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Endowment of the Chapel.
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IV. ‘And Whereas it is necessary to make a Provision for the Endowment of the said Chaplaincy, and for the Maintenance of the Chaplain and his Successors; and that the Dean of Christchurch aforesaid, to whose Deanery the said Parish of Monkstown is appropriate, has proposed and is willing, as far as in him lies, and with the Consent of the Chapter of the said Cathedral, to give certain Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, belonging to the Deanery aforesaid, situate within the Parish aforesaid at Dalkey, consisting of Twelve Acres One Rood and Eight Perches English Statute Measure, described in a certain Lease bearing Date the Fifteenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and made between the Dean of Christchurch aforesaid of the one Part, and Henry Lindsay Esquire of the other Part, as Part Endowment of the said Chaplaincy, and to settle and convey the same to the Use of the first and other Chaplains thereof in Perpetuity; and Henry Lindsay, the Tenant in Possession of the said Land and Tenements, holding of the said Dean under the said Lease, has proposed and is willing to surrender his Lease and Interest in the same to the said Dean;’ Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Dean of Christchurch, and his Successors, Deans of Christchurch, at any Time after the passing of this Act, to grant and convey to the said Reverend Charles Lindsay, the Incumbent or Perpetual Curate aforesaid, and his Successors, the aforesaid Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, belonging to the Deanery aforesaid, situate within the Parish aforesaid, of Dalkey, consisting of Twelve Acres One Rood and Eight Perches English Statute Measure as aforesaid, and for any other Proprietor of Land within the said Parish of Monkstown, notwithstanding such Proprietor may be seised only for an Estate for Life or in Tail therein, at any Time after the passing of this Act, to grant and convey to the said Reverend Charles Lindsay, the Incumbent or Perpetual Curate aforesaid, and his Successors, any Quantity of Land within the said Parish of Monkstown, or any of the ancient Parishes now forming the Parish of Monkstown, not exceeding Eight Acres English Statute Measure, in Trust and to and for the sole Use and Benefit of the first and other Chaplains to be constituted and appointed in manner hereinafter provided; and that so soon as any Chaplain shall have been duly appointed under the Provisions of this Act, then and from thenceforth the said Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, so granted or to be granted by the said Dean, and any other Proprietor of Ground in said Parish, to the Use of the said Chaplain, and all the Right, Title, and Interest therein of them the said Dean and such Proprietor as aforesaid, shall become vested in Possession in the said Chaplain and his Successors, Chaplains of the said Chaplaincy, for ever, and he and they shall thenceforth stand seised thereof in like Manner as if the said Grant and Conveyance or Grants and Conveyances had been made directly to themselves, any Statute of Mortmain or any other Law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, how ever, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to diminish, or in anywise affect, save as aforesaid, the Interest of any Tenant or Tenants of any of the Lands proposed to be conveyed, and now holding the same by virtue of any subsisting Demise under the said Dean or such Proprietor as aforesaid.
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