Part 1 – Bequests and Donations
Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Code art. 18, § 1-1 (2026)
§ 1-1 In general.LinkCopy Citation
(a)Board may receive.
The Board of School Commissioners is hereby authorized to receive all devises, bequests, and donations which may be made for the benefit of said public schools.
(b)Credit to school fund.
All devices, bequests, and donations received by said board, by virtue either of this section or of any act or acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, shall be paid over by it to the Director of Finance, who shall place the same to the credit of the school fund.
History: Rev. Ords.1858-040
History: Ord. 76-145
Balt., Md., Code art. 18, § 1-2 (2026)
§ 1-2 Allocation of funds.LinkCopy Citation
(a)Conditioned funds.
If any condition or conditions be prescribed in any such devise, bequest, or donation, the same shall be applied under the direction of said Board, with the sanction of the Mayor and City Council, agreeably to the intention of the testator or donor.
(b)Unconditioned funds.
(1)
If no condition be prescribed in any such devise, bequest, or donation, it shall not be lawful for said Board to draw all or any part of the amount thereof out of the City Treasury during the year in which it was received, unless:
(i)
the collections from the resources and levy of the school fund for said year should fall short of the estimated expenditures forming the basis of said levy; or
(ii)
it shall have been already allowed in the estimated resources of the fund for said year.
(2)
Otherwise, the same shall be included in the estimate of the ensuing year.
History: Rev. Ords. 1858-040
Balt., Md., Code art. 18, § 1-3 to 1-5 (2026)
§§ 1-3 to 1-5LinkCopy Citation
Reserved