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As to building District Parochial Churches.
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XVI. That it shall be lawful for any Person, Body Politic or Corporate, with the Consent in Writing of the Bishop of the Diocese under his Hand and Seal first had and obtained, to be deposited in the Registry of the Diocese, in any Parish in which the Parish Church is not sufficient to accommodate the Number of Inhabitants that might resort thereto for Divine Worship, or is at such a great Distance that any considerable Number of the Inhabitants cannot conveniently repair thereto, to erect any Building or Buildings, or set apart any Building or Buildings already erected, as a new Church or Chapel upon any Site then or previously set apart and dedicated to the Use of such Church or Chapel for ever, and situated in a convenient Place, and such Church or Chapel shall, until otherwise endowed, be kept in repair in the same Manner as the Parish Church is or ought to be kept: Provided always, that a District shall be previously appropriated and assigned to the said Church or Chapel within said Parish, by the Bishop of the Diocese in which it shall be situate, in manner herein-after mentioned.
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