Church Temporalities Act, 1834

Charges upon suspended Benefices, how to be regulated.

IV. ‘And whereas it is by the said recited Act, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to settle and adjudge the Proportions of Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, Synodals, and the Salaries of the Schoolmasters of the Diocesan Schools, which the Incumbents of any Parish or Parishes divided or augmented pursuant to the Provisions of the said recited Act are respectively to pay: And whereas it is expedient that the said Provision should be extended to other Charges affecting such Parishes;’ be it therefore enacted, That all Duties, Powers, and Authorities which are imposed upon or vested in the said Commissioners by virtue of the said recited Act and of this Act, or of either of them, touching or concerning the Settlement or Adjudication of the Proportions of such Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, Synodals, and Salaries so to be paid as aforesaid, shall extend and be applicable to the Settlement and Adjudication of the Proportions of all other Charges whatever charged upon or payable out of such divided or augmented Parishes to be paid by the several Incumbents thereof respectively after such Division or Augmentation; and such last-mentioned Proportions shall be adjusted and registered in such Manner as in and by the said Act is directed, and shall be binding and conclusive upon the said several Incumbents of such divided or augmented Parish or Parishes respectively, and their respective Successors, any Law or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.