Church Temporalities Act, 1833

Who to be Chairman.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That at each Meeting of the said Commissioners the Commissioner first in Rank and Precedence there present shall preside as Chairman, and in case of the Equality in Rank and Precedence of all the Commissioners so present, then the senior Commissioner in the Order of Appointment shall so preside; and the Chairman at all such Meetings shall not only vote as a Commissioner, but shall also, in case of the Equality of Votes, have the casting or decisive Vote.