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As to Appointment of Chapelwardens.
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XXVII. That it shall be lawful to elect, admit, and swear Two fit and proper Persons, being Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, to act as Chapelwardens in any Proprietary Church or Chapel erected, appropriated, or endowed under the Provisions of this or any other Act for the Encouragement of the building of Churches or Chapels in Ireland, in the same Manner and at the same Period in every Year as in the Case of Churchwardens of Parochial Churches, One of such Chapelwardens to be named by the Incumbent or Minister, or by the Bishop of the Diocese in case there shall be none, and the other by the Proprietors of Pews in such Church or Chapel, or by the Trustees of the Church or Chapel in the first instance, before the said Pews or One Third thereof shall be let; and such Chapelwardens, when so elected, admitted, and sworn as aforesaid, shall have the like Authority within the said Church or Chapel as Churchwardens in the Case of a Parish Church have, and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Deed of Endowment, take care of the Repairs of the said Church or Chapel and the Management of the Funds thereof, and be competent to recover, by all proper Means and Proceedings, the Pew Rents and other Dues belonging to the said Church or Chapel, and so that no such Proceeding shall abate by reason of the Death, Removal, or going out of Office of any such Chapelwardens, but may be commenced, prosecuted, and continued in the official Name of the Chapelwardens of such Church or Chapel, describing the same by its usual Name, or by its local Situation: Provided always, that the Office, Powers, and Duties of such Chapelwardens, when selected, admitted, and sworn, shall be continued until Successors shall be chosen and sworn to fill the said Office as aforesaid.
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