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hvvirbg or holding any parevenea, vicarage, dona-
tive, ex pin tactual canine *herein there shall he no
Mine of residence, or share th house of.resilence
shall he melt lot the residence of such ecclesiastical
person, itech unfitness not being occasioned by any
efagclice, default. or other Of such ee-
ti.esiastheil isersnr. ; and also to on i• spiritual person
h taint: or bolding any parson:we,, vicarage, dolia-
aive, or perpetual- curacy, and having or possessing
or oecepying.in the parish of such parsonage, vicar-
wee, dietative, or perpetual cure, any mancinn er
mrenage belonging to himself or any relative, to
reside in such mar seri or mesmage, such spiritual
senior. keeping the house of residence in good, suf-
nciesit, and tereintahle repair and condition, to the
sat: 'laden of the bishop ; and also for any spiritual
person h 3 ing or holding any parsonage, vicarage,
don teve, or eereeteal curacy of small vanes,
bearing aa a stieendiary curs:- elsewhere, u i,h the
better: at the bishop of his diocese, and providing
for the serving of such his parsonage, vicarage, do-
td:Ye. or perpetual curacy, to the Satisfaaioe ei the
bishop of his- diocese ; and also to any newer or
tidier of uny endowed school duly licensed by the
bishop, and a-I:tally employed in teaching therein ;
rid also to any master or preacher of hospitals or
iecnrporat.J eltaritable foundation, during the pe-
n el tx ‘vhich he may be rectiiirecito reside by any
ah-Ines tT Autate of any such hospital or incorpo-
rated charitable folepdation, or by any other lawful
ant:lgnite in the ; or ci any person holding any
eedrovesi lociareship, or endenved chapelry, or to the
trustees of laisilt'tewc's charity, during the times of ,
their personal attendance on the duties of their
i Bee: provided always, that for any such licence,
the party obtaining the same shall not pay more
to the secretary or officer of the bishop than the
sera of eaclusive of any such stamps as
may be required by law : provided always, that
it any sphittesi persiia Applying to any bishop
for any sush licence, snail think himself ag-
erieved by the refusal thereof, it shall be laee
feel fiw such spiritual person to appeal :o the
archbishop of the piovince, who shall forthwith
ether by himself or sotte commissioner or commis-
sioners appointed from among the bishops of his
province, under his hand, make or cleat to be
made enquiry into the same, and to confirm such re-
tasal, or grant a licence under this ad, as shall seem
"as' aid proper • vided nevertheless, that the
patty prating, : prihall give security to the bishop our
she paym-nt nf such reasonable erencea occabioned
by the :t peal, as the archbishop or his commissioner
of con 'sssoners shall award.
And be it further enacted, That from and after
the it shall be lee ful for any such bishop
as aforesaid, in any cases not herein-before enume-
rated, in which under all the circumstances of any
etch case suchbishep shall think it expedient to grant
to any such spiritual person a licence to reside out of
the proper house of residence, or out of the parish, as
the case may appear to such bishop to require: Pro-
vided always, that in every such case the nature and
special circurestances thereof, and the reasons that
have induced such bielop to grant such licence as
aforesaid, shall be transmitted to the archbishop of
the province to which such bishop shall belong, who
shall forthwith by himself or by sonic commission-
er or commissioners appoiated for that purpose from
anions the bishops of such province, by writing un-
der his hand, which commissioner or commissioners
is and arc thereupon authorized to take upon him-
self or themselves the execution of the said commis-
sion, examine into such case, and make such enqui-
ries as to any particulars relating thereto as such
atcithishop or commissioner or commissioners so
appointed as aforesaid may think necessar:,
aad shall thereupon allow or disallow such li-
cence, in the whole or in part, or make any ahe-
ration therein as to the period for elech the same
neiy have hen granted, or otherwise, as to such
..rcithishop nor commissioner of commissioners shall
seem fig ; and no such licence shall be good, valid,
etfeetual under this aft for any purpose whatever,
unless it alra:l have been so allowed and approved
by such a: a aleshop of conimissioner or commis-
sieners on his behalf; such allowance thereof being
signified by the aigeing.thereof by such archbishop;
provided alwas, that it shall not be necessary in
aach licence to specify the cause of granting there-
of; provided also, that no licence granted by any
bishop or archbishop under this aft shall be made
