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Life trustees to nominate minister for the first two turns or for any numbers of turns which may occur in forty years. Subsequent nominations to be in incumbent of parish, unless the church is made a district church, and then in patron, &c.
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12. The life trustee or trustees of any such church or chapel which shall be built or purchased by private subscription may nominate for the first two turns which shall occur after the consecration of the church or chapel, or for any number of turns which may occur during the space of forty years after the same, to the bishop of the diocese, for his approbation and licence, a spiritual person to serve the same; and all subsequent nomination shall be in the incumbent of the parish or extra-parochial place in which such church or chapel shall be built or purchased; unless in case of such chapel being made a district church as herein-after mentioned, in which case such subsequent nominations shall be in the patron of the church of the original parish; and in case of any neglect of any trustee or trustees patron or incumbent respectively to make such nomination the same shall lapse, as in the case of actual benefices; and if all the subscribers entitled to elect trustees shall die before such nominations shall have been made, or such forty years shall have elapsed as aforesaid, then and in every such case the nomination shall be made by the incumbent during such period: Provided also, that if all such subscribers shall die, so that no such election of any trustees can be made, and any one of the trustees for the time shall die or vacate, then and in every such case the incumbent for the time being shall be and become a trustee, to use and exercise all powers and authorities given to trustees under the provisions of this Act.
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