HAND-LIST OF STATUTE LAW. ALABAMA. HISTORICAL. 1540. Alabama visited by Spaniards under Hernando de Soto. 1682. French assumed possession as part of Louisiana. 1763. Ceded to England by France in treaty known as "the Peace of Paris." (Brown's "History of Alabama.") 1763-1817. The four parcels comprising the present State were severally held by: (1) South Carolina, until 1787; (2) Georgia, until 1802; (3) Georgia, until 1798; (4) as parts of Louisiana and Florida, until 1812. Subsequently to the dates last stated (until 1817) all four parcels were included in Mississippi territory. (T. L. Cole, Publications Southern Hist. Ass'n, Vol. I, p. 61.) 1817. Alabama Territory created by Act of Congress (Mar. 3). 1819. Admitted into the Union, Dec. 14 (U. S. Charters and Const's, Part I, p. 27). BIBLIOGRAPHY. Title of legislative body "General Assembly." Session laws called "Acts." Bibliography of Statute Law of Southern States: - Alabama. By Theodore Lee Cole. Vol. I, Southern History Association. Washington, 1897, p. 61. 3d Annual Session, 4th Annual Session, 5th Annual Session, 6th Annual Session, 7th Annual Session, 8th Annual Session, 9th Annual Session, 10th Annual Session, 11th Annual Session, 12th Annual Session, 3th Annual Session, Nov. 1833. Annual Session, Nov. 1821. 120 p. 12mo. 140 p. Bound in 1 vol. 8°. Nov. 1837. Dec. 1838. Dec. 1839. Nov. 1840. Apr. 1841. Nov. 1841. Dec. 1842. Dec. 1843. Dec. 1844. Dec. 1845. Dec. 1847. Nov. 1849. Nov. 1851. Nov. 1853. Nov. 1855. Nov. 1857. Nov. 1859. Jan. 1861. Oct. 1861. Nov. 1861, 12+ (1) + 146 p. 205 p. 12mo. 160 p. 8°. 184 p. 8°. 152 p. 8°. 42 + (1) p. 8°. 136 p. 8°. Bound Oct. 1862. 1 vol. 8°. in 216 p. 8°. 247 p. 8°. Bound in 1 vol. 303+ (1) p. 8°. Bound in 1 vol. 226 p. 8°. Bound in 1 vol. 248 p. 8°. Bound in 1 vol. 218 p. 8°. 631 p. 8°. Penal Code. [Stone & Shepherd.] Adopted Session, 1865-6; with other criminal laws. Bound in 1 vol. 238 p. 8°. [Regular] Session, Nov. 1866-7. 811 p. 8°. -[Extra] Session, July 13, 1868. - [Called] Session, Sept. 16, 1868. Bound in 1 vol. 663 p. 8°. [Regular] Session, Nov. 2, 1868. [Regular] Session, Nov. 1869-70. -[Regular] Session, Nov. 1870-71. 512 p. 8°. xxx + 367 p. 8°. 636 + (1) + (1) p. 8°. [Regular] Session, Nov. 1871-72. [Constitution of 1867 and Acts of the Board of Education.] [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, Special Session, Nov. 1882-83. [Biennial] Session, Nov. 1884-85. Nov. 1898-99. 720 p. 8°. May 1899. 30+ (1) p. 8°. Nov. 1900-01. 279 p. 8°. General. Nov. 1900-01. 2814 p. 8°. General and Local. 1611+ (1) p. 8°. 301 p. 8°. General. [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, [Biennial] Session, Jan. 1903. [Quadrennial] Session, Jan. 1907. [Quadrennial] Session, Jan. 1907. 948 p. 8°. Local. Special Session, July 27, 1909. General. p. xv+1-366. Special Session, July 27, 1909. Local. p. 369-455. [Quadrennial] Session, Jan. 10, 1911. cxxviii +768 p. 8°. General. STATUTES (Compilations, Revisions, Digests, Codes). Digest of Laws; Harry Toulmin. Cahawba, 1823. Laws in force January 1833. By John G. Aikin. 2d ed. Social Law Library contains 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1833. School Laws; revised school law. 39 p. 8°. Laws. 8°. Laws relating to public schools. Montgomery, 1856. Montgomery, 1871. Montgomery, 1874. Board of Education; Acts of the board of education bound with session laws of 1873. Compendium of Law; Atkinson. 1890. Tuscaloosa, 1841. Tuscaloosa, 1843. In Department of Justice, also in New York Bar Association. Revised Code (1867); A. J. Walker. xvi 960 p. 8°. Codes Code (1852); J. J. Ormond, A. P. Bagby and G. Goldthwaite. Headnotes and index by Henry C. Semple. xviii+795 p. 8°. Montgomery, 1852. Penal Code (1865-66); and other criminal laws, with appendix of forms. By G. W. Stone and J. W. Shepherd. 238 p. 8°. Montgomery, 1866. Montgomery, 1867. Code (1876), in which the general and permanent Acts 1876-77 have been incorporated. By W. Keyes, F. M. Wood, J. D. Roque more. xvi + 1320 p. 8°. Montgomery, 1877. (1887); R. C. Brickell, P. Hamilton, and John P. Tillman. Vol. I, Civil, Vol. II, Criminal. Nashville, Tenn., 1887. Report of Code Commissioner (1896); William L. Martin, com Vol. I, Political, Vol. II, Civil, Vol. III, Criminal. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, CONSTITUTIONS, ETC. Note. The constitution at present in force in this state is that of 1901. Statute Law of the Southern States, T. L. Cole, Southern History Association, Vol. I, 1897, p. 73, shows the following: 1819. Journal of convention from July 5 [to Aug. 21, 1819. 40 p. 8°. Huntsville: John Boardman, 1819. Constitution; a copy is contained in United States Charters and Constitutions, Part I, p. 32. 1861. "Smith's Debates" [Binder's title]. History and debates of the convention of people of Alabama, begun Jan. 7, 1861; in which is preserved speeches of secret session and valuable state papers. By William R. Smith. v+464 + xii p. 8°. Montgomery, 1861. |