The Bishop, on Application of any Incumbent of divided or united Parishes, shall enquire the Value and settle the Proportion of First Fruits, &c.; and return into the Exchequer a Certificate of such Proportions, by which the Parishes shall be charged in Process. Part only shall be so united to any other Parish or Parishes, shall die, resign, or be removed, then the next Incumbent or Person succeeding in the Place of him so dying, resigning, or being removed, shall be chargeable with and shall accordingly pay the First Fruits of such Parish or Parishes, or Part of Parish or Parishes, so united, as if he were legally_collated or instituted and inducted to the same; and to the End that such Incumbent may be charged with such First Fruits, the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland are hereby respectively required, each in his own Diocese, to make and return to the First Fruits Office a Certificate of the Death, Removal, or Resignation of such Incumbent or Incumbents of any such Parish or Parishes, or Part of Parish or Parishes, so united, and the Name of the next Incumbent or Person succeeding in the Place of him so dying, resigning, or being removed as aforesaid, together with the several and particular Denominations of each divided and united Parish or Parishes, within such Time and in such and the same Manner as Certificates are or usually have been made and returned upon the Institution or Collation of Incumbents to Livings or Benefices in Ireland. V. And in order to prevent any Disputes which might arise upon the apportioning the First Fruits, Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, Synodals, and Salaries payable to the Schoolmasters of the Diocesan Schools by the several Incumbents of such divided or united Parishes, be it enacted, That upon the Application of any Incumbent of any such divided or united Parish or Parishes to the Bishop of the Diocese in which such divided or united Parish lies, it shall be lawful for such Bishop, and he is hereby empowered and directed, to enquire into the Value of such Parishes or Parts of Parishes as are separated and divided from the old Parish, and erected into the new Parish, and to settle and adjust the Proportion of First Fruits, Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, and Synodals, and the Salaries of the said Schoolmasters, which the Incumbent of such old divided Parish and newly-erected Parish is to pay; which Adjudication, being in Writing, and signed and sealed by the said Bishop, and registered in the Register Book of the said Bishop, shall be the Proportion which the Incumbent of such newly-erected Parish is to pay, and shall be binding and conclusive upon the several Incumbents of such divided and united Parish and Parishes, and their Successors; any Law to the contrary notwithstanding. VI. And be it further enacted, That such Adjudication being made by the Bishop of the Diocese in manner as aforesaid, a Certificate of so much thereof as relates to the Proportion of First Fruits, Crown Rent, and Port Corn Rent, where with the said old divided Parishes and new erected Parishes are to be charged by the said Adjudication, shall be returned by the Bishop of the Diocese under his Episcopal Seal into His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, there to be filed of Record; and such old divided Parishes and newly-erected Parishes shall be charged in all Process to be issued out of the said Court for First Fruits, Crown Rent, and Port Corn Rent, according to the Proportion certified as aforesaid, and not otherwise; any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. VII. And VII. And be it further enacted, That after Presentation and Institution or Collation, and also Induction of any Clerk or Incumbent to any such united Parish, such Clerk or Incumbent, with the Parishioners and Inhabitants of such Parish or Parts of a Parish which shall be then vacant and become Part of such united Parish, shall proceed to the Election and Appointment of Churchwardens and other Parish Officers, as by Law they might have done if the other Parts of such united Parish had become void; which Churchwardens and other Parish Officers shall from time to time be elected and appointed in manner required by Law, as Churchwardens and other Parish Officers are in other Parishes elected and appointed, till the other Parts of such united Parish shall become void; and after such Avoidance the Election and Appointment of such Churchwardens and other Parish Officers of such united Parish shall be in the same Manner, and at the same Time, and by the same Persons, as is required by Law in the other Parishes of the Diocese in which such united or newlyerected Parish lies and is situated. For Election of Parish Officers in such Parts of the Union as are vacant. Incumbent of divided Parish shall receive from his Successor a Pro VIII. And be it further enacted, That where any large Parish shall be divided in manner as in this Act is mentioned, and that the Incumbent of any such divided Parish shall be entitled to receive any Sum of Money from his next Successor in any such Parish, in case the same had not been divided, on account of any Purchase of Glebe or Addition to the Glebe, or of any Build- Amount of ings or Improvements made on the Glebe of such Parish, or any such ImproveMoney paid by him to his Predecessor on such Account, accord- ments, although ing to the Laws in force for that Purpose, such Incumbent shall exceeding Two portion of Years Income. On Death or Removal of Incumbent of any newly have and be entitled to receive from hisnext Successor in that Part of such divided Parish within which such additional Glebe shall be situate, or on which such Buildings and Improvements shall have been made, the same Sum as he would have been entitled to receive if the said Parish had not been divided, although the Sum so to be received should exceed Two Years Income of that Part of the Parish; and such Incumbent, having paid such Proportion of