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Commissioners may advance Part of Surplus for building Churches in certain Cases.
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LXXVIII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to advance or apply, out of the said surplus Fund and Monies at their Disposal as aforesaid, such Sum or Sums as they shall think fit for the Purpose of building Churches or Chapels of Ease in any Parish or Place in Ireland, provided that an Application in Writing shall be made to such Commissioners, through the Bishop of the Diocese, for such Purpose, by at least Twenty of the Inhabitants of such Parish or Place, accompanied by a Plan and Estimate of the Expence of building such Church or Chapel of Ease, and that such Application shall signify the Willingness of the Persons making the same to contribute or procure to be contributed, in such Proportions as may have been mutually agreed upon by them, a Sum not less than One Fifth of the whole Expence as stated in such Estimate, for the Purpose of building such Church or Chapel of Ease; and provided further, that before any Advance for such Purpose shall be made by said Commissioners the several Sums so subscribed or contributed shall be respectively paid or secured to be paid to the said Commissioners, in such Manner as the said Commissioners shall appoint and require, and that for such Purpose the said Commissioners shall and they are hereby enabled to take such Personal or Real Security as to them shall seem proper or necessary; and provided further, that such Commissioners may employ an Architect chosen by themselves to execute such Building, and subject to such Regulations as such Commissioners shall think fit; and provided that if such Sum or Sums of Money shall be paid by Instalments, the last Instalment shall be at least One Fourth Part of the whole Sum granted for such Purpose, and that such Instalment shall not be paid until the said Commissioners shall be satisfied, by the Certificate of a competent Architect, that the building of such Church or Chapel is completed in a sufficient and workmanlike Manner, pursuant to the Plan and Estimate approved as aforesaid, and also by a Certificate from the Ordinary of the Diocese that he, upon Inspection thereof, is satisfied with the Execution of such Work; and the said Commissioners shall have the like Remedies for the Recovery of any Part of such Sum or Sums received from them for the Purpose of any such Building which shall not have been duly applied for such Purpose, and shall remain over and above after the Execution of such Purpose, as herein-before provided as to Sums granted by said Commissioners for the Purpose of repairing Churches or Chapels; and the Rents or Profits which may arise from the Letting or Sale of Pews and Seats in such Church or Chapel shall be and become vested in such Commissioners, to be employed by them as other Monies which shall come into their Hands under the Provisions of this Act: Provided always, that if it shall appear to the said Commissioners that, from the peculiar Circumstances of any Parish or Place, it is expedient that a Church or Chapel of Ease should be built in such Parish or Place, and that such Application of Twenty Inhabitants as aforesaid, or Contribution of One Fifth of the Expences of building the same as aforesaid, cannot be obtained, it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners, upon the Application of the Bishop of the Diocese, to advance, if they shall think fit, the necessary Monies out of the Funds at their Disposal, without such Application or Contribution as aforesaid.
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