Any city or town may by ordinance provide for a census of all persons residing within the corporate limits of such city or town to be taken by the bureau of the census of the United States Department of Commerce, but no such census may be conducted more often than every five years.
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.
Section 11-47-92 - Authorization for Conduct by Federal Bureau of Census; Limitation.
Section 11-47-93 - Use of Federally Conducted Census.
Section 11-47-94 - Effect of Taking and Filing Report of Census.