|
|
Power to erect Parochial Chapels of Ease without Endowment, with Consent of Incumbents.
|
IX. That it shall be lawful for any Person, Body Politic or Corporate, with the Consent of the Bishop of the Diocese and of the Incumbent of the Parish, under their respective Hands and Seals, to be deposited in the Registry of the said Diocese, to erect or appropriate upon any Site theretofore lawfully appropriated for ever for such Purpose any Building as a Church or Chapel of Ease in the said Parish; and so soon as such Church or Chapel or Building shall have been set apart as such Church or Chapel of Ease, the Incumbent of the Parish shall be for ever, unless and until otherwise lawfully provided, the Minister of said Church or Chapel: Provided always, that wherever there is a Parish Church at which the said Incumbent is bound to officiate, he shall not be bound to have Divine Service in the said Parish Church and Chapel of Ease respectively oftener than once on each Sunday and Holiday in each; and such Parochial Chapel of Ease shall, until otherwise endowed, be kept in repair in the same Manner as the Parish Church is or ought to be kept.
|
