§ 59-69-40 — Funds given to State Superintendent for educational purposes.

The State Superintendent of Education shall take and hold in trust for the State any grant or devise of lands and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property made to him for educational purposes and he shall pay into the State Treasury, for safekeeping and investment, all moneys and incomes from property so received. The State Treasurer shall, from time to time, invest all such moneys in the name of the State and shall pay to the State Superintendent of Education, on the warrant of the Comptroller General, the income or principal thereof as he may, from time to time, require; provided, that no disposition shall be made of any grant, devise, gift or bequest inconsistent with the conditions or terms thereof. For all such property the State Treasurer shall be responsible on his bond as for other funds received by him in his official capacity.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 21-904; 1952 Code SECTION 21-904; 1942 Code SECTION 3185; 1932 Code SECTION 3185; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 879; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 800; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 723; G. S. 583; R. S. 641; 1878 (16) 575. ARTICLE 3 Reserve Fund