In order to promote and develop throughout the State of Alabama livestock, agriculture, poultry, the fine arts and the other activities dealt with in this article, there is hereby created the Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exhibit Commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission." The commission shall be composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the State Superintendent of Education, the President of Auburn University and the President of the University of Alabama. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be chairman of the commission.