Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-84-1

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Each of the several counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama, acting through its county commission, council, or other governing body, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, or bequest such tracts of land suitable for the growth of trees as may be available and as such governing body may deem it wise to so acquire and to administer the same as well as any lands now owned by any such county, city, or town and suitable for the growth of trees as county, city, or town forests.