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Application of Collections and Pew Rents.
Certain Sittings to be set apart as Free Sittings.
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XXXV. That in every such Proprietary Chapel erected, constituted, or endowed under this or any other Act of Parliament, it shall be lawful for the Chapelwardens or Trustees to collect and levy and recover an annual Rent for the Use of the Pews and Sittings in such Church or Chapel from such Persons as shall be willing to take and occupy same, and to apply the said Rents in and towards defraying the necessary Repairs and Insurance of the said Church or Chapel, increasing the Stipend or Salary of the Incumbent or Curate, or in defraying the other incidental Charges and Outgoings appertaining thereto, unless otherwise provided by the Deed of Trust or Endowment thereof: Provided always, that in every such Proprietary Church or Chapel erected, appropriated, or endowed under the Provisions of this or any other Act of Parliament One Third at least of the Sittings shall be set apart as Free Sittings for ever.
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