N.Y. General Municipal Law § 140
Trusts for public parks, playgrounds, libraries and public buildings
New York · New York General Municipal Law · Status: effective · Effective 2014-09-22
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- N.Y. General Municipal Law § 140, Trusts for public parks, playgrounds, libraries and public buildings, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1109922
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§ 140. Trusts for public parks, playgrounds, libraries and public
buildings. It shall be lawful to grant and devise real estate, and to
give and bequeath personal property to trustees and their successors in
trust, for the purpose of creating, continuing and maintaining,
according to the terms, conditions and provisions of such grant, gift,
devise or bequest, one or more public parks, or public playgrounds, or a
public library, or a public building, or for the purpose of aiding and
instructing children, or for any one or more of such purposes, in any
city, village or town of this state. The number of such trustees shall
not be less than three nor more than nine.