§ 406. Vesting of title of lands in certain cases. Boards of
education in cities having less than seventy thousand inhabitants are
hereby clothed with all the powers of trustees, and the title to any and
all lands acquired in any city under the provisions of section four
hundred four of this chapter shall vest in the board of education
thereof, or such other corporate body as is by law vested with the title
to the school lands in such city. But nothing herein contained shall be
construed to limit or circumscribe the powers and duties heretofore
lodged in such board of education by law.