Any trust company may take and hold in trust any real or personal property, wherever situated, by order, judgment, or decree of any court of record, or by gift, grant, assignment, transfer, devise, legacy, or bequest from, or by lawful contract with, any public or private corporation or individual, and manage the same upon the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions therein declared or imposed. The trust company may also act as agent for the signature, countersignature, registration, transfer, or redemption of certificates of stock, bonds, coupons, or other evidences of indebtedness of any such corporation or individual, or otherwise act as general or special agent or attorney in fact in the acquisition, management, sale, assignment, transfer, incumbrance, conveyance, or other disposition of any real or personal property, the collection of rents, payment of taxes, and generally as the representative of any such corporation or individual.