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Disappropriation of unnecessary Demeane Lands.
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LV. That the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being shall, on the Application of any Archbishop, and the Archbishop of the Province shall, on the Application of any Bishop, grant a Commission to Five or more Persons, empowering them or any Three of them to view all the Demesne Lands of such Archbishop or Bishop, and to cause a Survey to be taken and a Map to be made thereof, and in such Map to distinguish and set apart such Part, not less than Two hundred and fifty Acres of the said Lands, as they shall judge fit and sufficient for a Demesne for an Archbishop or Bishop of that See, and the Nature and Quality thereof, and to certify the same under their Hands and Seals to the said Lord Lieutenant or Chief Governor or Governors, or to the Archbishop of the Province, in which Commission a Power shall be given to any One or more Justices or Justice of the Peace of the County wherein any Part of the said Demesne Lands shall be situate to administer an Oath to such Commissioners so appointed as aforesaid, justly and faithfully to execute the said Commission according to the best of their Skill and Knowledge, which Oath shall be so administered; and upon the Return of the said Commission, Certificate, and Map it shall be lawful for the said Lord Lieutenant or Chief Governor or Governors, or for the said Archbishop of the Province, by Writing under his or their Hand or Hands and Seal or Seals, to set out and settle a proper Demesne for such Archbishop or Bishop not containing less than Two hundred and fifty Acres, and to cause a Map thereof to be made and affixed to such Writing, which Writing and Map shall be lodged in the Council Office, and a Duplicate thereof shall be lodged in the Registry of the Diocese of such Archbishop or Bishop; and the said Lands so set out as Demesne Lands shall always from thenceforth be deemed to be the Demesne Lands belonging to the said Archbishop or Bishop and his Successors for ever; and that from thenceforth it shall be lawful for the said Archbishop or Bishop and his Successors to demise the remaining Part of the said former Demesne Lands for such Term or Terms as is herein-after mentioned, that is to say, all such Lands as do not lie within any Town Corporate or Market Town, or within Half a Mile thereof, for any Term not exceeding Ninety-nine Years in possession, and all the Residue of such Lands for such Term of Years as by the Laws for the Time being in force he is empowered to demise other Lands belonging to his said See.
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