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Revenues of Armagh and’ Derry reduced.
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LIV. ‘And whereas the Revenues of the Archbishoprick of Armagh and the Bishoprick of Derry have increased in such Manner that, without affecting the just and competent Support of the said Dignities, a Portion thereof may be beneficially applied for the other Purposes of the Established Church in Ireland, in manner herein-after mentioned;’ be it therefore further enacted, That when and so soon as the said Archbishoprick of Armagh shall become void, the Successor thereto, and his Successors for ever, Archbishops of Armagh, shall, from and out of the Revenues of the said Archbishoprick, pay over to the said Commissioners under this Act the annual Sum of Four thousand and five hundred Pounds, the same to be paid by Two equal Payments on each First Day of July and First Day of January in every Year, the first Payment or Amount of such annual Tax to be made on the First Day of July or First Day of January, as may happen, after the first half-yearly Payment of the Revenue of such Archbishoprick of Armagh shall have become due and payable to such Successor of the now Archbishop of Armagh; and that the now Bishop of Derry, having freely assented thereunto, shall, from and out of the Revenues of the said Bishoprick, pay over to the said Commissioners under this Act the annual Sum of Four thousand and one hundred and sixty Pounds; and when and so soon as the said Bishoprick of Derry shall become void, the Successor thereto, and his Successors for ever, Bishops of Derry, shall, from and out of the Revenues of the said Bishoprick, pay over to the said Commissioners under this Act the annual Sum of Six thousand one hundred and sixty Pounds, the same to be paid by Two equal Payments on each First Day of July and First Day of January in every Year, the first Payment thereof to be made on the First Day of January in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four; and the Sums so from Time to Time to be paid to the said Commissioners by the said Archbishops of Armagh and Bishops of Derry shall be applied to such and the like Purposes as the Proceeds of said Tax hereby vested in the said Commissioners and the Revenue of such Bishopricks so to be united with other Bishopricks, and under like Rules and Regulations.
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