18Construction of wills etc

#### 18 Construction of wills etc 18 Construction of wills etc > Whenever by any will, deed, or other instrument any property, real or personal, has been or shall be devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed or has been or shall be declared or directed to be held upon trust to or for the benefit of The Salvation Army or of any fund, institution, branch, or corps thereof or shall be or become recoverable by or payable to The Salvation Army or by or to the said fund, institution, branch, or corps or be receivable by or payable to any officer thereof for the benefit of The Salvation Army or any of its funds, institutions, branches, or corps, or for its Social Work, the said will, deed, or instrument as aforesaid shall be construed and operate and take effect as though the Trustees were named therein, and the acknowledgment or receipt of the Trustees or a majority of them or of any person or persons authorised in writing by the Trustees, or a majority of them, for any such gift shall be a sufficient discharge to the person or persons liable to deliver or transfer any such money or property under such will, deed, or instrument, and all property, real or personal, so devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed, or declared or directed to be held upon trust as aforesaid shall, subject to the trusts of such will, deed, or other instrument, and subject to any direction to the contrary therein contained so far as the same are capable of taking effect, be under the direction and control of the Trustees, and they may call for the transfer, conveyance, or delivery thereof.