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In Cases of Proprietary Chapels, Commissioners to have a Discretion as to contributing towards Repairs, &c.
6 & 7 W. 4. c. 31
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III. And be it enacted, That in all Cases in which Application shall be made to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, pursuant to the said recited Acts or any of them, to pay or apply any Sum or Sums of Money for or towards the rebuilding, enlarging, or repairing of any Church or Chapel, now or which may be hereafter erected or appropriated and endowed by virtue of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act of His late Majesty King George the Second, for the Encouragement of building of Chapels of Ease in Ireland, or for or towards the providing of Things necessary for the Celebration of Divine Service in any such Church or Chapel, or for or towards the Payment of the Salaries for Maintenance of the Clerks or Sextons thereof, the Person or Persons so making such Application shall and he and they is and are hereby required to furnish to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners a Statement in Writing, in such Form and for such Period, and verified in such Manner, as the said Commissioners shall direct, of the annual or periodical Income belonging to or derived or produced by such Church or Chapel, or received by the Minister or Ministers thereof, whether the same shall arise from any Endowment or Endowments, or from the Sale or letting of Pews, or the Amount of Collections made in such Church or Chapel, or from any other Source or Sources whatsoever, and how such Income has been theretofore applied, and is in future intended to be applied; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, having regard to the Amount and Application of such Income, to pay or contribute such Sum or Sums as under or by virtue of the said recited Acts, or any of them, they might or ought to have paid or contributed for or towards the providing of Things necessary for the Celebration of Divine Service in such Church or Chapel, as required and authorized by any Rubric or Canon in force in England or Ireland, or for or towards Payment of the Salaries for Maintenance of the Clerks or Sextons of such Church or Chapel, or for or towards the rebuilding, enlarging, or repairing of the same, or, at their Discretion, to withhold, in case of any such Church or Chapel, the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money for or towards the several Objects and Purposes aforesaid, or any of them.
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