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Ecclesiastical Commissioners to be appointed.
Commissioners to subscribe the following Declaration.
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II. And be it further enacted, That the Lord Primate of all Ireland, the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, being a Member of the United Church of England and Ireland, the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, being a Member of the United Church of England and Ireland, all now and hereafter for the Time being, and also such Four of the Archbishops or Bishops of Ireland as shall be appointed from Time to Time by His Majesty in Council for the Time being, by Warrant under the Sign Manual, together with Three proper and discreet Persons, being Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, Two of whom to be appointed from Time to Time by His Majesty in Council by Warrant under the Sign Manual, and the other to be appointed from Time to Time by the said Lord Primate and Lord Archbishop of Dublin for the Time being, by Writing under their respective Hands and Seals, shall be One Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of the “Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland,” and by that Name have perpetual Succession and a Common Seal, and by that Name shall and may sue and be sued, and shall have Power and Authority to take and purchase and hold Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments to them, their Successors and Assigns, for the Purposes of this Act, the Statutes of Mortmain, or any other Act or Acts, to the contrary hereof notwithstanding: Provided always, that the said Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice, and said Three other Commissioners respectively, and their Successors for ever, do and shall, before acting under said Commission, and at the First Meeting they shall respectively attend, subscribe in the Book of the Minutes of the Proceedings of said Commissioners a Declaration in the Words following:
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