Municipal corporations may from time to time adopt ordinances and resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of the state to carry into effect or discharge the powers and duties conferred by the applicable provisions of this title and any other applicable provisions of law and to provide for the safety, preserve the health, promote the prosperity, and improve the morals, order, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of the municipality, and may enforce obedience to such ordinances.
Ala. Code § 11-45-1
Adoption and Enforcement Authorized.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 409 So. 2d 475 - Congo v. State (1981)
Most recently applied in 984 F. Supp. 2d 1209 - KTK Mining of Virginia, LLC v. City of Selma (October 2013)
(Code 1907, §1251; Code 1923, §1992; Code 1940, T. 37, §455; Acts 1971, No. 2279, p. 3670, §1.)
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