Section 75. Deposit of funds of trust; books or records to be kept  


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  • 1. If
      the trustee deposits trust funds in a  bank  or  other  depositary  they
      shall be deposited in his name.
        The trustee shall not be required to keep in separate bank accounts or
      deposits  the  funds  of  the separate trusts of which he may be trustee
      under this article, provided his books of account shall clearly show the
      allocation to each trust of  the  funds  deposited  in  his  general  or
      special bank account or accounts.
        2.  Every  trustee  shall  keep  books or records with respect to each
      trust of which he is trustee  and,  if  funds  of  separate  trusts  are
      deposited  in the same bank account, shall keep a record of such account
      showing the allocation  to  each  trust  of  the  deposits  therein  and
      withdrawals therefrom.
        3.  The  books or records with respect to each trust shall contain the
      following entries:
        A. Trust assets receivable. (1) The name and address  of  each  person
      from  whom  the trustee has a right to receive funds constituting assets
      of the trust, or will have a right to receive such funds upon or in  the
      course  of  performance  of a contract or subcontract or upon some other
      condition, with a statement sufficient to identify the contract or other
      transaction by reason of which such moneys will become payable; (2)  the
      amount  of each payment or advance from each such person that has become
      due or earned or otherwise payable; and  (3)  the  date  upon  which  it
      became due, earned or payable.
        B.  Trust accounts payable. (1) The name and address of each person to
      whom the trustee has incurred an obligation constituting a trust  claim,
      whether  or  not  such claim is then due, with a statement sufficient to
      identify the contract or  transaction  out  of  which  the  trust  claim
      arises;  (2)  the amount of each trust claim that has become due, earned
      or otherwise payable; and (3) the date upon which it became due,  earned
      or payable.
        C.  Trust funds received. (1) The name and address of each person from
      whom funds constituting trust assets have been received in the  form  of
      cash, check or other instrument for the payment of money, bank credit or
      drawing  account, or similar form available for immediate application to
      trust purposes, including any instrument in  form  payable  to  a  trust
      beneficiary  and  any  moneys  paid  directly  to a trust beneficiary on
      behalf of the trustee, with a description of the form in which the funds
      were received; (2) the date on which each  payment  or  remittance  from
      such  person was received; (3) the amount received on such date; and (4)
      if such funds are deposited in a bank or other depositary, the name  and
      address of such bank or depositary.
        D.  Trust payments made with trust assets. (1) The name and address of
      each person to whom a payment for the purposes of  the  trust  has  been
      made,  with  moneys or other assets constituting trust assets, including
      payments made directly to such person on behalf  of  the  trustee  by  a
      person  from  whom  trust  assets  are receivable; (2) the date when and
      place where each payment was made; (3) the amount paid on each  of  such
      dates  and  a statement whether the payment was made in cash or by check
      and the manner of payment if made by some other person on behalf of  the
      trustee; (4) with respect to each such payment a statement of the nature
      of  the  trust  claim  or  if  the  owner  is  trustee the nature of the
      expenditure other than payment of a trust claim, for which  the  payment
      is made, sufficient in any case to identify the payment as a payment for
      a  trust  purpose and to show whether it is for labor, materials, taxes,
      insurance, performance under contract or subcontract,  interest  charges
      on  mortgages,  or  other  particular  trust  claim  or  item of cost of
      improvement; (5) if any such  payment  was  made  pursuant  to  contract
    
      between the trustee and the recipient of the payment, the date when such
      contract  was  made,  whether  it was oral or in writing, and the agreed
      price named therein;  (6)  if  any  such  payment  upon  a  contract  or
      subcontract relates to a particular item or items of the improvement, or
      if  any  such  payment  for  materials  or services relates to materials
      furnished, or services, other than daily or weekly labor,  rendered  for
      or  upon a particular item or items of the improvement, a description of
      such item or items; (7) if any such payment was made with funds received
      under an assignment of funds due or earned or to become  due  or  earned
      under  the  contract  or  subcontract, a statement of the amount of such
      funds so used together with the name and address of the assignee and the
      date of the assignment.
        E. Transfers in repayment of or to secure advances made pursuant to  a
      "Notice  of  Lending.  "  If the trustee has assigned, paid or otherwise
      transferred any trust asset in consideration of or as security for or in
      repayment of advances applied or to be applied for a purpose or purposes
      of the trust, (1) the name and address of the person to whom  the  asset
      was  so  transferred; (2) the date of the transfer; (3) a description of
      the asset transferred; (4) the amount thereof; (5)  the  amount  of  the
      consideration therefor or of the advances secured or repaid thereby; (6)
      the date or dates when such consideration was paid or such advances were
      made and the manner in which the payment or advance was made.
        4.  Failure  of  the  trustee to keep the books or records required by
      this section shall be presumptive evidence that the trustee has  applied
      or  consented to the application of trust funds actually received by him
      as money or an instrument for the payment of money  for  purposes  other
      than  a purpose of the trust as specified in section seventy-one of this
      chapter.