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If Subscription deficient,
By Sale of Pews.
For 14 Years.
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X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the voluntary subscriptions and contributions, which shall be made for the building and finishing of the said church, and providing such ornaments thereof as aforesaid, shall not be sufficient for that purpose, then and in such case in order to supply such deficiency it shall and may be lawful to and for the church wardens of the said parish of Saint Thomas for the time being with the consent of the said commissioners, or any four of them, having given publick and previous notice of their meeting, to sell and convey to any Protestant inhabitant or inhabitants of either of the said parishes of Saint Mary or Saint Thomas, such and so many of the pews or seats, to be made in the said church of Saint Thomas, as shall be sufficient for that purpose; the said pews or seats to be held and enjoyed by such purchaser or purchasers, and his, her, or their assigns, being inhabitants of either of the said parishes and protestants, for the term of fourteen years, to be computed from the time of the consecration of the said church, and from the end of such term until the same shall be disposed of in manner herein after mentioned; and that the purchase-money, agreed on for every such sale, shall be paid by the respective purchaser or purchasers into the hands of the treasurer for the time being, to be appointed as aforesaid; otherwise such sale shall be void; and such of the pews or seats to be made in the said church, as shall remain unsold as aforesaid at the time of the consecration of the said church, shall and may be disposed of at any time thereafter by the minister and church wardens, and majority of the inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Thomas in vestry assembled, in such manner, and to such uses, as to them shall seem meet.
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XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any pew or seat in the said church, which shall be told as aforesaid, shall at any time after the end of fourteen years, to be computed from the time of the consecration of the said church, be held and enjoyed by any person or persons, who shall not then be an inhabitant or inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Thomas, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful to and for the minister and church wardens, and majority of the inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Thomas in vestry assembled, and they are hereby required, by and with the consent of the lord archbishop of Dublin for the time being, to sell and convey every such pew or seat, so held and enjoyed, to any protestant inhabitant or inhabitants of the said parish of Saint Thomas for any sum, not less than the sum which shall have been paid for the same to the said treasurer by the original purchaser thereof; the money arising by such sale to be paid by the church-wardens to such original purchaser, his or her executors or administrators, or his, her, or their assigns.
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