Ala. Code § 2-9-4
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall use the Agricultural Fund in accordance with the provisions of law for the support and expense of the regulatory, control and administrative work of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and in such manner as said board deems will best effect the purposes of all laws included in this title which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries are authorized or directed to administer or enforce. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall direct the expenditure of said fund, it being the purpose of this section to vest the financial supervision and control over the use of said fund for the work and activities assigned to the Department of Agriculture and Industries in the manner provided by law.
Ala. Code § 2-9-4 (1975)