Reports of the Attorney General of Alabama: Biennial from 1882/84 thru 1936/38, thereafter sporadic thru 1942, np, state printer, 1884-1942, all
published. (Although there were territorial precedents, it was the statehood Constitution of 1819 that provided for the Office of Attorney General as part
of the judiciary of Alabama. The Constitution of 1868 made the Attorney General an executive officer of the State. While a law of 1868 provided for
periodic reports from the A.G. to the Governor, only in 1884 was the first printed report issued. Reports were biennial through1836/38, but a law of
1935 required quarterly reporting for the opinions. Biennial publication of the reports was combined with these quarterly opinions publications until
1942, when publication of the reports ended. The fact that in many of the states there were differing patterns of publication for the A.G reports and
opinions makes for a confusing literature. To minimize confusion in its online offerings, LLMC has chosen to group all of the U.S. state attorney
generals’ reports and opinions in two separate series for each state. For the Alabama A.G. Opinions, see the separate Opinions series elsewhere on this
site.)
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