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Yearly Estimate of Expences to be transmitted to Ordinary.
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LXVII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the Incumbent, or, in his Absence, the officiating Curate or Minister officiating as Curate of every Parish, Union, or Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, in Ireland, and the Dean and Chapter, or Chapter, of every such Cathedral and Parochial Church, or Cathedral used as a Parish Church, in Ireland, shall and he and they are hereby required, on or before the First Day of November in this present Year, and on or before the First Day of June in each and every succeeding Year, to prepare or cause to be prepared an Estimate of such Sum or Sums of Money as will be necessary, according to his or their Belief, for the ordinary Repairs of the Church or Chapel of such Parish, Union, Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, or of such Cathedral and Parochial Church, or Cathedral used as aforesaid respectively, for the ensuing Year, and for providing Things necessary for the Celebration of Divine Service in every such Church or Chapel of any such Parish, Union, Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, for such ensuing Year, which Estimate shall contain the several Items and Particulars of all the Matters and Things for which such Sum or Sums shall or may be required necessary for such Church or Chapel; and such Estimate shall be transmitted by such Person or Persons whose Duty it is to prepare the same to the Ordinary of the Diocese on or before the First Day of December in this present Year, and on or before the First Day of July in each and every succeeding Year, together with a Certificate under the Hand or Hands of such Person or Persons, stating that according to his or their Belief the several Matters and Things contained in such Estimate are or will be necessary or proper to be done or executed or provided for the Use of or in the Church or Chapel of such Parish, Union, Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, or such Cathedral and Parochial Church, or Cathedral used as aforesaid, as the Case may be, and that the Charges for the same and every of them as contained in such Estimate are reasonable and proper Charges: Provided always, that such Estimate, except in the Case of Cathedral Churches, before it be sent to the Ordinary of the Diocese, shall be first approved of by the Rural Dean of the Deanery in which the Church or Chapel to which such Estimate shall relate shall be locally situate, which Approval shall be certified by Signature affixed to such Estimate.
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