(A) Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of the library, or for the establishment, maintenance, or endowment of public lectures in connection with the library, upon any subject designated by the donor in the field of literature, science, and the arts (except that lectures in the interest of any political party, politics, or sectarian religion are expressly prohibited), shall have the right to vest the title of the money, personal property, or real estate so donated in the city, to be held and controlled by the city, when accepted, according to the terms of the deed, devise or bequest of such property. As to such property, the city shall be held and considered to be special trustee.
(B) The city shall have power to accept, or in its discretion to decline, donations tendered as provided in this section.
(Prior Code, § 11-213)