19-1301 Sinking funds; gifts; authority to receive; real estate; management. - Nebraska Statutes

19-1301. Sinking funds; gifts; authority to receive; real estate; management.All cities of the first and second class, and all villages, are hereby empowered to receive money or property by donation, bequest, gift, devise or otherwise for the benefit of any one or more of the public purposes for which sinking funds are established by the provisions of sections 19-1301 to 19-1304, as stipulated by the donor. The title to the money or property so donated shall vest in the local governing bodies of said cities or villages, or in their successors in office, who shall become the owners thereof in trust to the uses of said sinking fund or funds; Provided, if the donation be real estate, said local governing bodies may manage the same as in the case of real estate donated to their respective municipalities for municipal library purposes under the provisions of sections 51-215 and 51-216. SourceLaws 1939, c. 12, § 1, p. 80; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1301; R.S.1943, § 19-1301.