The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, the trustees heretofore appointed from the different congressional districts of the state under the provisions of Section 264 of the constitution and such other members as may be from time to time added to the board of trustees and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of "the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama," to carry into effect the purposes and intent of the Congress of the United States in the grant of lands by the act of April 20, 1818, and of the act of March 2, 1819, to this state, to be by it held and administered for the benefit of a seminary of learning.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 47 - University of Alabama.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-47-1 - Body Corporate.
Section 16-47-2 - Corporate Powers Generally.
Section 16-47-3 - Power to Hold and Dispose of Property.
Section 16-47-4 - University Fund.
Section 16-47-5 - Grants and Gifts Preserved.
Section 16-47-6 - Rights, Franchises, Properties and Privileges Retained.
Section 16-47-7 - Books May Be Furnished Law Department.
Section 16-47-8 - Code and Reports Furnished Law Department.
Section 16-47-9 - Additional Copies of the State Publications Furnished Law Department for Exchange.
Section 16-47-10 - Police Officers - Appointed by President; Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 16-47-11 - Police Officers - Extended Jurisdiction.
Section 16-47-12 - School of Mines of Alabama.
Section 16-47-13 - Cooperation of University With Bureau of Mines.
Section 16-47-14 - Testing Laboratory.
Section 16-47-15 - Summer School for Teachers - Establishment.
Section 16-47-16 - Summer School for Teachers - Maintenance.