Ala. Code § 16-60-20
The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district composed of Franklin and Marion Counties, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Winston County is a part, the members of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature from Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties, the chairmen of the county commissions of each of these counties, the county superintendent of education of each of these counties, the representative in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from the congressional district containing these counties and 10 members appointed by the Governor from among the mayors and other officers of the incorporated municipalities within these three counties are hereby constituted a board of trustees for a junior college to be established, maintained and operated in one of the above named counties.
Ala. Code § 16-60-20 (1975)