Yoe: uy the death or removal of the bishop or arch-
bl,hoP erantiag thereof, but the same not having
been revoked shall he and remain good and valid
notwithstanding any such death or removal, unless
e le same shall be revoked by the next or any sue- I
ceedicg bishop or archbishop ; provided also, that
any spiritual person may appeal against any such '
tevocation by the bishop, in like manner as is herein-
before directed in case of any refusal of any licence :
Provided also, that the respeelive archbishops may
iu their respeetive dioceses of which they are bishops, •
grant licences under the provisions and regulations
in this ad contained, in all cases in which any licen-
ces may he granted by any bishop under this ae% ei-
ther by his own authority or with the allowance and
approval of the archbishop as aforesaid ; provided
also, that it shall be lawful for any such archbishop
to meter and direct such reasonable fees and charges
to be paid by any such spiritual person appealing as
atoresaid in resped of such proceedings as al.ne-
eed, as he shall in his discretion think tit ; provided
always, that in every case when any costs and
..harges directed by such arch leishop or bishop as
2.1e-el:lid, %hall rernaiu unpaid for the period of
after demand thereof left at the usual or last
place nt abode of the person liable to the paymept,
shall be lawful for such bishop or archbishop/re-
seedively to cause the same to be recovered by se-
qiiestration of the profits of the parsonage, vicar-
:age; donative, or perpetual curacy of such spiritual
errson as aforesaid, and which sequestration such
eaGeboeep or bishop ale respectively hereby em-
powered to *aunt:
Per vide elways, and be it further enaeled, that it
shall be lawful for arty bisbefo cr archbishop who
-nail have granted-a:ly *itch licence as aforesaid, or
s:,f buccessm of any such bishop or archbishop, to
r:vokc any .itch I:cence in any case in which it may
appear to proper and expedient" to revoke the
its ; provided also that tie licence granted under
t aft shall continne. iis ce ear more than
(eels from the graining thern
ad he it firther esaded thet /very sech bisboi
to i% Sire any such 'petition shale& presented, And'
Vie shall grant or revoke illy ;teener founded there-
and ate is heneby.riettuired to Caus," ,{ copy
of such or revocatiod to be file' in the regis-
tiy of the diocese withie-suc.h parsonage., vicarage,
e .11... i vs , cr perpetual 'curaey, in re pets wher^of

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any such Alcente shall he granted or revocation ,
made, shall be locally situate, with the, register of
such diocese ; and an alphabetic al list of such li--
cences and revocations shall be made out by soli
register, and entered in a book, and kept for ;lie ia-
spedion of all persons upon rsyment of the sum of
and no more ; and a copy of every such
licence and revocation shall be delivered to the
churchwardens of the parish within after the
grant of such licence oc revocation thereof ; and a
copy of the same shall likewise be publ'cly read at
the visitation of the archdeacon of the arch3eaconry
within which the parsonage, vicara:;,,, donative, or
perpetual curacy, in respell whereof the licence
shall have been granted or revocation mader shall
be locally situate, immediately next succeeding the
granting or revocat. thereof.
Provided also, and be it further maned, that
every archbishop, who shall confirm in manner di-
rected by this an any licence or licences in any cart,
or ekes not enumerated in this ad, or who shall
grant any such licence in his own diocese, shall an-
nually on or before the thirtieth day (,f January in
each year, transmit to his Majesty's Privy Council
a list of all such licences so confirmed or granted
respectively. as aforesaid, in the year ending on the
last day of December t receding such thirtieth day
of January, and shall in every such list specify the
reasons transmited to him by the bishops of the se-
veral dioceses for granting the said licences, and
which have induced him to confirm the same, and
also the reasons which have' induced him to grant
any such licence as nforesaid within his own diocese ;
and it shall be lawful for his Majesty'g Privy Coun-
cil, by any order made for that purpose, to revoke
and annul any such licence, and Ins Majesty's Privy
Council shall in such case transmit or cause to be
transmitted to the archbishop, who shall have con-
firmed tar granted such licence, the order for the
revocation or an nullag thereof, who shall thereupon
cause a eopy of every such order made in relation
to any licence cur firmed be him as aforementioned,
to be transmitted to the bishop of -the diocese in.
