Section 11-44-90 Elections for office of commissioner - Filing and form of statement of candidacy, etc.
Section 11-44-90
Elections for office of commissioner - Filing and form of statement of candidacy, etc.
In every city or town which shall adopt or shall have adopted the provisions of this article, an election shall be held on the second Monday in September of each year in which the term of office of a commissioner shall expire. Any person desiring to become a candidate for commissioner at any election which may be held under the terms of this article may become such candidate by filing in the office of the mayor of said city or town, if at the first election of commissioners under this article, or with the board of commissioners at any subsequent election, a statement of such candidacy, accompanied by affidavit taken and certified by said mayor, a member of said board of commissioners or by a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he desires to become a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 20 days before the day set for such election and shall be substantially in the following form:
"State of Alabama, _____ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the city (or town) of _____ in said state and county and reside at _____ in said city (or town); that I desire to become a candidate for the office of commissioner in said city (or town) for the term ending September 30th, 2__, at the election for said office to be held on the _____ day of _____; that I am duly qualified to hold said office if elected thereto, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at said election. (Signed) _____. Subscribed and sworn to before me by said _____ on this the _____ day of _____, 2__, and filed in this office for record on said day _____ (style of officer)."
(Acts 1915, No. 749, p. 869; Code 1940, T. 37, §100.)