Any person or persons desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of the Library may vest title to the donation in the Board of Library Trustees receiving the donation, to be held and controlled by the Trustees, when accepted, according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such donation. The Board of Library Trustees shall be held and considered to be a special trustee of such donated property.
(ILCS Ch. 75, Act 5 § 1-6) (‘69 Code, § 14-12)