Church Temporalities Act, 1833

Payment of Clerks Salaries.

LXIX. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall pay or cause to be paid on the First Day of September in each Year, in such Manner as they shall think fit, for the Maintenance of all and every the Person or Persons who at the passing of this Act shall be Clerk or Clerks of any Parish, Union, or Chapelry, or of any Chapel of Ease, (not being within the County of the City of Dublin or the Suburbs thereof,) in which there shall be a Church or Chapel fit for the Celebration of Divine Service according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the United Churches of England and Ireland, the following Salaries, so long as such Person or Persons shall be and continue to be such Clerk or Clerks as aforesaid; that is to say, for the Clerk of every such Parish in the Church or Chapel whereof there shall be Divine Service usually celebrated on Sundays and Festival Days and also on Two common Days at least in the Week, a Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds nor less than Ten Pounds, and in all other Cases a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds nor less than Five Pounds, as and for the Maintenance and Maintenances of every such Clerk respectively for the Year next ensuing, and in satisfaction and lieu of all other Fees, Dues, and Allowances whatever alleged or claimed to be payable to such Parish Clerk under any Usage or Custom.