2006 Alabama Code - Section 11-44-95 — Publication, etc., of monthly statement of receipts and expenses, etc.; examinations of books and accounts.

The board of commissioners shall each month print in pamphlet form a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city or town and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding month and furnish printed copies thereof to the daily newspapers of the city or town and to persons who apply therefor.

At the end of each year the board of commissioners shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city or town to be made by competent accountants and shall publish in pamphlet form the result of such examination in the manner above provided for publication of statements of monthly expenditures. The governor is authorized at any time to have all the books and accounts of such city or town examined by a state examiner of public accounts, the cost of such examination to be paid by such city upon the presentation to the president of the board of commissioners of such city of a duly verified statement of such expense made by such examiner of public accounts, approved by the governor.

(Acts 1911, No. 281, p. 330; Code 1940, T. 37, §109.)