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A.D. 1843] and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act all the Provisions of the said recited Acts shall, subject to the further Enactments herein-after contained, extend and apply to the said Dioceses and Cathedral Churches of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and to the Bishops of the same Dioceses, and to all Ecclesiastical Rectories without Cure of Souls, and all Benefices with Cure of Souls, and all Parishes and Places, therein, and to the Dignities, Offices, Canonries, and Prebends of the same Churches, and the respective Holders thereof.

2. And be it enacted, notwithstanding any thing in the said recited Acts contained, That in each of the Chapters of the Cathedral Churches of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint David's and Llandaff there shall be Four Canonries Residentiary, and no more; and such Canonries shall be in the direct Patronage of the Bishops of Saint Asaph, Bangor, Saint David's, and Llandaff respectively.

3. Provided always, and be it enacted, That, so soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, Arrangements shall be made, by the Authority in the said recited Acts provided, for permanently annexing Two of such Four Canonries Residentiary, in such Cathedral Churches respectively, to Two Archdeaconries, in the respective Dioceses in which such Churches are situate.

4. And be it declared and enacted. That the Dean of each of the said Four Cathedral Churches shall be the Head of the Chapter thereof, and shall have Precedence over all other Members of such Chapter; and that such Dean and the Canons Residentiary respectively of each such Church shall possess and may exercise all the like Rights, Power, and Authority as are and may be possessed and exercised by the Dean and Canons respectively of any Cathedral Church in England founded by King the Eighth.

5. And be it enacted. That so much of the said recited Acts as relates to the Cure of Souls in the Parish of Saint David in the Diocese of Saint David's, and in the Parishes of Llandaff and Whit church in the Diocese of Llandaff, shall be repealed; and that it shall be lawful, if it be deemed expedient, by the Authority herein-before mentioned, with the Consent of the Bishop of Llandaff for the Time being, to declare and provide that the Cure of Souls in and over the respective Parishes of Llandaff and Whitchurch, or either of them, shall be vested in One Spiritual Person as Perpetual Incumbent thereof, and that such Bishop and his Successors shall