N.Y. Education Law § 4318: Publications, bequests and donations

§ 4318. Publications, bequests and donations. The school shall be

entitled to receive copies of all books and other publications which are

distributed gratuitously by the state to township or county libraries,

common schools, academies, colleges and societies. It may also receive

in the name of the state, bequests or donations of money or any kind of

property, but such money or property shall, in all cases, belong to the

state, and be subject to its control; provided that the same shall not

be diverted from the particular object for which it shall be bequeathed

or donated.