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2017 Code of Alabama
Title 38 - PUBLIC WELFARE.
Chapter 8 - RELIEF AND SUPPORT OF POOR PERSONS BY COUNTIES.
Section 38-8-1 - Powers of county commission generally.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 38-8-1 (2017)
Section 38-8-1Powers of county commission generally.
The county commission of each county shall have jurisdiction, power and authority necessary and proper for the relief and support of the poor of its county, including the power to acquire and hold property and employ persons necessary therefor, and payment therefor shall be made out of county funds.
(Code 1907, §1599; Code 1923, §2788; Acts 1927, No. 476, p. 521; Code 1940, T. 44, §1.)
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