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Power to contract for the Purchase of suitable Glebe Houses.
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XXII. That it shall be lawful for the Bishop of any Diocese, in any Case in which a House of Residence shall be necessary to be provided for the Rector, Vicar, or other Incumbent of any Benefice, Parochial or District Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, having actual Cure of Souls, and cannot be conveniently erected on the Glebe of such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, or in case there shall be no Glebe appertaining thereto, to contract for the absolute Purchase of any House or Buildings, with or without a suitable Portion of Land, conveniently situate for the Residence of such Rector, Vicar, Chaplain, or Curate, or to contract for any Land upon which a House of Residence can be conveniently built, and for the Erection of the said House of Residence thereon, and to raise the Purchase Money thereof, and the necessary Expenses of erecting the same, by Mortgage of the Glebe, Rentcharge, and Emoluments of such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, in the same Manner in all respects as is provided with respect to Mortgages herein-before authorized; and the Principal Money, Interest, and Costs secured by the said Mortgage shall be repayable by the Rector, Vicar, or other Incumbent for the Time being, and his Successors, and recoverable against him and his personal Representatives, in the like Manner and to the same Extent as is herein-before provided in respect to the aforesaid Mortgages: Provided always, that no greater Sum shall be charged upon any such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, under the Authority of the foregoing Provision, than Two Years net Income of such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, after deducting all necessary Outgoings and Charges thereon in manner aforesaid.
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