(A) Pursuant to the provisions of W. Va. Code 10-1-9, the Board of Library Directors shall be a corporation and, as such, it may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and shall have and use a common seal.
(B) The title to all bequests or donations of cash or other personal property or real estate for the benefit of the public library under the control of the Board of Library Directors shall be vested in that Board to be held in trust and controlled by such Board according to the terms and for the purposes set forth in the deed, gift, devise or bequest; provided, that the person making the bequest or donation of cash or other personal property or real estate for the benefit of such library shall have the right and privilege to vest the title thereto in a trustee, or trustees, of his or her own selection, and to provide for the selection of successor trustees, and to designate the manner in which such fund or property shall be invested and used.
(Prior Code, § 151.03)