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Description of Boundaries of assigned Districts to be registered.
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XIV. That the Bishop of the Diocese in which such District is assigned, or the Bishops of the several contiguous Dioceses from which any District shall be assigned from Portions of contiguous Parishes in different Dioceses, shall cause a Description of the Boundaries of the District assigned by him or them to such Church or Chapel to be registered in the Registry or Registries of the said Diocese or Dioceses, and shall also cause his or their Orders and Directions in Writing as to all the Offices to be performed in any such Church or Chapel to be registered in the Registry or Registries of his or their Dioceses; and every such District when so assigned shall, from and after the setting apart of said Church or Chapel, be under the immediate Care of the Incumbent or Curate who shall be duly licensed to serve such Church or Chapel, so far as regards Visitation of the Sick and other Pastoral Duties; and it shall be lawful for the Bishop of the Diocese, or the Bishops of the several Dioceses, from which the said District shall be formed, to determine whether Baptisms, Churchings, or Burials shall be solemnized or performed in such Church or Chapel, or not, and from Time to Time to alter, enlarge, or abridge such Districts as shall become necessary or expedient: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to discharge the Incumbent of any such Parish a Portion of which shall be included in any such District, or any other Ecclesiastical Person having Cure of Souls within the same, or his Successors, from the Cure of Souls or other Parochial Duties in any such District, but the said Cure of Souls shall remain as heretofore.
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