51 8 C. ir. Anno ckclmo Ann^ Regin^. A. D. 1711, faid Commiilloners, or any five or more of them, for all or any the Ufes or Services by this or the faiJ for-* The faid Trea- '"S ^^ prefcrlbed or iillowed in that Behalf, arid not otherwife, or to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofo forer to be ac whatfoever ; which faid Treafurer and Treafurers refpeftively fliall be accountable in the Exchequer for the countable in the fame, and Ihall give fiich fufficient Security as fhall be approved of by the Lord Treafurer, or the Com- Excheqi.tr, and rnnnioncrs of the Treafury for the time being;, before he or they enter upon his or their Office, for makintr
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Th'eCommiffio- "^I^^- And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for rers to aicertain ^^-'^ '"'^ Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, by one or more Inftrument or InftrUments in Wri- the Bounds of ting on Parchment under their Hands and Seals, to be inrolled in her Majefty's High Court oi Chancery, to each new defcribc and afcertain the true Limits and Bounds of the Site of and belonging to each fuch nev/ Church Church, &c. anj Houfc for the Habitation of the Minifter of fuch new Church, and for fuch Church-yards or Cemete- ries for each refpeftive Parifh, and alfo the Diftrift and Divifion of each Parifn that fliall be appointed for fuchDiftriato every Church to be erefted or conftituted, purfuant to this Aft, or the faid former Adt; and every fuch be deemed a di- Difirift or Divifion fo fet out, afcertained, and appointed, as aforefaid, for a new Parifh, fliall, from and ftmaPanflij&c. ^q^ g^.gj. ^ffg,. (j,g Jjirolment of fuch Inflrument, and the Confecration of fuch new Church, appointed or intended for fuch Difl;ri6t or Divifion, be, and be deemed and taken to be of itfelf a diftintSt Parifli, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, except as touching Church Rates, the Relief of the Poor, and Rates for the Highway's, as is herein after provided; and the Inhabitants within the diflincl Limits of every fuch new Parifh, fliall from thenceforth be the Pari{hioners thereof, and fubjeft and liable to fuch Taxes, Af- ieflinents. Rates for the Poor, cleanfing the Streets, and other Duties within the faid new Parifh, in like Manner as Inhabitants in the Parifh from which fuch new Parifh, or the greater Part thereof, was divided and taken, are fubjedt or chargeable to the fame ; and fhall within the Space of one Month next after the and be exempt Confecration of fuch new Church, in every fuch new intended Parifh refpcdtively, be divided and exempt fnim the Hai-iih from fuch Parifh or Parifhes from which the fame fliall be fo taken, and from bearing any fuch OiSces or from whence Charges, and from all Dependencies and Contributions for or in refpe6t thereof, except as is hereby other- wife cnEfted or provided. The Cflmmidio- IX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for ners may lake a ji-)g ("j^jj CommiiTioners, Or any five or more of them, (if they fhall think it requifite) by one or more In- anVlaiE^Parifh fi^^iJinent or Infl-Tuments Under their Hands and Seals, to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery, to fe- where any new parate, divide, and take a particular Diftrifi: or Part out of any of the large Parifhes in and about the Ci- Church (hall be ties of London and Wejlmhifter, or the Suburbs thereof, where any new Church or Churches fhall be erefted made, and add or made, and add, annex, and unite the fame to any other lefler Parifli next adjoining thereto, wherein a It to a lefier Pa- Church is already erected; and in fuch cafe the fame fhall afterwards, to all Intents and Purpofes, (except xvhhVffiall"be as is herein Otherwife enafted or provided) be deemed and taken as Part of the Parifh to which the fame deemed as Part AiaH be fo added or annexed ; and that the feveral Inhabitants v/ithin fuch particular Diflrift, fo divided and of ihe Pari* to added to another Parifh, fhall