Ala. Code § 41-12-3

The management of the first White House of the Confederacy as an institution for the cultivation of Confederate history, the preservation of Confederate relics and as a reminder for all time of how pure and great were southern statesmen and southern valor is confided to the organization known as the White House Association, through its duly accredited officers, this association having begun the work of acquiring the building and having carried it to a successful conclusion. Their several acts shall at all times be subject to the approval of the Governor.