Nedarim 48A

ואסורים בדבר של אותה העיר. ואיזהו דבר של עולי בבל ⁠— כגון הר הבית, והעזרות, והבור שבאמצע הדרך. ואיזהו דבר של אותה העיר ⁠— כגון הרחבה, והמרחץ, ובית הכנסת, והתיבה, והספרים. והכותב חלקו לנשיא.

But it is prohibited for them to benefit from objects of that city, which are considered to be jointly owned by all its residents. And what are examples of objects belonging to those who ascended from Babylonia? For example: the Temple Mount, and the Temple Courtyards, and the water cistern in the middle of the road. And what are objects of that city? For example: the city square, and the bathhouse, and the synagogue, and the ark which houses the Torah scrolls, and the Torah scrolls. And one who writes, i.e., signs, his portion of the shared objects of that city over to the Nasi.

רבי יהודה אומר: אחד כותב לנשיא, ואחד כותב להדיוט. מה בין כותב לנשיא לכותב להדיוט? שהכותב לנשיא אין צריך לזכות, להדיוט צריך לזכות. וחכמים אומרים: אחד זה ואחד זה צריכין לזכות, לא דברו בנשיא אלא בהוה. רבי יהודה אומר: אין אנשי גליל צריכין לכתוב, שכבר כתבו אבותיהן על ידיהן.

R' Yehuda says: This is the halakha with regard to both one who writes his portion over to the Nasi and one who writes it over to a common person. R' Yehuda adds: What is the difference between one who writes it over to the Nasi and one who writes it over to a common person? That one who writes it to the Nasi need not formally confer possession of the item, whereas one who writes it over to a common person must confer possession to him. And the Rabbis say: Both this one and that one must confer possession, and they specifically mentioned the Nasi only so as to speak in the present, addressing situations that were prevalent. R' Yehuda says: The people of Galilee do not have to write their portion over to the Nasi because their fathers already wrote it for them, declaring that all the public property belongs to him.