St. Anne's Parish Act 1707

disposal of scats.

XXIV. And whereas several of those persons who upon the next and first vacancy of the cure of Saint Bridget’s, or upon the next and first vacancy of the vicarage of Saint Peter’s and Saint Kevin’s, will according to this present act be parishioners and inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Anne, have feats at present in the parish churches to which they now belong respectively, and have contributed towards the building or erecting their present respective parish churches: Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That they who have feats in their respective parish churches, shall be and are hereby impowered to sell and dispose of such feats as they have, or shall have in either of those parish churches respectively, to the church-wardens of such respective parish for the use of the said parish, or if the said church-wardens will not purchase the same as aforesaid, for the use of the said parish, then to any other inhabitant of the said parish, provided he be of the protestant religion as now by law established, and also that no such person as aforesaid, who was assessed and paid towards the building of the parish church of Saint Bride’s, or towards the building of the parish church of Saint Peter’s, shall be assessed or compelled to pay towards the building of the parish church of Saint Anne’s upon their becoming parishioners of the said parish of Saint Anne’s, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.