From UPI:

“PELLEVOISIN, France, Jan. 20 (UPI) — Residents of a French village may turn down a $2 million bequest because they find conditions attached to it are unreasonable.

Helene Louart, who many village residents did not even realize was wealthy, left the money to the 900-person village of Pellevoisin in her will, The Sunday Observer reported. But before the local government can get a single franc, it would have to rename the Avenue de la Republique after Louart, hang her favorite paintings in the mayor’s office and sell her house only to people from Paris.

Perhaps the most controversial requirement is that a chunk of the money be spent on a housing project for the poor — a prospect many residents say would change the character of the town.

The long list of conditions led one resident to say the gift is really a form of revenge on the village, but more sympathetic townspeople said they believe Louart really intended to help the poor.”