Glebe Lands, Representative Church Body, Ireland, Act, 1875

Power to invest funds in purchase, &c. of lands for manses, &c.

2. It shall be lawful for the said Representative Church Body to invest all moneys vested in them for that purpose in the absolute purchase, or in procuring leases or fee-farm grants subject to annual or other rents, and with or without fines, of lands for the erection thereon of churches, or of glebes for the use of the clergymen of said church, or for schools or other buildings in connexion with said church buildings, or for other church purposes, the land so to be purchased not to exceed thirty acres for each glebe, or to permit such clergymen and congregations to occupy and use the same at such rent and upon such terms and conditions as the Representative Church Body shall think fit; and the Representative Church Body may execute all such deeds, grants, leases, or other documents as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid.