Ala. Code § 16-55-1: Governor, State Superintendent of Education and Trustees Constituted Public Body Corporate.

The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed from the senatorial districts of the state enumerated in Section 16-55-2, are constituted a public body corporate under the name of University of South Alabama to carry into effect the purposes expressed in this article and to establish a state institution of higher learning.