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Power to appropriate and set apart Land for the Erection of a Church or Chapel.
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XXIX. That it shall be lawful for any Ecclesiastical Person or Corporation for the Time being Owner of any Demesne, Mensal, or Glebe or other Ecclesiastical Lands holden in right of his See, Benefice, Dignity, or Preferment, or in right of their Corporation, by and with the Consent of the Bishop of the Diocese and the Archbishop of the Province in which the said Lands shall be situate, testified under their respective Hands and Seals, and for any Person or Persons whatsoever seised of an Estate in Fee Simple or Fee Tail, or for Life with immediate Remainder to his own Issue, of or in any Lands whereon any new Parish Church, District Parochial Church, or Parochial Chapel of Ease, or Proprietary Chapel, or other licensed Building, has been, is being, or is intended to be, and may be conveniently or suitably built, to appropriate and set apart, by his or their Deed duly executed, or in case of any such Person seised in Fee Simple, Fee Tail, or for Life, by last Will and Testament duly executed at least Three Calendar Months before his Decease, such Land or Portion of the said Land as may be convenient for the Erection of such Church or Chapel not exceeding One Acre Plantation Measure, and such Appropriation, provided the Bishop of the Diocese shall assent to and confirm the same by Writing under his Hand and Seal, shall in every such Case be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes, and in the Case of such Ecclesiastical Person or Corporation seised in right of his Benefice, Dignity, Preferment, or Corporation, and of such Person seised in Fee Tail, or for Life with Remainder to his Issue, shall be as valid and effectual as if said Lands had been granted by a Person capable of absolutely disposing of same, and such Person or Corporation shall for the Purpose of this Act be deemed to be a Person having a sufficient Estate in that Behalf: Provided always, that every such Grant or Devise made in respect of any Church or Chapel intended to be built shall, at the Election of the Grantor or his Representatives, be null and void from and after the Period of Six Years from the Execution of the said Deed or of the Death of such Testator, unless such Church or Chapel shall have been erected, endowed, or constituted in the meanwhile by lawful Authority.
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