the said Money, shall be entitled to receive such Proportion of the Money so to be paid from his Successors, according to the Laws in force for that Purpose, in such Manner as he ought in case such Parish had not been divided. IX. And be it further enacted, That where any such Union or Unions shall be made by virtue of this Act, and a new Parish erected, and it shall happen that any Incumbent enjoying any Parish or Part of a Parish so united to any other Parish or Part of a Parish constituting the newly-erected Parish shall die or be removed, whereby the Parish or Part of a Parish which such Incumbent so dying or removed held and enjoyed is no longer first Avoidan old Parish or Part of an old Parish, but is become Part of ance may prethe united and newly-erected Parish, it shall and may be lawful, sent to such from and after the Death or Removal of such Incumbent, to and for the Patron or Patrons of such united and newly-erected Parish, who by Law is or are entitled to present or collate to the First Turn upon the Avoidance of such newly-erected Parish, to present or collate his Clerk to such newly erected Parish by the Name or Description which such newly-erected Parish is distinguished or called by in the Act of Council establishing such Union and 14 erecting erected Parish, the Patron en titled to the new Parish. Clerk so presented may be inducted; and may qualify in any Church erecting such Parish, as if all the Incumbents of such united and newly-erected Parish were then dead or removed, and as if such united and newly-erected Parish were then entirely void; and upon such Presentation, and Institution thereupon, or Collation, the Clerk so presented and instituted or collated shall be entitled to Induction to the said united and newly-erected Parish, as if all the Incumbents were dead or removed, and may be inducted into the Parish or Part of a Parish which shall be then void, without waiting for the Death or Removal of the other Incumbent or Incumbents, and may perform all Matters and Things for the qualifying or entitling himself, as by Law is required, to the said united Parish, in any Church, if any such there be in that Parish or Part of a Parish then become vacant, and in case there be no Church upon such Parish or Part of a Parish so vacant, then in the old Parish Church of the Parish Cure of Souls, from whence such Part of a Parish is taken; and such Clerk so presented and instituted or collated, and also inducted, shall then enter upon the Cure of Souls, and take and receive all such Tithes, Duties, or other Profits, in such vacant Parish or Part of a Parish, in as large and ample a Manner as the old and former Incumbent so dying or removed was by Law entitled to have, take, and receive in such Parish or Part of a Parish before it became void. in the vacant Part, or in the old Parish Church, and enter on the &c. On Death or other Incum- full Incumbent of the whole new Parish, without further Presentation. In case of Death, &c. of Clerk so presented, the Patron next in Turn may pre X. And be it further enacted, That such Clerk so presented and instituted or collated, and so inducted, in pursuance of this Act, into such united or newly-erected Parish, upon the Death or Removal of the other Incumbent or Incumbents of the other Parishes or Parts of a Parish constituting such Union, and erected into the said new Parish, as they respectively become void, shall and may enter upon the Cure of Souls, and take and receive such Tithes, Duties, and other Profits, as the said former Incumbent or Incumbents so dying or removed was or were by Law entitled to in such Parish or Part of a Parish then become Part of the said united or newly-erected Parish; and such Clerk so presented and instituted or collated, and inducted, in pursuance of this Act, to such united Parish, and having performed all other Matters and Things which by Law he was required to do and perform, shall, upon the Death or Removal of every such other Incumbent, be full and lawful Incumbent of all the said united and newly-erected Parish, without any new Presentation and Institution, Collation or Induction, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, and shall have the same Right, Title, and Interest in and to the said united and newly-erected Parish, and to all Tithes, Duties, Profits, and Perquisites thereuntobelonging or appertaining, in as large and ample Manner as he could or might have had if such Clerk had been separately presented and instituted, or collated and inducted, into every of the said Parishes or Parts of Parishes, as they respectively became void, and as the old and former Incumbents, or any of them, were by Law entitled to have and receive the same. XI. And be it further enacted, That in case of the Death or Removal of such Clerk, instituted or collated and inducted in pursuance of this Act, before the other Parish or Parts of a Parish completing the said united or newly-erected Parish shall become void by the Death or Removal of the Incumbent or Incumbents thereof, thereof, the Patron or Patrons of such united or newly-erected sent, &c., until Parish whose Turn it shall be then to institute and present, or the Union is collate and induct, may in like Manner institute and present, or complete. collate and induct, to the said united or newly-erected Parish, and such Clerk so presented and instituted or collated, and also inducted, shall hold and enjoy the said united or newly-erected Parish, or such Parts of it as are then vacant, or which shall thereafter become vacant by the Death or Removal of the other Incumbent or Incumbents, in the same and as large and ample Manner as the former Incumbents presented and instituted, or collated and inducted, by virtue of this Act, did, might, or could have held and enjoyed the same, and in like Manner, so often as any Part of such united and newly-erected Parish shall become void by the Death or Removal of any such Incumbent or Incumbents, and until all the several Parishes or Parts of Parishes so united shall become void, and fallen into the said united and newly-erected Parish, so as to render the said Union complete and perfect: Saving to the other Incumbents of the Parishes or Parts of Parishes so united and made Part of the said newly-erected Parish, until the same shall become void, their several Rights, Titles, and Interests in and to their respective Parishes, or Part or Parts of Parishes, during their respective Incumbrances †, as though no Clerk had been presented and instituted, or collated and inducted, to such united and newly-erected Parish, in pursuance of this Act. XII. