The Armory Commission of Alabama shall provide adequate armories, buildings, equipment, furniture, target ranges, and other necessary facilities for the proper housing, instruction, training, and administration of all units and headquarters of the National Guard and Naval Militia of Alabama. It shall provide for the State Military Department like facilities needed for the proper protection, care, maintenance, repair, issue, and upkeep of public property of the State of Alabama and of the United States issued to or for the use of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama, and for the proper and efficient administration of the Alabama National Guard or Naval Militia, and shall provide for the maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement of such facilities.
Ala. Code § 31-4-7 (1975)