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Providing for the Repairs of Cathedral Churches.
39 G. 3.(1.)
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XXXVI. ‘And whereas it is enacted by the said first-recited Act, that in all Cases where, under and by virtue of an Act made in the Twenty-first of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for disappropriating Benefices belonging to Deans, Archdeacons, Dignitaries, and other Members of Cathedral Churches, and for appropriating others in their Stead, and also for the Removal of the Sites of ruined Cathedral Churches, any Parochial Church shall have been or shall be made or shall become by Usage or Custom Cathedral and Parochial, and in all Cases where, under and by virtue of an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for the repairing of Cathedral Churches in Cases where the Parish Churches have been long in Ruins, any Cathedral Church shall have been or shall be made use of as a Parish Church, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are thereby required to contribute to the Repairs of such Cathedral and Parochial Churches in such Proportion as has been agreed upon by and between the Dean and Chapter or Chapters of such Cathedral Church and by the Protestant Inhabitants of the Parish or Union in which such Church is situate, that the Inhabitants thereof should contribute to the rebuilding, enlarging, and putting into and keeping in repair of such Cathedral and Parochial Churches; and if it shall happen that no such Agreement as aforesaid shall have been made by and between the Parties aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and the Privy Council thereof, upon Petition of the Dean and Chapter or of the said Commissioners, finally to adjust and ascertain the Proportions in which such Deans and Chapters or Chapters and said Commissioners shall so respectively contribute for the Purposes aforesaid; and the Sums necessary and sufficient for such Purposes shall be from Time to Time apportioned and paid accordingly by the said Deans and Chapters and the said Commissioners respectively: And whereas it is just and reasonable that such Deans and Chapters should in certain Cases be relieved in the whole or in part from the Burthen of contributing to the Repairs of such Cathedral Churches;’ be it therefore enacted, That in case there shall be no Economy Fund or Chapter or other Property appropriated to the Purpose of rebuilding, enlarging, and putting into and keeping in repair of any such Cathedral Church, or no such Economy Fund, Chapter, or other Property adequate or sufficient for such Purpose, it shall and may be lawful for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if they shall so think fit, by Writing under their Seal to certify to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland in Council that there is no such Economy Fund, Chapter or other Property appropriated to the Purpose of repairing such Cathedral Church, or no such Fund or Property adequate and sufficient for such Purpose, and that it is just and reasonable that the said Commissioners should defray the whole of the Sums necessary for such Purpose, or that the said Commissioners and the Dean and Chapter or Chapter should contribute for such Purpose in such Proportions as shall in such Writing be specified; and in case the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland and the Privy Council thereof shall signify his and their Approval of the Matters specified in such Certificate, then and in such Case it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and they are hereby authorized and required from Time to Time to pay the whole of the Sums necessary for such Purpose as aforesaid, or such Proportion thereof as shall be specified in such Certificate, subject to such Regulations as in the said recited Acts and this Act or any or either of them are contained with respect to Monies to be expended for such Purposes: Provided always, that such Dean and Chapter or Chapter shall from Time to Time contribute for such Purpose as aforesaid such Proportion as shall be specified in such Certificate as just and reasonable to be contributed by such Dean and Chapter or Chapter.
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