Municipal corporations may act as trustees under any conveyance or will donating or giving property for charitable or eleemosynary purposes.
(Ga. L. 1892, p. 104, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 741; Civil Code 1910, § 888; Code 1933, § 69-502.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 472, 483.
C.J.S.- 63 C.J.S., Municipal Corporations, § 1142.
ALR.
- Power of municipal corporation or other political body to accept and administer trust, 10 A.L.R. 1368.
Liability of township trustees for loss of public funds, 18 A.L.R. 982.