Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-55-1

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed from the senatorial districts of the state enumerated in Section 16-55-2, are constituted a public body corporate under the name of University of South Alabama to carry into effect the purposes expressed in this article and to establish a state institution of higher learning.