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Power for Commissioners to purchase House and Land for augmented Benefice.
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CIV. And be it further enacted, That where any Living, Benefice, Curacy, or Chapelry shall have been augmented by the said Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits in Ireland, or shall be augmented by the Commissioners under this Act, by any of the Ways or Means aforesaid, and there is or shall be no Parsonage or other House suitable for the Residence of the Minister, Curate, Chaplain, or Incumbent, it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners under this Act, by and with the Approbation and Consent of the Bishop of the Diocese, and they are hereby empowered (in order to promote the Residence of Clergy on their Benefices), to apply and dispose of any surplus Funds or Monies as aforesaid remaining in their Hands or at their Disposal, in such Manner as they shall deem most advisable, in or towards the building, rebuilding, or purchasing a House and other proper Erections within the Parish, Benefice, Curacy, or Chapelry, convenient and suitable for the Residence of the Minister thereof; which House shall for ever thereafter be deemed the Parsonage appertaining to such Living, Benefice, Curacy, or Chapelry, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever; and also in and towards the purchasing of any Lands not exceeding in the whole Forty Acres, whether being within the local Limits of the said Benefice, Curacy, Living, or Chapelry, or not, but so as that the same be situate convenient to such House so to be built, rebuilt, or purchased as aforesaid, such Land so to be purchased being of Freehold Tenure, or Copyhold of Inheritance, or for Life or Lives, holden of any Manor or Lordship belonging to the same Benefice, Curacy, Living, or Chapelry; and which Lands so purchased shall for ever, from and after the Grant and Conveyance thereof, be and become annexed to and Glebe of such Benefice, Living, Curacy, or Chapelry, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, and be holden and enjoyed by such Incumbent and his Successors accordingly, without any Licence or Writ of Ad quod damnum; and the Whole or any Part or Parts of the said Land which before such Annexation were or was of Copyhold Tenure shall for ever from and after such Annexation become and be of Freehold Tenure; the Statute of Mortmain, or any other Statute or Law, to the contrary notwithstanding; subject nevertheless to the Laws now in force or that may hereafter be in force in Ireland for exchanging of Glebes.
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