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Bishops may appoint collectors to levy sums charged in respect of such salaries.
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25. And . . . it shall be lawful for the bishop of every diocese in Ireland to appoint one or more collector or collectors to receive all and every such sum and sums of money as shall be so charged on and payable by such bishops and by such parsons and other ecclesiastical persons within such diocese; and to allow and pay to such agent any sum or sums of money, not exceeding the amount of one shilling in the pound, on all money collected by him, as such bishop shall think fit; and to take security from such agent for the due payment of all such sums and sum of money to the schoolmaster or schoolmasters of the school in such diocese or in the district of which such diocese may form a part, according to the provisions contained in the said recited Acts and this Act; and if any such parson or other ecclesiastical person shall, for the space of three months after the sum payable by him shall be demanded by such collector, refuse or neglect to pay the same to such collector, it shall and may be lawful for the archbishop or bishop to sequester the profits of the benefice belonging to such parson or other ecclesiastical person for the payment thereof, until the same shall be levied and paid.
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