Each municipal corporation is authorized to receive any donations or gifts of real or personal property which may be made to it by deed of gift, will, or otherwise, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the instrument giving or donating the property, if the governing body of the municipal corporation approves of such conditions.
History. Ga. L. 1892, p. 104, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 740; Civil Code 1910, § 887; Code 1933, § 69-501.
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For article, “Cities and Towns in Georgia: A Distinction with a Difference?,” see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 385 (1963).
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Chapter 37 - Acquisition and Disposition of Real and Personal Property Generally
§ 36-37-1. Devises, Gifts, and Grants of Property for Parks or Other Public Purposes
§ 36-37-2. Acceptance of Donations or Gifts of Property Generally
§ 36-37-3. Municipal Corporations as Trustees for Donated or Gifted Property Generally
§ 36-37-4. Receipt of Cemetery or Burial Lots in Trust; Annual Returns; Commissions
§ 36-37-5. Municipal Corporation as Trustee of Funds Donated to Cemetery
§ 36-37-6. Disposition of Municipal Property Generally
§ 36-37-9. Disposition of Public Utility Plants or Properties — Ballots for Election