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Tenants of Bishops Lands enabled to apply for a Perpetuity therein, by Notice to the Commissioners under this Act.
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CXXVIII. ‘And whereas it is expedient that the Tenants or Lessees of the Lands of Archbishops or Bishops, and other Sole Ecclesiastical Corporations, in Ireland, should be empowered to purchase a perpetual Estate or Interest in such Lands and Premises;’ be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act it shall and may be lawful for any Tenant or Tenants, Lessee or Lessees, holding or who shall hold under or by virtue of any Lease or Contract for Term of Twenty-one Years, or for Term of Twenty-one Years or Three Lives, or for Three Lives, or for Term of Forty Years, immediately from and under any Archbishop or Bishop or other Sole Ecclesiastical Corporation in Ireland, any Lands, Premises, or Hereditaments belonging to the respective Sees or other Spiritual Promotion or Dignity of any such Archbishop or Bishop or other Sole Ecclesiastical Corporation, to purchase the Fee Simple and Inheritance of and in the said Lands, Premises, and Hereditaments so held by him or them as aforesaid, in the Manner and at the Rate of Purchase Money, and subject to the perpetual annual Rents, and to the Provisoes, Restrictions, Regulations, and Conditions herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) that it shall and may be lawful for any such Tenant or Lessee, by Notice in Writing under his Hand, to notify to the said Commissioners under this Act, and to such Archbishop or Bishop or other Ecclesiastical Person under whom such Lands, Premises, or Hereditaments are or shall be held, that he, such Tenant or Lessee, is ready and willing to purchase the Fee Simple and Inheritance as aforesaid of and in the said Lands, Premises, or Hereditaments so held by him under such Archbishoprick or Bishoprick or other Spiritual Promotion or Dignity, in the Manner and pursuant to the Provisions of this Act; and that thereupon the said Commissioners shall and may and they are hereby authorized and required to ascertain the annual Rent or Rents now thereby reserved and payable by virtue of such Lease or Contract out of the said Lands and Premises, and the Amount of the Sum or Sums of Money theretofore paid or agreed to be paid as and for the Fine or Fines and Fees for Renewal of any such Lease or Interest of and in the said Lands and Premises, in the Case of Leases usually renewed every or every alternate or every third Year, for and during the Period of Nine Years next preceding the Service of such Notice; and in the Case of Leases usually renewed at longer Intervals, and in the Case of Leases for Lives, for and during such Period as shall include the Three last previous Occasions of such Renewal; and every such Archbishop or Bishop or other Ecclesiastical Person under whom the said Lands and Premises shall be held as aforesaid shall, upon being thereto required by the said Commissioners by Writing, certify to the said Commissioners, by Writing under his Hand and Seal, the Amount of such annual Rent, and every such Fine and Fines and Fees so paid, or agreed to be paid, or usually paid or payable as aforesaid, for and during such Period as aforesaid; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners under this Act, and they are hereby empowered, if they shall so think fit, or shall be required by Requisition under the Hand and Seal of the said Archbishop or Bishop or other Ecclesiastical Person, or Tenant or Tenants, Lessee or Lessees, to issue a Commission under their Seal to inquire into and ascertain the Amount of such annual Rent and such Renewal Fine or Fines and Fees as aforesaid so paid or payable, or agreed to be paid, or usually paid or payable as aforesaid, for and during the Period aforesaid; which Commission shall issue in the same Manner, and subject to the like Rules and Regulations, with the like Powers, as is and are herein-before provided with respect to Commissions directed to be issued for inquiring into the annual Value of Ecclesiastical Benefices.
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