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The Bishop, on Application of any Incumbent of divided or united Parishes, shall enquire the Value and settle the Proportion of First Fruits, &c.;
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V. And in order to prevent any Disputes which might arise upon the apportioning the First Fruits, Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, Synodals, and Salaries payable to the School-masters of the Diocesan Schools by the several Incumbents of such divided or united Parishes, be it enacted, That upon the Application of any Incumbent of any such divided or united Parish or Parishes to the Bishop of the Diocese in which such divided or united Parish lies, it shall be lawful for such Bishop, and he is hereby empowered and directed, to enquire into the Value of such Parishes or Parts of Parishes as are separated and divided from the old Parish, and erected into the new Parish, and to settle and adjust the Proportion of First Fruits, Crown Rents, Port Corn Rents, Pensions, Procurations, and Synodals, and the Salaries of the said Schoolmasters, which the Incumbent of such old divided Parish and newly-erected Parish is to pay; which Adjudication, being in Writing, and signed and sealed by the said Bishop, and registered in the Register Book of the said Bishop, shall be the Proportion which the Incumbent of such newly-erected Parish is to pay, and shall be binding and conclusive upon the several Incumbents of such divided and united Parish and Parishes, and their Successors; any Law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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