Ala. Code § 16-60-50

The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which DeKalb County is a part, the members of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature from Jackson and DeKalb Counties, the chairman of the county commission 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 districts containing these counties and nine members appointed by the Governor from the two counties at large, making the overall representation of the two counties equal on the board, are hereby constituted a board of trustees for a junior college to be established, maintained and operated in one of the above named counties.