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Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin empowered to present a Fellow of Trinity College to a Benefice, to be selected as herein mentioned.
Proviso in case of Disagreement of the Archbishops.
Fellow so elected to vacate his Fellowship.
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XXXIV. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Archbishop of Armagh and Archbishop of Dublin, and they are hereby required, to select from and out of the Benefices belonging to each of the Bishopricks in the First Column of the said Schedule (B.) mentioned, and now in the Gift or Collation of the respective Bishops thereof, one Benefice not exceeding the annual Value of One thousand Pounds, and to return a List of the several Benefices so selected, under their Episcopal Seals, to the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and His Majesty’s Privy Council there, for their Approval, and when approved by the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors and Council, such List shall be registered in the Rolls Office of His Majesty’s Court of Chancery in Ireland, together with such Approval; and upon each and every Avoidance of the said Benefices so selected happening from Time to Time after the said Bishopricks to which the same may respectively belong shall have become united to any other Bishopricks by virtue of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Archbishop of Armagh and Archbishop of Dublin to nominate and present to each such Benefice One of the Fellows or Ex-Fellows of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, near Dublin, being in Holy Orders: Provided always, that in case the said Two Archbishops shall not be able to agree in such Nomination and Appointment, or shall decide upon the Person to be appointed to the said vacant Benefice, the first Turn therein to be exercised by the Archbishop of Armagh, and if on the Vacancy of any of the said Benefices so selected as aforesaid the said Archbishop shall not present thereto some such Fellow or Ex-Fellow within such Period as any Patron ought to present to a Benefice in his Gift or Presentation, then and in such Case the Right of Presentation or Collation to such Benefice shall, for that Turn, devolve to the Bishop of the Diocese, and be in all respects subject to the ordinary Law of Lapse: Provided always, that until the said Bishopricks shall have become united to any other Bishopricks under the Provisions of this Act, nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the Right of Presentation or Collation to any of the Benefices so selected as aforesaid, as at present enjoyed or possessed; and provided further, that any Fellow of the said College who shall accept any such Benefice shall vacate his Fellowship at such Time and in such Manner as according to any Statute, Bye Law, or Usage of the said College, Fellowships are vacated upon the Acceptance of any Living in the Gift or Disposal of the said College.
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