ACTS

RELATING TO

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS

FOR ENGLAND.

WITH

APPENDIX AND INDEX.

THIRD EDITION.

PRINTED FOR

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND,

BY

GEORGE E. EYRE AND ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE,

PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

1844.

CONTENTS.

The Act 6 & 7 Gul. IV. Cap. 77. for carrying into effect the

Reports of the Commissioners appointed to consider the

State of the Established Church in England and Wales,

with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, so

far as they relate to Episcopal Dioceses, Revenues, and

Patronage [Passed 13th August 1836]

The Act 1 & 2 Vict. c. 30. for continuing the Bishoprick of

Sodor and Man [Passed 4th July 1838] -

The Act 3 & 4 Vict. Cap. 113. to carry into effect, with

certain Modifications, the Fourth Report of the Commis-

sioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues [Passed

11th August 1840]

The Act 4 & 5 Vict. Cap. 39. to explain and amend Two

several Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for

England [Passed 21st June 1841]

The Act 5 & 6 Vict. Cap. 26. to alter and amend the Law

relating to Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence [Passed

31st May 1842]

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27

29

85

111

Part of the Act 5 & 6 Vict. Cap. 19. (Private) for enabling the

Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church

of Saint Peter of York to raise Money for the Discharge of

Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair of the

said Cathedral Church [Passed 9th July 1842]

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Part of the Act 5 & 6 Vict. Cap. 79. to repeal the Duties

payable on Stage Carriages, and on Passengers conveyed

upon Railways, and certain other Stamp Duties in Great

Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof; and also

to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Duties [Passed

5th August 1842]

137

The Act 5 & 6 Vict. Cap. 108. for enabling Ecclesiastical

Corporations, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long

Terms of Years [Passed 12th August 1842]

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Part of the Act 5 & 6 Vict. Cap.112. for suspending, until the

First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-

three, Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical Preferments in

the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor; and for securing

certain Property to the said Sees [Passed 12th August
1842]

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143

173

The Act 6 & 7 Vict. Cap. 37. to make better Provision for the

Spiritual Care of populous Parishes [Passed 28th July 1843] 175

The Act 6 & 7 Vict. Cap. 60. for suspending, until the First Day

of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, the

Operation of the new Arrangement of Dioceses, so far as it

affects the existing Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions [Passed

17th August 1843.]

Part of the Act 6 & 7 Vict. Cap. 72. to impose certain Stamp

Duties, and to amend the Laws relating thereto [Passed

22d August 1843]

The Act 6 & 7 Vict.

Churches of Wales

Cap. 77. for regulating the Cathedral

[Passed 22d August 1843]

Part of the Act 5 & 6 Gul. IV. Cap. 76. to provide for the

Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales

[Passed 9th September 1835]

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APPENDIX.

SUSPENSION OF CATHEDRAL PREFERMENTS,

AND CONTINUANCE OF THE JURISDIC-

TION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS,

&c. :

5 & 6 Gul. IV. Cap. 30.-For protecting the Revenues

of vacant Ecclesiastical Dignities, Prebends, Canon-

ries, and Benefices without Cure of Souls, and for

preventing the Lapse thereof, during the pending

Inquiries respecting the State of the Established

Church

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6 & 7 Gul. IV. Cap. 67.- For suspending for One Year

Appointments to certain Dignities and Offices in

Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure

Rectories

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