Ala. Code § 16-13-183
The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before any election to be held under this article, by publication in some newspaper in the county, if any is published therein, and if not, by writing posted at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county of the time of holding, and when any election is to be held for a special tax for school purposes in any rural or city school tax district, written notices shall be posted in three public places within said district 30 days prior to said election. Said publications, both for special county and school tax district elections for school purposes, shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued, the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made and a description of the boundaries of the proposed school tax district.
Ala. Code § 16-13-183 (1975)