from thenceforth be liable in like Manner to bear all Parochial Offices with- which it isfo jn the Parifh to which the fime fliall be added ; and fuch Inhabitants fhall, from and after Tiiefday in Ea/]cr added, &c. Week next after fuch Inflrument fhall be made and inrolled, be in like Manner difcharged and exempted from bearing any Offices in the former Parifh to which they did belong. ReftTr hi^ele'^r^ ^ '^' -^"'^ '"^ '^ hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That there fhall be a Reclor of every new Church new'churcl"^ ^^^ Parifli to be made or conftituted, purfaant to this Acl, and a perpetual Succeffion of Reftors there, &c. and a perpc- to have Cure of the Souls of the Inhabitants of fuch new Parifh ; and where there now is a certain Morn- tual Succeflion ing Preacher in any Chapel which fhall be converted into a Parochial Church, who fhall have ufually of- "V^l'^°'^' ficiated there for the Space of one Month next before the Confecration thereof, fuch Minifter, from and Prea'-heT'i'ri^an 'm™ef^':ely after fuch Confecration, fliall be and is hereby declared to be the firft Reftor of fuch new chTpcUonvert^- Church and Pariili, without any Admiflion, Inflitution, or Induction to the fam.e ; but fhall neverthelefs be ed into a new and Continue complete Reftor thereof in the fame and as ample Manner as if he had been inflituted and Church (hall be induiSted thereunto ; and in every other new Church and Parifli, to be erefted or conftituted purfuant to the firft Reftor. j-j-^jg y^^j.^ ^^e firft Reftor fhall be nominated and appointed by her Majefly of and in fuch new Church and ne"chtirchThe P^ii'ift* i and every fuch new ReiSor hereby declared, or to be nominated, as aforefaid, and his Succeflbrs, Queen fhall no- fliall be and are hereby incorporated, and fhall be named and called the Reflor of fuch new Church, re- minate the firft ipeftively, by the Name which fliall be given to fuch Church refpeftively in the A£l or Inftrument of Con- Reiftor. ^ fecration thereof; and fhall be, and are hereby enabled to fue and be fued in all Courts and Places of this Siepney IS ex- Rgaln-, ; gnd the Freehold and Inheritance of the Lands and Hereditaments to be purchafed for fuch new Annie Ltf i. Church, Church-yards, or Cemetery or Cemeteries, and fuch Manfion or Dwelling-houfe of fuch Reftor, c. 27. V4 ' ^'"'^'^ '-'^ veftcd, by virtue of this Act, in fuch Re£tor of each fuch new Parifh, and his SiiccefTors refpec- The Freehold tively ; and he and they fl.iall be fcized thereof, as in his and their Demefiie as of Fee, in Right of the fliall be in him. Church, in fuch Manner as other Rcftors be now feized of their refpedtive Churches and Glebe ; and evr- and Ji|= "isy ^^ j-^.^,]^ j,^^^ Rcftor and his Succeflbrs refpediyely, fnall be .and are hereby enabled to purchafe and take LandTtotheVa- ^nv Other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments to fuch Redtor, for the time being, and his Succefl()rs, lueofzcohpti- Rectors of the fame Church, not exceeding together the clear yearly VaUie of two hundred Pounds /)^r 'Annum. Anr.um, for each fuch Church refpectively. TheCommiffio- XI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for ners impowered the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to en- to enquire of the quire and inform themfelves, by all lawful Ways and Means, of the Right of Advov.-fon, Patronage, and Kighiof Patro- Nomination, of or to the prefent Church in every Parifh, from which any Part or Diftricl fhall be divided Bagc, &c. ^j. f^]j.gj-, |jy virtue or in purfuance of this Adl; and in what Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corpo- rate, the fame, or any Eflate or Intereft therein, is, or at the Time of fuch Enquiry, fliall be, and to treat and agree with and agree with all fuch Perfons having any Right or Intereft in fuch Advowlbn, Patronage, or Nomina- him who harh jj^jj f^j. [j^e more eff"e(3:ual dividing and feparating fuch prefent Parifh, and the Tithes, Oblations, Dues, the Right ftr , gnJ
