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Ecclesiastical Commissioners not to grant a perpetual Estate to any Tenant now holding by Lease any Tithes appropriated to certain Ecclesiastical Dignities.
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XXX. ‘Whereas by reason of the Insufficiency of the Endowment of the Vicarages in several Parishes the Rectorial Tithes whereof are appropriated to Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, and other Ecclesiastical Dignities, Prebends, and Canonries in Ireland, by reason whereof it has become necessary from Time to Time to unite Two or more of such Vicarages into One Benefice, to the Disadvantage of the Spiritual Interests and Concerns of such Vicarages respectively;’ be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners acting in pursuance of the Provisions of said recited Acts, in the Name and on the Behalf of any Archbishop, Bishop, Dignitary, Prebendary, or Canon, to grant a perpetual Estate or Interest to any Tenant now holding or who may hereafter hold any Tithes or Compositions for Tithes appropriated to such Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Dignities, Prebends, or Canonries, under or by virtue of any Lease or Contract.
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