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So much of any Acts as restrain the Application of any Parliamentary Gift to Churches, where Service has not been performed for 20 Years, repealed, &c.
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XXV. And be it further enacted, That so much and such Parts of any Act or Acts of Parliament in force in Ireland at the Time of the passing of this Act, as restrain and limit the Application of any Grant or Appropriation by Parliament of any Sum or Sums of Money granted to the said Trustees and Commissioners of the First Fruits of Ecclesiastical Benefices in Ireland, by way of Gift, for the building of new Churches or Chapels, or rebuilding of old Churches or Chapels, in such Parishes wherein no Public Service has been performed for Twenty Years last, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; and that from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Trustees and Commissioners to appropriate, by way of Gift, so much and such Parts of all Monies in their Hands, as they may think reasonable, to the building and rebuilding of Churches and Chapels, as well in Parishes where Public Service shall have been performed in the Course of Twenty Years next preceding the Time of the several Grants and Appropriations aforesaid, as in any other Parish whatsoever; any thing in the said Acts or any of them to the contrary notwithstanding.
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