17-948 Recreation and conservation; real estate; acquisition by gift or purchase; title. - Nebraska Statutes

17-948. Recreation and conservation; real estate; acquisition by gift or purchase; title.Cities of the second class and villages are empowered and authorized to receive, by gift or devise, and to purchase real estate within or without their corporate limits, for the purpose of parks, public grounds, swimming pools or dams, either for recreational or conservational purposes. Where such real estate is acquired by gift or devise the title shall be vested in the city or village, upon the conditions imposed by the donor and upon the acceptance by the mayor and city council or the board of trustees; and where such real estate is acquired by purchase the title shall vest absolutely in such city or village. SourceLaws 1937, c. 35, § 1, p. 162; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-590; R.S.1943, § 17-948; Laws 1969, c. 86, § 3, p. 432.