The title to all bequests or donations of cash or other personal or real estate for the benefit of the library shall be vested in the Board of Directors 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 of his own selection, and to provide for the selection of successor trustees, and to designate the manner in which the fund or property shall be invested and used.
(1970 Code Sec. 23-13)