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Commissioners shall contribute to rebuilding and repairing Cathedral and Parochial Churches.
21 G. 2. (I.)
39 G. 3. (I.)
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LXIV. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases where, under and by virtue of an Act made in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for disappropriating Benefices belonging to Deans, Archdeacons, Dignitaries, and other Members of Cathedral Churches, and for appropriating others in their Stead, and also for the Removal of the Sites of ruined Cathedral Churches, any Parochial Church shall have been or shall be made, or shall have become by Usage or Custom, Cathedral and Parochial, and in all Cases where, under and by virtue of an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the repairing of Cathedral Churches in Cases where the Parish Churches have been long in Ruins, any Cathedral Church shall have been or shall be made use of as a Parish Church, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby required, to contribute to the Repairs of such Cathedral and Parochial Churches, in such Proportion as has been agreed upon by and between the Dean and Chapter, or Chapter, of such Cathedral Church, and by the Protestant Inhabitants of the Parish or Union in which such Church is situate, that the Inhabitants thereof should contribute to the rebuilding, enlarging, and putting into and keeping in repair of such Cathedral and Parochial Churches; and if it shall happen that no such Agreement as aforesaid shall have been made by and between the Parties aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and the Privy Council thereof, upon the Petition of the Dean and Chapter or of the said Commissioners, finally to adjust and ascertain the Proportions in which such Deans and Chapters, or Chapters, and said Commissioners shall so respectively contribute for the Purposes aforesaid; and the Sums necessary and sufficient for such Purposes shall be from Time to Time apportioned and paid accordingly by the said Deans and Chapters, or Chapters, and said Commissioners respectively, subject however to the Regulations hereafter mentioned with respect to Monies to be expended in such Purposes.
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