Killiney Chapel Act, 1828

Chaplaincy to be incorporated.

IX. And be it enacted, That the said Chaplain, and his Successors, Chaplains as aforesaid, shall be and they and each of them are and is hereby incorporated and made One Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of Chaplains of the Chapel of Killiney in the Parish of Monkstown, and that they and every of them shall be capable to sue and be sued in all Courts and Places in that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, and by such Name to take and receive any Lands, Tenements, or Property whatsoever, Real or Personal, not exceeding in the whole the clear yearly Value of Two hundred Pounds, by Gift, Grant, Devise, or otherwise, in Augmentation of the said Endowment, and to the Use and Behoof of them and their Successors for ever; and that the Trustees and Commissioners of the First Fruits of the several Benefices of Ireland may grant to the said Chaplain and Chaplains, and any of them in Succession, any Sum of Money out of the Funds vested in them for Public Purposes, either by way of Gift or Loan, for the enabling said Chaplain, or any succeeding Chaplain, to build a House of Residence, and also for the enabling him to purchase any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, as an additional Endowment of the said Chaplaincy; and that the said Trustees and Commissioners may exercise all such Powers and Authority in favour of the said Chaplain, and his Successors, Chaplains of the said Chapel of Killiney, as they are empowered to do in favour of any Perpetual Curate by any Law now in being; and that all Laws and Statutes now in force in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, for and in relation to the Purchase, procuring, building, and improving on Glebes and Glebe Lands to be held, provided, and enjoyed by Perpetual Curates, shall be and are hereby enacted to extend to the said Chaplaincy of the Chapel of Killiney, and the Lands, Houses, and Improvements to belong and to be made, erected, and procured by the Chaplains of the said Chaplaincy for the Time being.