Ala. Code § 34-6-34

Before any person, firm, or corporation shall be authorized to conduct a billiard room in any city or town in the State of Alabama, it shall be necessary, in addition to complying with the foregoing provisions of this article, to make application to the city clerk of such city or town for a license, and the application shall certify that application has been made to and a license granted to such applicant by the probate judge of the county in which such city or town is located.