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Nominee of Commissioners to be entitled to Administration.
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XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners under this Act shall be deemed and taken to be, in every Ecclesiastical Court in the United Kingdom, Judgment Creditors of any Archbishop, Bishop, or other such Person as aforesaid chargeable with any Arrears of said annual Tax; and in case the Executors, or next of Kin, or Residuary Legatees of such Archbishop, Bishop, or other Person as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to take out Probate or Letters of Administration to him, the said Commissioners shall be entitled to have Administration of his Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, granted or committed unto their Nominee or Nominees in such Manner and Form, but subject to the same Regulations as far as may be, as and under which Administrations are usually granted to Creditors of other deceased Persons, notwithstanding that no Affidavit or other Evidence shall be made or given in or to such Ecclesiastical Court of any Debt being actually due to such Commissioners: Provided always, that a Certificate under the Corporation Seal of the said Commissioners shall be produced to such Ecclesiastical Court, alleging that a Debt on account of Arrears of said annual Tax is due to such Commissioners, and that they require such Administration to be granted to the Person to be therein named.
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