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2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 7 - Trusts for Parks and Libraries in Villages and Towns
141 - Trustees a Corporation.

Universal Citation: NY Gen Mun L § 141 (2019)
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§  141.  Trustees  a  corporation. Whenever any grant, gift, devise or
  bequest shall have been made, under the provisions of this article, such
  trustees shall thereupon become and be a body politic and corporate with
  the name which shall have been specified by  the  donor  in  making  the
  donation,  and with the number of trustees, within the foregoing limits,
  named by the donor; and such corporation shall have full power  to  take
  and  hold  all  property  which  shall  have  been  and also which shall
  thereafter be granted, given, devised or bequeathed to it  as  aforesaid
  for  said uses and purposes, and shall possess the powers and be subject
  to the provisions and restrictions contained in general corporation law.
  If no name shall have been specified by the donor as aforesaid, the name
  of the corporation shall be such  as  the  said  trustees  shall  adopt,
  certify and file in the county clerk's office of the county in which the
  interested city, village or town is located.

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