Code of Alabama
Article 6 - Historic Blakeley Authority.
Section 41-10-170 - Creation and Purposes.

There is hereby created the Historic Blakeley Authority:
(1) To establish, develop, operate, promote, protect, preserve, and maintain as a state historic park the lands in Baldwin County, Alabama listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Blakeley site along with reconstructed buildings and all other present and future improvements within said sites, including, but not limited to:
a. The specific sites of Old Town Blakeley, Civil War battlegrounds, breastworks, batteries and encampments;
b. Early American military encampments;
c. Sites of Indian villages and encampments;
d. Period French plantations;
e. Early American residences, farms, homes, businesses and commercial sites and buildings;
f. Civilian and military roads and turnpikes; and
g. Significant natural plant and animal life and its habitat and specifically threatened or endangered plant and animal species;
(2) To protect and preserve bays, bayous, streams, marshlands, swamps and shorelines of rivers, bays and streams within the national register site, including bottomlands of all rivers and streams within or along the Blakeley site;
(3) To preserve and protect archaeological sites;
(4) To establish, develop, promote and maintain educational and cultural programs and facilities consistent with the role and influence of Blakeley in Alabama history;
(5) To develop, build, manage, operate, promote and maintain any and all types of public and private facilities consistent with the reconstruction of historic Old Town Blakeley and the development of an historic and recreational park and cultural center.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 41 - State Government.

Chapter 10 - Authorities.

Article 6 - Historic Blakeley Authority.

Section 41-10-170 - Creation and Purposes.

Section 41-10-171 - Composition; Appointment, Terms, Vacancies, Etc.

Section 41-10-172 - Pay, Emoluments, and Expenses of Members of the Authority.

Section 41-10-173 - Charging, Receiving, or Obtaining of Fees, etc., From the Authority by Members, Employees, etc.; Interests Held by Members, Employees, etc., in Land, Materials, or Contracts Sold To, Made With, etc., the Authority.

Section 41-10-174 - Meetings; Quorum; Organization and Procedure of the Authority; Official Seal; Election and Terms of Office of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer; Bonding Requirements for Treasurer.

Section 41-10-175 - Powers and Duties of Authority Generally.

Section 41-10-176 - Power to Take Possession Under Lease, etc., of Property Within the Blakeley National Register Site; Power to Lease, Purchase, etc., Any Property in Order to Fulfill the Purposes of the Authority, Power to Borrow Money, Issue Reven...

Section 41-10-177 - Duty to Facilitate Exhibition of Park and Historic Site to the Public; Admission Charges; Agreements With Other Groups or Organizations Relative to Management of the Park and Historic Site; Authority to Accept Gratuitous Services.

Section 41-10-178 - Appropriation of Public Funds and Construction and Maintenance of Roads and Other Public Facilities, etc., for the Authority by Counties and Municipalities.

Section 41-10-179 - Taxation of Income, Property, Leases, Bonds, etc., of the Authority.

Section 41-10-180 - Participation of Employees of the Authority in Insurance Programs Provided for State Employees; Payment of Contributions for Such Insurance.

Section 41-10-181 - Authority as State Agency; Control Over Blakeley Site, Historic Park, etc.; Promulgation, Alteration, etc., of Rules and Regulations Concerning Preservation, etc., of Blakeley Historic Site; Penalty for Violation of Rules or Regul...

Section 41-10-182 - Reaffirmation of Charter of Town of Blakeley; Recognition as Municipality; Boundaries; Persons Recognized as Citizens for Purposes of Electing Town Officials and Conducting Town Business; Authority as Governing Body of Town of Bla...