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As to Purchase of Demesne, Mensal, and Glebe Lands.
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XXXVII. That it shall be lawful for any Archbishop or Bishop having not more than One hundred Acres of Demesne Lands annexed to his See, and for any Rector, Vicar, or other Incumbent of any Benefice, Parochial Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, not having more than Five Acres of Glebe belonging to his Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, by and with the Consent of the Person or Persons by this Act empowered to entertain Memorials as aforesaid, to be testified under his Hand and Seal at the Foot of a Memorial to be presented and approved of as in the Case of building of Ecclesiastical Residences, or by his being Party to the Deed or Instrument of Purchase, by any Deed or Instrument in Writing, to be registered and enrolled in the Manner herein-after mentioned, to purchase to him and his Successors for ever any Lands within the Limits of his See, Benefice, or Preferment, or immediately adjacent and convenient thereto, not exceeding in Quantity, in the Case of an Archbishop or Bishop, the Number of Two hundred Acres, and in the Case of a Rector, Incumbent, or Curate, Twenty Acres, upon which Purchase there may be reserved out of said Lands any yearly Rent not exceeding One Half of the improved Value of said Lands at the Time of the Purchase thereof, which said Rent so reserved shall be a Charge on the said Lands so purchased in the Hands of such Ecclesiastical Person and his Successors for ever; and such Lands so purchased shall be and continue the Demesne or Glebe Lands of such See, Benefice, or Curacy, to all Intents and Purposes; and every such Ecclesiastical Person who shall have purchased said Lands, or his personal Representative, shall be entitled to demand and have a Certificate of Charge on such See, Benefice, or Curacy, (not exceeding Two Years net Income thereof,) for the Amount of the Purchase Money thereof, of the like Nature, Force, and Effect as a Charge for building or improving of Ecclesiastical Residences pursuant to Memorial.
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