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Bounds of Parochial Districts to be ascertained by the Bishop before the same shall be erected, and Copies sent to Incumbent and Lord Lieutenant for Consents.
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XIX. That before any such District Parochial Church or Chapel shall be erected in or for any such District the Bounds for such District shall be ascertained by an Instrument in Writing under the Hand and Seal or Hands and Seals of the Bishop of the Diocese, or Bishops of the several Dioceses, concurring in the Formation of such District, and such Writing shall set out the Bounds of such proposed District, and the several Townlands or Parts of Townlands which shall be comprised within any such District, and shall be marked and coloured on a Sheet or Sheets of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, and annexed to such Instrument, and a Copy of such Instrument shall, within Fourteen Days from the Date thereof, be transmitted to the Incumbent of the Parish or the Incumbents of the several Parishes from which said District shall be proposed to be formed, and if he or they shall not consent thereto, a Copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Lord Licutenant or other Chief Governor of Ireland in Council, and the Lord Licutenant in Council shall in such Case hear and determine any Objection which may be made by or on behalf of such Incumbent or Incumbents or any of them, and shall confirm or alter the same as the Circumstances of the Case may appear to require, and shall order such Instrument to be altered accordingly; and said Instrument, so consented to by the said Incumbent or Incumbents, or so altered by any such Order, or if no Order shall be made thereupon by the Lord Lieutenant or Chief Governor 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, or of every Diocese in which such newly created District shall be situated, and for every which Entry the Sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence, and no more, shall be paid to the Register, and shall also be enrolled in the Rolls Office of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, for which Enrolment the Sum of Ten Shillings, and no more, shall be paid, over and above the Expenses usually paid to the Engrossing Clerk for the same; and upon and after the Registry and Enrolment of every such Instrument the District therein set out and described shall be deemed and reputed to be a several and distinct District or Parish for the Purposes of this Act, and for all Purposes whatsoever, and shall be called and known by such Name as shall be given thereto by such Instrument; and Churchwardens shall be chosen and appointed, and with the like Authority, within the said District, as Churchwardens of Parish Churches now by Law are or may be appointed; saving nevertheless to the Rectors or Incumbents of the several Parishes out of which such District Parishes or Cures shall be respectively formed, and their Successors, all their Rights as Rectors or Incumbents of the respective Portions of such Districts, unless otherwise directed by said Instrument.
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