which such licence slrall have been granted, who
shall thereupon can the copy of the said order to
he filed in the registry of such diocese, and a copy
likewise to be delivered to the churchwardens•in
manner herein bef4 direded as to licences grant-
ed and revocations made by any such archbishop or
bishop under this ad ; and every such archbishop
shall cause a copy ef every such order n:ade in re-
lation to any such licence as aforesaid granted by
him in his own diocese, to be in like manner filed
in the registry of his diocese, and a copy also to be
delivered- to the churchwarden of the parish to
which such licence shall relate, in manner before-
mentioned.

And be it further enaeled, that it shall be lawful
for any spiritual person to whom any such licence "
shall be granted, and against whom any action shall
hereafter during the continuance of this aft he
brought for any penalty or tOrfeiture under the said
recited at, by reason of any nonresidence, or any .
matter or thing relating thereto, to plead such li-
cence in bar of any such asclion ; and if the plaintiff
in such suit or adieu shall be nonsuited, or shall dis-
continue any such suit or action after any plea of
licence shall have beea pleaded thereto under this
aet, then and in such case the defendant in such
suit or action shall heve full costs of suit ; and if in
any such suit or action a verditfl shall be given for
the defendant, the defendant shall have
costs, and have the like remedy for the same as any
defendant heth in other cases to recover costs by
And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act
contained shell extend or be censtrued to extend to
etempt any person or persons from any canonical or
ecclesiastical censures, or afTed any proceedings that
shall hereafter be instituted in any ecclesiastical
court, in order to c:u the same to he inflkied in
relation to the nonresidence of any spiritual person
having or holding; any parsonage, vicarage, dona-
tive, or perpetwil curacy, not being duly licettced
according to the petivisions of this ail to be absent
therefrOm, not having any other lawful cause of ab-
sence ; provided always, that from and after the
no snob censures by eason of any non-re-
sidence not e weeding months shall be in force,
nor shall any proceeding be admitted in any eecle-
siesticel court against any such spiritual person for
such non-residence nut exceeding months,
at the suit of any person or persons other than the
bishop or archdeacon only of the diocese within
which such parsonage, vicarage, donative, or per-
petual curacy, in respea whereof such. non-residence
shall have mien place, shall be locally situated ; any
thing in any lawur laws, or ecclesiastical canon or
canons, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
And be it further cnautcd, That in every case in
which it shall appear to any such bishop as afore-
said, that any spiritual rerson having or holding any
parsonage, vicarage, donative, or perpetual curacy,
and not being -licensed according-to this Mt to be
absent therefrom, nor having any other lawful cause
of absence from the same, does not sufficiently re-
side on aide ranvinge, vicarage, donative, or per-
petual curacy, it shall be lawful i:er seat bishop to
issue or cause to he issued a monition to such spire-
trial person, forthwith to proceed to and reside
thereon, and perform the duties thereof, and to
make a return to such monition within a certain
number of days, after the issuing thereof ; so as that
in every such case there shall 'be days be-
tween the time of delivering such monition to such
spiritual person, or leaving the same at his then
usual place of abode, or lest place of abode, if riot
there to be found, and with the officiating mini, ter
or one of the church-wardens, and the time specified
in such monition for the return thereof ; and every
such monition shall immediately on the issuing
thereof be filed in the registry, and open for inspec-
tion on the payment of and no more ; and
the spiritual person to whom any such monition
shall be • sent under this act, shall within the
time specified for that purpose make a return
thereto : and it shall be lawful for the bishop, to
whom any such return shall be made to require
such return, or any &Cis contained therein, to
be verified by the oath of such spirituel person, or
other,, to be taken before sonic surrogate or master
extraordinary in chancery, which oath any such sur-
rogate or master extraordinary in chancery is hereby
1, authorized and required to administer, en applica-
tion being made for that purpose ; and in every
.ecase where no such return shall be made, or where
such return shall not state such reasons as shall be
deemed satisfactory by such bishop for the non-resi-
dence oldie spiritual person to whom such monition
shall have been sent as aforesaid, or where the same
or ari of the fads contained therein shall not be so

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