Any board of education may accept, receive, add to and hold in trust real or personal property, heretofore or hereafter acquired by inter vivos or testamentary gift, for the purpose of awarding scholarships to students for higher education in colleges, universities and graduate schools, whether located within or without this State, upon such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this section, as may be imposed by the donor of the property. The board shall, by resolution, provide for the acceptance, application, custody and management of property donated to it for higher education scholarship purposes.
N.J.S. § 18A:11-10