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Upon Return of Commission Lord Lieutenant, &c. empowered to hear and determine Objections as may be taken to Report.
No greater Amount shall be made chargeable at One Time than Two Years Income.
Certificate, subject to Power of Appeal, to be final.
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IV. That upon the Return of any such Commission as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, in the Case of an Archbishop, and for the Archbishop of the Province in the Case of a Bishop, and for the Bishop of the Diocese in all other Cases, or for the Vicar General or Commissary of the Diocese in case of the Absence from Ireland or Illness of any Archbishop or Bishop, to hear and determine such Objections as may be had and taken to the said Report, and to confirm, alter, or amend the same, and to grant a Certificate in Writing under his or their Hand or Hands and Seal or Seals, finally ascertaining and declaring the clear yearly Income of the said See, Benefice, or Preferment, and the Sum really and truly expended and laid out on such Buildings or Improvements, and the Amount which of right ought to be chargeable on the See, Benefice, or other Ecclesiastical Preferment in respect of any such Buildings or Improvements made and completed in conformity with such Memorial presented and approved of as aforesaid, and not otherwise, unless on good and sufficient Reason to the contrary, to be stated in Writing on said Certificate, being the full Amount of the Sums of Money really and truly and properly expended on same; but in case any such Ecclesiastical Person shall so as aforesaid have died, or otherwise avoided his See, Benefice, or Preferment, before he shall have completed such Buildings or Improvements pursuant to such Memorial approved of as aforesaid, the said Lord Lieutenant, Archbishop, Bishop of the Diocese, or Vicar General or Commissary, as the Case may be, shall ascertain and determine finally what Sum of Money will be requisite and necessary to be expended in completing the said Buildings or Improvements, and shall deduct the same out of the Sum which the said Ecclesiastical Person or his personal Representative would have been entitled to receive from his Successor by virtue of the Certificate aforesaid in case he had completed the same, and shall grant a Certificate in Writing finally ascertaining and declaring the Sum of Money of right chargeable in respect of same on the said See, Benefice, or Preferment, being the Amount of the Difference between the said Sum to which the said Ecclesiastical Person would have been entitled if he had completed the said Buildings or Improvements, and the Sums necessary to complete the same; and in case the said Buildings or Improvements so left incomplete as aforesaid shall have been afterwards completed by any Successor, in pursuance of said original Memorial, or of any Memorial to be presented by him to and approved of by the Person or Persons hereby authorized to entertain Memorials as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such Person or Persons to grant to the Ecclesiastical Person who shall have completed the said Buildings or Improvements pursuant to the said Memorial, so as to render the same fit and convenient for the Residence of such Ecclesiastical Person and his Successors, a Certificate ascertaining and declaring the Sum of Money by him expended in completing the said Buildings or Improvements in manner aforesaid, and the Sum of Money which of right ought to be chargeable on the said See, Benefice, or Preferment in respect of the same, in addition to the Sum paid or payable by virtue of any Certificate or Certificates theretofore granted, as if he had been the original Builder or Improver of the same: Provided always, that no Certificate shall be given in respect of any House or Buildings to be erected as aforesaid, unless the same shall be made of Stone and Lime, or Brick and Lime, and timbered in the Roof and in the Floors of such Building or Dwelling House, except the Basement Story, with Oak, Larch, or Fir Timber, (Bog Oak, and Fir if of Home Growth, and American Deal Timber, excepted,) and covered with Slates, Tiles, or with Lead, and leaded in the Gutters and Valleys, and be reported by the Commissioners as aforesaid as built in a substantial and permanent Manner, and as suitable for the Residence of such Ecclesiastical Person and his Successors: Provided also, that no greater Amount shall in any Case be made or become chargeable at any One Time, by virtue of any One or more Certificate or Certificates, in respect of any House, Outhouse, Garden, or other Improvement merely, upon any See, Benefice, or Ecclesiastical Preferment, or Union of Sees, Benefices, or Preferments, than Two Years clear Value or net Income of said See, Benefice, or Preferment, or Union, as aforesaid, to be estimated as herein-after provided and certified as aforesaid; and every such Certificate granted in any of the Cases aforesaid shall, subject to the Power of Appeal herein-after provided, be final and conclusive to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever upon the Propriety and Amount of the said Charge, and every other Matter thereby, pursuant to the Powers aforesaid, adjudicated upon.
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