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall happen that there shall not be any Church upon any such Parish or Part of a Parish so becoming vacant, then the Person duly authorized to give Induction shall and may deliver a Sod or Turf to such Clerk, in the Name of Seisin and Possession of such united and newly-erected Parish, which is hereby declared to be a good and valid Induction to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever. XIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, with the Assent, Approbation, and Consent of such Persons, and in such Manner as in this Act is hereinbefore required, mentioned, and directed, concerning the uniting or dividing of Parishes or Parts of Parishes, to unite Appropriate Parishes, and to disappropriate Appropriate Parishes or Part of such Parishes, and to unite such Disappropriate Parishes or Part of such Parishes to another Parish, and to erect such divided and united Parishes into new Parishes with all parochial Rights. XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That where the Assent of the King's Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, is to be given to the making any Unions or Divisions of Parishes or Parts of Parishes, or of Appropriate Parishes or of Parts of such Parishes, or for establishing Perpetual Curacies and Chapels of Ease within Districts to be respectively formed from contiguous Portions of Two or more adjoining Parishes by virtue of this Act, the Consent of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, under his and their Hands and Seals, to such Unions and Divisions, or Establishment of Perpetual Curacies and Chapels of Ease, shall to all Intents and Purposes be as good and valid in Law as if the Consent of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, was thereunto signified by Letters Saving Rights of other exist ing Incum bents. + Sic. When no Parish may be given by Delivery of a Sod. Lord Lieutenant, &c. may unite Appropriate Parishes, or Assent of the King, being Patron, may be signified by the Lord Lieutenant. A. D. 1827. Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland; provided always, that such Consent of the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors as aforesaid, be enrolled in the Rolls Office of the High Court of Chancery of Ireland within Six Calendar Months after the Date thereof; for the Enrolment whereof Three Shillings and Four Pence and no more shall be paid, over and above the Expences usually paid to the Ingrossing Clerk for the same. XV. And be it further enacted, That any Disappropriation of Appropriate Parishes, in the Manner hereinbefore mentioned, shall not be made in any Diocese, unless with the Consent of the Dean and Chapter, under their Corporate Seal, Two Thirds at least of the Members of such Chapter being present and consenting; or where there is not any Dean and Chapter, with the Consent of the Archdeacon and major Part of the Beneficed Clergy of such Diocese, to be testified in Writing under their respective Hands and Seals. XVI. And be it further enacted, That when any Parish or Parishes Appropriate belong to and are annexed to any Archbishopric or Bishopric in Ireland, it shall and may be lawful for any Archbishop, with the Consent of the Dean and Chapter of the Diocese, and where there is not any Dean and Chapter, then with the Consent of the major Part of the Beneficed Clergy of the Diocese, and also of the Archbishop of the Province and Patron of such Parish, under their Hands and Seals, to unite Two or more of such Appropriate Parishes into One Perpetual Cure, and to unite One or more such Appropriate Parish or Parishes to any One Benefice or Benefices contiguous thereto, provided the entire Value of each of such respective Unions do not exceed One hundred Pounds by the Year. 6 XVII. And Whereas in the Union of the several Parishes 'which may hereafter be united by virtue of this Act there may be several Appropriate Rectories, and no Vicarage within the same; and the Rectorial Tithes and other Profits arising within such respective Rectories are to remain, notwithstanding such Union, payable to the Appropriators or Impropriators thereof, and who by reason thereof might by Law be obliged to repair 'the respective Chancels belonging to such Rectories, and to find < a sufficient Curate or Curates for the Performance of Divine 'Service and for the Cure of Souls within the same, before such Union;' Be it enacted, That wherever it shall happen in any Union to be made by virtue of this Act, that there shall be an Impropriate or Appropriate Rectory within the same, the Rector, Impropriator, or Possessor of which was, before the making of such Union, by Law obliged to repair the Chancel belonging to the Parish Church of the said Rectory, such Rector, Impropriator, or Possessor respectively, his Heirs, Successors, and Assigns, shall, from and after such Union so made by virtue of this Act, during the Continuance of such Union, be discharged from repairing of such Chancel respectively, and shall, in lieu, and instead of repairing the Chancel of such Rectory, be obliged to contribute a rateable Share or Proportion, according to the Value of the Profits arising out of such Rectories, to and for the Repair of the new Chancel of the said united Parishes; and such rateable Share or Proportion shall be settled and adjusted by Consent |