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A scope of ground now in possession of J. Dawson when built on to be the parish of St. Anne’s,
and enjoy all parochial rights, & c.
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XVIII. Whereas a considerable scope of ground lying between the road which leads to Saint Patrick’s Well and the north side of Saint Stephen’s-green, at present part and parcel of the parishes of Saint Peter’s and Saint Kevan’s, being now in the possession of Joshua Dawson, esquire, is now set, or shortly to be set out for buildings, which buildings when finished, will contain more inhabitants than can be well accommodated in the parish church of Saint Peter’s: Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the scope of ground aforesaid, shall be, and is constituted immediately from and after the passing of this present act, the parish of Saint Anne’s, Separate and distinct and independant of the parish of Saint Peter’s and Saint Kevan’s’ aforesaid, and shall have, by itself all parochial rights and priviledges as a separate distinct vicarage or parish, and that there shall be for it a several parochial church, and a vicar or minister several and independant from the other, and constant and perpetual succeeding vicars or ministers, who shall have cure of fouls within the said vicarage or parish, and shall have, receive, and enjoy from the inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Anne, all such ecclesiastical dues as are now of right or by custom payable to the vicar or minister of Saint Peter’s, and also all such sums of money as are or shall be allotted, ascertained, set forth, and charged for the vicar or minister, on the several houses that are or shall be built within the said parish of Saint Anne, pursuant to an act of Parliament lately passed in this kingdom, for provision for ministers in cities and corporate towns, and subject nevertheless, to the visitation of the ordinary, and all laws, customs, and cannons ecclesiastical to which vicars are usually and of right ought to be subject, and that there shall be for the said parish two church-wardens, a parish clerk, and such other parish officers as are usual in other vicarages or parishes in succession for ever, who shall severally perform the several and respective parish duties belonging to their respective offices, and severally have and receive the several and respective profits, benefits, priviledges, advantages and authorities usually enjoyed with, and of right belonging to such respective offices in parishes.
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