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Persons who before Union were obliged to repair Chancels, shall after Union contribute rateably, to be settled by Consent, or by Order of Lord Chancellor.
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XVII. And Whereas in the Union of the several Parishes which may hereafter be united by virtue of this Act there may be several Appropriate Rectories, and no Vicarage within the same; and the Rectorial Tithes and other Profits arising within such respective Rectories are to remain, notwithstanding such Union, payable to the Appropriators or Impropriators thereof, and who by reason thereof might by Law be obliged to repair the respective Chancels belonging to such Rectories, and to find a sufficient Curate or Curates for the Performance of Divine Service and for the Cure of Souls within the same, before such Union;’ Be it enacted, That wherever it shall happen in any Union to be made by virtue of this Act, that there shall be an Impropriate or Appropriate Rectory within the same, the Rector, Impropriator, or Possessor of which was, before the making of such Union, by Law obliged to repair the Chancel belonging to the Parish Church of the said Rectory, such Rector, Impropriator, or Possessor respectively, his Heirs, Successors, and Assigns, shall, from and after such Union so made by virtue of this Act, during the Continuance of such Union, be discharged from repairing of such Chancel respectively, and shall, in lieu, and instead of repairing the Chancel of such Rectory, be obliged to contribute a rateable Share or Proportion, according to the Value of the Profits arising out of such Rectories, to and for the Repair of the new Chancel of the said united Parishes; and such rateable Share or Proportion shall be settled and adjusted by Consent of all Parties concerned in Interest before such Union be made; or in case of any Failure of such Consent, then such Share or Proportion shall be ascertained by a Decree or Order of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, on proper Application thereto; and if any other Person was obliged to repair the Chancel of any of the other Parish Churches so united before such Union, every such Person and his Successors shall be obliged to pay a rateable Share towards the Repair of the new Chancel.
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