Union of Parishes Act, 1827

Districts shall be ascertained by an Instrument under the Episcopal Seal; subject to Approval by Lord Lieutenant.

XXIV. And be it further enacted, That before any such Church or Chapel shall be erected in or for any District, the Bounds for such District shall be ascertained by an Instrument in manner following; that is to say, the Archbishop or Bishop of the Diocese, by Writing under his Hand and Archiepiscopal or Episcopal Seal, shall and may set out and describe the Bounds of such District, and the several Townlands which shall be comprised within any such District respectively; and a Copy of such Instrument shall, within Fourteen Days from the Date thereof, be transmitted to each of the several Incumbents of the Parishes from which such District shall be formed, and also to the Lord Lieutenant in Council; and the Lord Lieutenant in Council shall hear and determine any Objections which may be made by or on behalf of any such Incumbents, and shall confirm or alter the Bounds of the District so set out and described in such Instrument, as the Circumstances of the Case may appear to require, and shall order such Instrument to be altered accordingly: Provided always, that such Instrument so altered by any such Order, or if no Order shall be made thereupon by the Lord Lieutenant in Council within Six Weeks after the Date of the Transmission of the Copy of such Instrument to the Council Office in Dublin Castle, then such Instrument, as originally transmitted, shall be entered in the Registry of the Diocese, for which Entry the Sum of Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, and no more, shall be paid to the Registrar, and shall also be enrolled in the Rolls Office of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, for which Enrolment the Sum of Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, and no more, shall be paid, over and above the Expences usually paid to the Ingrossing Clerk for the same.