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Ala. Code § 16-48-4 (2026)

Organization and Conduct.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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The board of trustees has the power to organize the institute by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require; and to remove any such instructors or other officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation, and increase or reduce the same at its discretion, to regulate, alter, or modify the government of the university as it may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else it may deem best for promoting the interest of the university.

(School Code 1927, §524; Code 1940, T. 52, §477.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: Vandenberg v. Aramark Educ. Servs., Inc., 1100557 (Ala. 9-30-2011), 81 So. 3d 326 (Ala. 2011).
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Vandenberg v. Aramark Educ. Servs., Inc., 1100557 (Ala. 9-30-2011), 81 So. 3d 326 (Ala. 2011). “’ Further, from [§ 16-48-4, Ala.Code 1975,] comes the additional power ‘to organize the institute by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require; and to…”
Ex parte B.T. Roberts, in his capacity as a member of the Auburn Univ. Bd. of Trs. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Patti H. Northcutt & Walter M. Northcutt v. B.T. Roberts, in his capacity as a member of the Auburn Univ. Bd. of Trs.) (Lee Circuit Court: CV-22-900114). (Ala. 2025). “' § 16-48-4, Ala. Code 1975." 57 SC-2024-0804 Burton v.”
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