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Churches built before the Site or District were duly ascertained, declared to be Churches of their respective Parishes.
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IX. And Whereas great Neglect and Remissness have taken place in respect of the Collection and Payment, to the Trustees and Commissioners of the First Fruits of Ecclesiastical Benefices in Ireland, of the several Sums or Instalments of Loans made by the said Trustees and Commissioners for the building and rebuilding of Churches or Chapels in Ireland, on the Faith of Parochial Assessments, and the Applotments for the Repayment of such Loans, as well as the Assessments, have been rendered invalid from Want of Form therein, and alleged Irregularities in respect of the changing the Sites of Churches and Chapels;’ Be it therefore declared and enacted, That all Churches and Chapels already erected and consecrated, or in which Divine Service is and has been celebrated with the Consent of the Incumbents or Curates of such Churches and Chapels, and of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Dioceses respectively, are and have been and shall be and be deemed and taken to be the Churches and Chapels of the respective Parishes and Districts in which they are respectively situate, notwithstanding that the Consent of the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, may not have been obtained to the changing the Sites of such Churches and Chapels, and although the same may have been erected and built before the Districts which should form the Cures or Parishes of such Churches and Chapels were described and ascertained.
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