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As to Endowment in trust for Chapelry or Curacy to be void unless erected within reasonable Time.
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XXVI. That every such Grant, Devise, or Bequest of any Lands or Tenements, Hereditaments, or Money, as and for or in trust for the Endowment of any Parochial Chapelry or Perpetual Curacy not then already erected and constituted by lawful Authority, shall, from and after the Expiration of Five Years fom the Execution of such Deed or the Death of such Testator, at the Election of the Grantor or Donor, or his Representative, be null and void to all Intents and Purposes, unless such Parochial Chapelry or Perpetual Curacy shall have been in the meanwhile erected and constituted by lawful Authority; and every such Lands and Tenements granted to the Intent that same might be exchanged shall be absolutely null and void, unless an Exchange for other Lands lying nearer and more convenient be made and perfected within the Space of Two Years from the making of such Grant; and such Lands, Tenements, or Benefactions shall from thenceforth revert to and to the Use of the said Benefactor, his Heirs, Executors, or Administrators: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Bishop of the Diocese, by Certificate under his Hand and Seal, to be deposited in the Registry of the Diocese, a Counterpart thereof to be transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for good and sufficient Reason appearing to the said Bishop, and stated in the said Certificate, to enlarge or vary the Time herein-before allowed, and such Allowance of the said Bishop shall be valid and effectual, unless the same shall be disallowed by the said Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of Ireland.
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