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Lord Lieutenant, &c. shall divide the Patronage by Turns; the King, where entitled to any Presentation, shall have the first Turn.
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XIX. And be it further enacted, That when Two or more Churches or Parishes shall be united into One in pursuance of this Act, having formerly had distinct Patrons, in such Cases the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, and Council as aforesaid, with the Advice and Approbation of the respective Archbishop and Bishop in whose Province and Diocese the said Churches were situate, shall divide the Patronage by Turns among the Patrons, giving to each of them a Right to present oftener and seldomer, according to the true yearly Value of the respective Parish or Parishes whereof they are Patrons, the Consent of each Patron being first had and entered in the Instrument for erecting the said Union; and such Settlement or Settlements as aforesaid shall be final and binding to all Patrons, whether Ecclesiastical or Lay Patrons, and to all Parties, for ever; reserving always unto every Archbishop and Bishop, Registrars and Schoolmasters, their respective Dues payable out of every such Parish so united: Provided always, that where the King’s Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, is or shall be entitled to the Presentation of any of the said Parish Churches so to be united, he and they shall, from and immediately after such Union, upon the then first Vacancy, have the first Presentation of an Incumbent unto such united Church, and afterwards, upon the then next Vacancy, the other respective Patrons severally, as the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors and Council aforesaid, with the Advice and Approbation aforesaid, shall direct and appoint, regard being had to the respective Values of the several Parishes so to be united as aforesaid; and so in course respectively in manner aforesaid.
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