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 A. D. ryii* Anno decimo Ann^e Reglnise. C. ii. 519 and Revenues belonging to the prcfent Church, and the Charges and Dependencies thereof, and appor- thecirefluai tioning the fame, to take place and efte£l from and immediately after the firfl: Avoidance of fuch prefent ^'J^''l^"B^'^^« Church refpedively, in any Parifli from which any Part or Diftridt fhall be divided or taken, and for andVor aCcer. afcertaining and fettling for ever the Right of Patronage of every new Church or Chapel made parochial, to taining the which fuch DUlrift or Part fo divided fhall be appointed or annexed; and all Agreements and Settle- Right of Pa- ments, which £hal] be fo made, for fuch further Divifion, with the Aflent of the rcfpe£tive Ordinary or troiiagc, &c. Ordinaries, or for fettling fuch Right of Patronage, by any Inftrument or Inftruments in Writing on Parch- '^^^^^^ ^c'^co* ment, under the Hands and Seals of fuch Conm-iiifioners, or any .five or more of them, and under_ the [^^ [jj^^jj^^' Seals of the Parties having any Right or Interell: in fuch Patronages, or of any Perfon or Perfons by fuch Parties refpedively authorized and inroUed in die faid High Court of Chancery, fhall from thenceforth be binding and conclufive, as well to her Majeify, her Heirs and SuccelTors, as to and againfl all other Per- fons for ever. a d r XII. And be It further enacted by the Authority aforefald, That it fhall and may be lawful to and ^o^ y,"^ „^"l"'n. all ]3odies Politick and Corporate, Guardians to Infants under Age, Committees of Lunaticks and Idiots, ^j^^'g. "iti, t[,g Executors, Adminiftrators, and Truflees, and they are hereby enabled and impowered to contrail with the commiflion- faid Commlffioners, or any five or more of them, for any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and to fell ers for any and convey the fame, and the refpeclive Eflates or Interefls in them refpeftively velfed of and in the fame, Lands, &c. and to agree with the faid Commifhohers, or any live or more of them, for the limiting and fettling the ^^^^5 {^"^^."° Rio-ht of "Patronage and Prefencation of the fucceeding Re£tors of fuch new intended Parifh Churches; and patronaee &c. fuA Sale, Conveyance, and Settlements fhall be valid and efFeftual to all Intents and Purpofes, and fo and fuch Sale, eleemed and allowed in all Courts of Law or Equity, and elfewhere, to bind all fuch Corporations, In- &c. to be good fants, Lunaticks, Idiots, and the Ceftui que Trulis; and all fuch Guardians, Committees, Executors, Ad- i" ^^f"' tob.nd miniftrators, and Truflees, are hereby indemnified for fo doing. _?ions°Tc?" Xlir. Provided that fuch Bargains and ContracSts be upon a Petition to be preferred by or on Behalf of ' ' fuch refpeftive Corporation, Infant, Lunatick, Idiot, or Ccftui que Truft, interefted therein, examined, g™"[°5 "^^ and approved by the High Court of Chancery; which Court fhall alfo order and diredl how the Monies art- t^ j,,. ^^^^ ^ fing by fuch Sale fhall be applied or imployed for the Benefit of fuch Corporation, Infant, Idiot, Luna- Petition pi-e- tick, or Ceftui que Trufl refpetftlvely. f^red, &c. and approved by the Chancery, who Uiail order the Application of the Monies, &c« XIV. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted and declared by the Authority aforefald. That it fliall The Cro-.yn flail and may be lawful to and for her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, in every fuch new Parifh, to be erefted pr^i'^nt ^"11 lucli or conftituted by virtue or in purfuance of this A£t, in the mean Time, and until fuch Agreement and ^l^^'^'I^"l"^ °^ Settlement can be made concerning the Patronage thereof refpeftively, to name, from time to time, the pat„jijgg_ Reclor of fuch new Churches to fucceed therein. _ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ XV. And it Is hereby enafted and declared by the Authority aforefald. That as well the firfl: Reftor, as fucceeding all other fucceeding Reftors of every fuch new Parifh Church (exceptthe prefent preaching Minifters of fuch Reflors (except Chapels, as aforefald) fhall be prefented and inftituted, or collated, and alfo indudfed, as other Rectors and 'lis prefent Vicars are and ought to be, and fhall obferve and perform all other Matters and Things for the qualifying ^p''^"'" ^ or entitling themfelves thereto, as other Reftors ought to do; and the new Churches, which fhall be crlkMcd "&c? erefled or made in purfuance of this Aflr, and the refpedtlve Re6lors thereof, with the Church-wardens be- as other Rcfiors longing to the fame, fnall be under and fubjeft to the Jurifdiction of the relpeftive Ordinary, within whole are, and they Diocefe or Dlflrrict fuch new Church refpeftively Is fituated, and fhall be vifited by fuch Ordinary re- ="''*'= Ckurch- fpedtively, in fuch Manner as other Churches, Redlors, and Church-wardens, within their refpective Ju- t^f^^^g^ft ,1, rirdi'Aions, have been, or may be vifited. ' _ _ Ordini^y. XVI. Provided always, and it is hereby declared. That this Act, or any thing herein contained, fliall , until fuch Agreements or Settlements, for the more efi-sdtual dividing and feparating any fuch Parifh re- =',"y Tiihef, &c. fpectively, to be made and Inrolled, and take effe£t, as aforefald, with Relation to fuch Succeffors refpeftlvely; " "<:'> Agree- but that the Succeffors of the prefent Incumbents, till fuch Agreements and Settlements be made and take made^anj 'imol- EfFect, fhall and may have, hold, and enjoy the faid refpeftive Reftories, Vicarages, and Curacies, and the jed. Tithes, Dues, and Profits thereof, in as ample Manner as if this Aft bad not been made, and as the pre- fent Reflors and other Ecclefiaftical Perfons, who are to hold and enjoy the fame, during their refpetlive In- cumbencies, are of Right to hold and enjoy the fame. XVII. Provided alio that nothing in this A<S1: contained fhall extend, or be conflrued to extend, to pre- This Aa ftall judice or alter the Property or InterefV of any Proprietor or Proprietors of, in, or to any of the Chapels not pvi-judicc which fhall be made or appointed Parlfii Churches, in purfuance of this A6t, or of or In any of the Pews any i'roprittor within the fame, without the Confent of fuch refpeclive Proprietor or Proprietors firfl had and obtained in j";/ Jjf^f^i " Writing under his and their refpeftive Hands and Seals; but that they and their Heiis, Executors, and Ad- ^^v Pew^ Vc" rxiiniflrators, fliall hold and enjoy the fame, in fuch and the fame Manner, as if this Aft had not been XVIII. Provided neverthelefs. That if any of the faid Proprietors fliall be minded to fell or difpofe of torflnli r^ii ins, their faid Properties in any of the Pews in any of the faid Chapels, the fame fhall be fold and difpofed of inteiefl in c-.jiy only to fuch Inhabitants of the refpeftive Parifhes for which fuch Chapels fhall be fo made or appointed f'^^^> ''*»" be Parifn Churches, and to no other Perfon or Perfons v.'hatfoever. fohiioaPa- XiX. And it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefald, That the firfl: Church-wardens and Overfecrs "' for the Poor, Scavengers, and Surveyors for the Highways, and other Parifh Ofiicers for every, fuch new p,*"^ ^'" Parift, fhall, by the faid CommifTioners, or any five or more of them, be nominated and elefted out of the del" ^c""* U Inhabitants of fuch new Parifh refpeftive! y, within the Space of one Month after the Confccration of fuch te eU-aed by Church i