Section 11-47-7 - Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Jails, Morgues, Hospitals, Etc.
Section 11-47-8 - Removal of Prisoners From Municipal Jail to Another Jail.
Section 11-47-9 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Authorized.
Section 11-47-10 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Costs.
Section 11-47-12 - Provision of Building for Storage of Gunpowder, Etc.
Section 11-47-14 - Provision of Wharves and Landings and Improvement of Waterfronts Generally.
Section 11-47-16 - Establishment, Acquisition, Administration, etc., of Public Cultural Facilities.
Section 11-47-17 - Provision of Public Scales, Inspection of Weights and Measures, Etc.
Section 11-47-18 - Provision for Lighting, Sprinkling, and Cleaning of Streets.
Section 11-47-20 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Generally.
Section 11-47-21 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Leasing Thereof.
Section 11-47-22 - Exercise of Police Jurisdiction Over Hospitals, Poorhouses, Cemeteries, Etc.
Section 11-47-23 - Limitation Periods for Presentation of Claims Against Municipalities.
Section 11-47-25 - Acceptance of Credit Card Payments in Class 1 Municipalities.
Section 11-47-26 - Payment of Municipal Employees by Direct Deposit of Wages.