Ala. Code § 31-4-9
The governing body of any county and the governing body of any city or incorporated town wherein a unit or units of the Alabama National Guard or Alabama Naval Militia have been, or may hereafter be established, may, either severally or acting jointly with each other or with the Armory Commission, construct, or acquire by purchase, contract, lease, gift, donation, or condemnation, grounds or buildings which shall be suitable for public assemblages, conventions, exhibitions, and entertainments; provided, that such buildings, or the plans and specifications therefor, are first approved by the Armory Commission as suitable for use as armories by the Alabama National Guard or Alabama Naval Militia unit or units upon terms not inconsistent with this chapter.
Ala. Code § 31-4-9 (1975)