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. 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. City Code, 1879, art. 43, §24(1st cl.) 1893, art. 44, §29(1st cl.) 1927, art. 41, §23(1st cl.) 1950, art. 32, §1(1st cl.) 1966, art. 24, §1(1st cl.) 1976/83, art. 24, §1(1st cl.) Rev. Ords.1858-040 Ord. 76-145

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. 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: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 it shall have been already allowed in the estimated resources of the fund for said year. Otherwise, the same shall be included in the estimate of the ensuing year. City Code, 1879, art. 43, §24(2nd - 4th cls.) 1893, art. 44, §29(2nd - 4th cls.) 1927, art. 41,§23(2nd - 4th cls.) 1950, art. 32, §1(2nd - 4th cls.) 1966, art. 24, §1(2nd - 4th cls.) 1976/83, art. 24, §1(2nd - 4th cls.) Rev. Ords. 1858-040