Union of Parishes Act, 1827
UNION OF PARISHES ACT 1827 | ||
C A P. XLIII. | ||
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws in force in Ireland for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, and for uniting or disappropriating Appropriate Parishes or Parts of Parishes; and to make further Provision with respect to the erecting Chapels of Ease, and making Perpetual Cures. [23d June 1827.] | ||
Certain Irish Acts or Parts of Acts repealed; viz. | ||
2 G. 1. c. 14. in part. | ||
8 G. 1. c. 12. in part. | ||
10 G. 1. c. 7. in part. | ||
7 G. 2. c. 7. in part. | ||
9 G. 2. c. 12. | ||
7 G. 3. c. 9. in part. | ||
11 & 12 G. 3. c. 16. in part. | ||
13 & 14 G. 3. c. 27. in part. | ||
23 & 24 G. 3. c. 49. in part. | ||
Whereas several Acts have been passed in the Parliament of Ireland for Unions and Divisions of Parishes, and for uniting or disappropriating Appropriate Parishes or Parts of Parishes; and it is desirable that the Provisions contained in such Acts of Parliament should be consolidated and amended;’ Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the several Acts hereinafter mentioned, or so much of such Acts as is hereinafter specified or referred to, shall be repealed; that is to say, so much and such Part only of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of King George the First, intituled An Act for real Union and Division of Parishes, as relates to the real Union and Division of Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the said King, intituled An Act for the better enabling the Clergy having Cure of Souls to reside upon their respective Benefices, and for the Encouragement of Protestant Schools within this Kingdom of Ireland, as relates to the endowing of Churches with Glebes in the Case of Unions of Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of the said King, intituled An Act for confirming the several Grants made by Her late Majesty of the First Fruits and Twentieth Parts payable out of Ecclesiastical Benefices in this Kingdom, and also for giving the Archbishops and other Ecclesiastical Persons Four Years Time for the Payment of First Fruits, and for incorporating the Trustees and Commissioners of the said First Fruits, as relates to the Payment of First Fruits by divided Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for continuing several temporary Statutes, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, as relates to the separating or uniting Glebes belonging to Parishes; and also the whole of an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of the said King George the Second, for explaining and amending the said first recited Act of the Second Year of King George the First; and also so much of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, for explaining and amending the said first recited Act of the Second Year of King George the First, and for other Purposes, as relates to the Payment of Money for Buildings or Improvements made in Glebes in the Case of real Union and Division of Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for erecting Parochial Chapels of Ease in Parishes of large Extent, and making such Chapels, and those that are already erected, Perpetual Cures, and for making a proper Provision for the Maintenance of Perpetual Curates to officiate in the same; and also in like Manner for making Appropriate Parishes Perpetual Cures, as relates to the uniting or disappropriating Appropriate Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Eighth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for erecting Two Chapels of Ease in the Parish of Armagh, and making such Chapels, and those that are already in said Parish, Perpetual Cures,’ and for making a proper Provision for the Maintenance of Perpetual Curates to officiate in the same, and for other Purposes, as relates to the uniting or disappropriating Appropriate Parishes; and also so much of an Act passed in the Twenty third and Twenty fourth Years of King George the Third, intituled An Act for making Appropriate Parishes belonging to Archbishops and Bishops Perpetual Cures, and the better to enable such Archbishops and Bishops to endow and augment the Endowment of Vicarages and Curacies to them respectively appertaining; and to render more effectual the several Acts now in force to enable the Clergy having Cure of Souls to reside on their respective Benefices, and to build on their respective Glebe Lands, as relates to the uniting or disappropriating of Appropriate Parishes; and the said several Acts and Parts of Acts as aforesaid are hereby respectively repealed accordingly. |