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annants Church ; and thena Mao, the tithes, fcc. will belong.
Ito the :ncimbent of each •
tf a psi ash be divided into ecclesiastical districts,
A short Statement of the Provisions of the late the new Churches or Chapels to be built • e to be
Act of Parliament, ". for Leadiog and prott:oting the served ay Curates, to.be appoiated be the iacuir.bent
building of additional Churches in pardons Paddles: of the (March of the palish, and licensed by the
The Act vrovidos for the issue of Eacheeuer Bills, Bishop ; and, the Curate is to be paid out of the pew
not exceeding one miiliun, to Commissioners to be teats, as before mentioned.
appointed by his Majesty, any fi. cof whom are to The Chstrckmardens 2f any parish, with consent of
be a quorum. The Commissioners are directed to the vestry, or select vestry, and with the consent of
examine into the present state of parishes and extra the Bishop and incumbent, are empowered to borrow,
parochial places, for the purpose of ascertaining the and raise upon the rates, such sem or sums as may
parishes and places in which additional Churches and be necessary for defraying the expense, or part of the
Chapels are most required, and the most effectual expense, of enlarging or extending the. accommoJa-
and pi oper means of affording accommodation ; and tion in the Churches or Chapels of the parish, pro-
they are empowered to employ surveyors and -other vilest one-half of the additional accommudatiou shall
fit persons to make plans. estimates, surveys, and re- he allotted to free seats.
ports, and afrord them information. Rules and Re-
gulations are to be formed by the Cerrenissioners far
their general proceedings, and they are to fix and
specify the largest amount and allowance to be
granted for building any Church ; but 'sad' Rules
and Regulations are to be subject tc the approbation
of his Majesty.
In any parish or extra parochial place, containing
a population of not less than hOtro persons, and in
which there are rot Churches or Chepels of the Es-
tablishment, sufficient to accommOdate one-fourth of,
the population, pr in which 1000 t crsons reside. more
than four miles from any Church or Chapel of the
ratablishment, and in which parish or place the
Conunissioners shall be satisfied, from the circum-
stances of the parish or place, of the inability of the
parishioners cu:d inhabitants to bcar any part of the
charge, the Commissioners. a. authorised to issue
money for building, or to cause to be built Churches
or chapels. In case the Commissioners shall deem
the parish capable of bearing a part of the expense,
or of repaying the same, thr. the Commissioners are
authorised to make a grain of a loan, to assist in
building a Church or Chapel, and the money bor-
rowed is to bs repaid by instalments, and raised by
rates on the parish. Thus far the powers of the Com-
missioners apply to parishes, containing the popula-
tion pointed out by the Act, not having accommoda-
tion for one-fourth of the number.
But in every parish where there is not sufficient
accommodation for attendance upon Divine Wor-
ship, if the parishioners will ofer to contribute or
waist:, by rates or. subscription, or by rates aided by
subscription, such proportion of the expense of build-
iag a Church or. Chapel as shall be fixed by the Com-
missioners in their Rules, or as shall be deemed by
the Commissionets a proper proportion, the Commis-
siouers are authorised to grant the remaining sum ne-
cessary to build the Church or Chapel, and also to
lend any part of the proportion proposed to be raised
by ratesin the parish.
• The Act directs, that no offer shall be made to
build or enlarge any Church or Chapel, either wholly
or in part, by means of rates, unless the majority of
iehabitants and occupiers assessed to the poor, in
vestry as..enabled, or four-fifthe of a select vestry, (if
the parish be managed by a select vestry) shill con-
sent, nor unless two-thirds in value of the proprietors
of lands, houses, Ste. Being estates of freehold, copy-
hold, or leasehold; for lite, or fifteen years absolute,
shah also, by writing, give their consent to the oar
being made.,
Church or Chapel be built, portly by.whcriptiots
an: pertlg by a grant from the Commissioners, th;
Mines! Jr or Curate is to be appointed by the incum-
bent of the Parish Church, and licensed by the Bishop
Of the diocese. Tae stipend of the Minister or Cu.
tate. and the salary of the Clerk, are to be fixed by
the Commissioners, and paid out of the tents of the
pews, which rents are to befired IT THE 114X3 Cunt-
naitsioners, regard being had to the extent and popu-
katiou of the district, and to the sum necessary to
enable the Minister or Curate to procure a residence
in the parish. The Churchwardens of the parish are
to have authority in the Church or Chapel to beerec-
ted, one-fifth whereof is to be allowed for free seats
fur the poor, and the Minister is to have a pew (to
contain six.) for his family, and another (to contain
four) for his servant, approptiated to hitt.
The choice cf priv.; k to be with the subscribers, ac-
cording to the amount of their subscriptions, but sr.b.
scribers to the sante amount are to have the choice
in the order of their subscriptions.
i'arishas arc bound to provide sites for the erection
of a Church or Chapel, and lords of manor may
convey part of any common or waste greund for the
purpose of the Act, and the comeensetion fez right
of common is to be paid to the Churchwardens of the
parish ; and in case parties shall reittst to treat, or
the satisfaction to be paid for the grcuad be not
agreed, then .t Jury is to settle the value ; and th.
Commissiarters are empowered to lead money to
purchase sites, when it shell uppearto diem proper
te make such advances.
In selecting parish.; for grants, the Commissioners
are to have regard tp the amount of population, and
the disproportion between the number of inhabitants,
and the present want of accommodation for attena
• dance upon Divine Worship ; and in giving Fete-
• rence among such parishes, are also torave regard to
the proportion of expense which shall be offered to
be contributed or raised, and to the pecuniary ability
of the inhabitants ; and, in giving prAerencen as be-
tween parishes, not offering to contribute any pm-
portion, the Commissioners are to have retard to the
order of priority iu which parishes sirnilairy circum-
stanced, as to population and dhoreportion, between
the population and the accommodation required, shall
have given to the Commissioners of having provided
sites for der Churches intended to be built.
A parisi.uLty be divided into two or more distinct
parishes, or into ecclesiastical districts, or distinct pa-
rishes, if his Majesty in Council shall think fit to di-
rect the division ; the Commissioners, with the con-
sent of the Bishop and patron, in case of the division
of the parish ; and of the Bishop, in case of division
into ecclesiastical districts, first representing the ex-
pediency of the measure.
Bat in case of the division of a parish, the same is
net to be considered as complete, until after die
death, resignation, or avoidance, of the existing in-
cumbent; and, until the division he cone lett, the
Church to be built is to be deemed a Chapel of Ease,
to be served by a Curate appointed by the incumbent
of the Parish Church, and licensed by the Bishop,
•ind paid out of the pew rents of the new Cherchae-
Vhcia, however, the division is complete by the death,
its: nation, or avoidance, of the incumbent, than the
pas Oa is to present to the new, as well as to the old

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