§ 35-9-2. Judah Touro fund.
The following act as passed by the general assembly in March, 1879, shall continue
in force:
"Whereas, it has been made to appear to this general assembly that Judah Touro, formerly
of New Orleans, deceased, made in his will the following bequest: 'I give and bequeath
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of paying the salary of a reader or
minister to officiate in the Jewish synagogue of Newport, Rhode Island, and to endow
the ministry of the same, as well as to keep in repair and embellish the Jewish cemetery
in Newport aforesaid, the said amount to be appropriated and
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§ 35-9-2. Judah Touro fund.
The following act as passed by the general assembly in March, 1879, shall continue
in force:
"Whereas, it has been made to appear to this general assembly that Judah Touro, formerly
of New Orleans, deceased, made in his will the following bequest: 'I give and bequeath
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of paying the salary of a reader or
minister to officiate in the Jewish synagogue of Newport, Rhode Island, and to endow
the ministry of the same, as well as to keep in repair and embellish the Jewish cemetery
in Newport aforesaid, the said amount to be appropriated and paid or invested for
that purpose in such manner as my executors may determine concurrently with the corporation
of Newport aforesaid, if necessary; and it is my wish and desire that David J. Gould
and Nathan H. Gould, sons of my esteemed friend, the late Isaac Gould, Esq., of Newport
aforesaid, should continue to oversee the improvements in said cemetery and direct
the same,' and that said city of Newport accepted said bequest and that the said money
was paid by the said executors to the persons authorized by said city to receive it,
and the same, with accumulations, now stands invested in the name or in the hands
of certain trustees of the Judah Touro ministerial fund, appointed by said city. And
whereas it is desired that said city shall be expressly authorized to hold said trust
property and perform the trusts thereof: Therefore,
"It is enacted by the general assembly as follows:
"§ 1. The said city of Newport, by its city council, is hereby empowered to demand, recover
and receipt for and take and hold the property aforesaid, and to invest and keep invested
the same in its name upon the trusts aforesaid, and to use and apply the same to and
for the said trusts, with power to appoint and employ such officers and agents as
may be needful or desirable for the care of said property and the proper performance
of said trusts.