Chairman of Vestry meet ings. Regulation of Pew Rents. Appointment of Clerk, Sex:on, &c. Fces. Vestry ByeLaws. Grants of land &c. for Church XI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that in all Vestry meetings, the Rector or Incumbent of the Church shall preside as Chairman when present, and in his absence such person as the majority present at such meeting shall name; and the Vestry Clerk, when there is one and present, or in case there be no Vestry Clerk, or he be absent, then such person as the Chairman shall name shall be Secretary of such Vestry meeting, and the proceedings of such Vestry meetings shall be entered in a Book to be kept for that purpose, and preserved in the custody of the Church-wardens. XII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the rent charge to be paid upon Pews holden in freehold, and the rent to be paid for Pews and Sittings in Pews, leased or rented, shall be regulated from time to time at such Vestry meetings as aforesaid: Provided nevertheless, that no alterations shall be made therein except at Vestry meetings called for such special purpose, and so expressed in the notice calling the same; and, further, that the charges to be made in respect of such conveyances, leases and certificates, shall, in like manner, be regulated at such Vestry meetings as aforesaid. XIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the Clerk of the Church, the Organist, the Vestry Clerk, the Sexton and other subordinate servants of the Church shall be nominated and appointed by the Church-wardens for the time being, and that their salary and wages shall be brought into the general account, to be rendered as aforesaid by such Church-wardens. XIV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the fees on marriages, baptisms, and other services of the Church of the like nature, and the charges payable on breaking the ground in the cemetries or church yards, and in the said Churches for burying the dead, shall be regulated by the Ordinary, or in case of there being no Ordinary, by the Bishop of the Diocese. XV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be in the power of the members of such Vestries, at such Vestry meetings, as aforesaid, to make Bye-laws for the regulation of their proceedings, and the management of the temporalities of the Church or Parish to which they belong, so as the same be not repugnant to this Act, nor contrary to the canons of the said United Church of England and Ireland. XVI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that any Deed or uses to be valid; Conveyance of Land or of Personalty that may be made to any Bishop of the said Church, in the said Province, and to his successors, for the endowment of his See, or for the general uses of the said Church, as such Bishop may appoint or other wise wise, or for the use of any particular Church then erected, or thereafter to be erected, or for the endowment of a Parsonage, Rectory, or Living, or for other uses or purposes appurtenant to such Church in general, or to any particular Church or Parish to be named in such Deed, and any such Deed or Conveyance to any Parson or Rector, or other Incumbent and his successors, for the endowment of such Parsonage, Rectory or Living, or for other uses or purposes appurtenant thereto shall be valid and effectual to the uses and purposes in such Deed or Conveyance to be mentioned and set forth, the Acts of Parliament commonly called the Sta Notwithstandtutes of Mortinain or other Acts, Laws or Usages, to the contrary thereof notwith- ing the Statutes standing Provided always, that in order to the validity of such Deeds and Con- &c. veyances, the same shall be made and executed six months at the least before the death of the person conveying the same, and shall be registered not later than six months after his decease. XVII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that in the event of any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, desiring to erect and found a Church or Churches, and to endow the same with a sufficiency for the maintenance of such Church, and of Divine Service therein, according to the rites of the said Church of England and Ireland, it shall and may be lawful for him or them to do so upon procuring the license of the Bishop under his hand and seal for that purpose; and thereupon after the erection of a suitable Church, and the appropriation by the founder thereof of such Church so erected, and of lands and hereditaments, or other property adequate to the maintenance thereof, and of an Incumbent, and adequate to the usual and ordinary charges attendant upon such Church such provision being made to the satisfaction of the Bishop, such founder, his heirs and assigns being members of the said Church of England, or such body politic or corporate, as the case may be, shall have the right of presentation to such Church as an advowson in fee presentative, according to the rules and canons of the said United Church of England and Ireland. XVIII. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in any manner to confer any spiritual jurisdiction or ecclesiastical rights whatsoever upon any Bishop or Bishops, or other ecclesiastical person of the said Church, in the said Province of Upper Canada. KINGSTON-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE Desbarats, Church Endowments. Bishop's Li cense; Advowson. No spiritual jurisdiction conferred this Act, |