Church Building Act 1819

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1819 c. 134
Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Nono. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes.

(59 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXXIV.

[13th July 1819]

'WHEREAS an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituledAn Act for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes: And Whereas it is expedient and necessary that some of the Provisions of the said Act should be amended, and other Provisions thereof enlarged, and that further and additional Provision should be made for rendering the said Act more effectual: Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatthe Exchequer Bills, to be made out in pursuance of the said recited Act or this Act, shall and may bear such an Interest as may be directed by the Lord High Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, not exceeding the Rate of Three pence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem , upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein; and that all such Bills as shall be advanced for the purposes of carrying the said Act or this Act into Execution, shall be made payable at such Periods, and, together with the Interest that shall be due thereon, shall be paid off and discharged out of such Aids or Supplies granted by Parliament, for the Service of any Year, as in each and every Exchequer Bill so made forth shall be particularly specified and expressed, pursuant to such Directions as shall be given in that behalf to the Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer, by Warrant or Warrants from the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the time being.

S-II Commissioners under recited Act to apply for Exchequer Bills;

II Commissioners under recited Act to apply for Exchequer Bills;

II. And be it further enacted, That from time to time, as the Commissioners appointed for the Execution of the said recited Act shall find it necessary to apply to the purposes thereof, any Amount of such Bills to be advanced under the Provisions of the said recited Act or of this Act, the said Commissioners shall forthwith represent the same to the said Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland , and the said Commissioners, or any Three or more of them for the time being, shall thereupon, if satisfied of such Necessity, direct the said Commissioners to issue a Certificate to be signed by any Three or more of them, to such Person or Persons as may be authorised to receive the same, containing the Amount so by the said Commissionersintended to be advanced by Exchequer Bills; which Certificate shall and may be presented to the Auditor at the Receipt of Exchequer atWestminster , and the said Auditor shall, immediately upon the Receipt of such Certificate, deliver to the Bearer thereof a like Amount in Exchequer Bills, to be made out in pursuance of the said recited Act or of this Act, and payable at such Period as shall in such Exchequer Bills be specified and expressed; provided that the total Amount so to be issued by virtue of such Certificates shall not at any time exceed the Amount directed to be advanced under the said recited Act; and every such ExchequerBill shall bear Date on the Day on which such Certificate shall be so received by the said Auditor, or on such other Day as in such Certificate shall be specified; any thing in the said recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding; and all such Exchequer Bills so to be delivered shall and may be signed by the said Auditor, or in his Name by any Person duly authorised to sign Exchequer Bills.

S-III His Majesty may appoint Commissioners to supply Vacancies.

III His Majesty may appoint Commissioners to supply Vacancies.

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, when and so often as any Vacancies shall or may arise, by Death, Resignation or otherwise, of any of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty under the Provisions of the said recited Act or this Act, from time to time to supply any such Vacancy or Vacancies by the Appointment of any other Person or Persons, and also from time to time to appoint additional Commissioners, who, together with the Persons before appointed, shall be the Commissionersfor carrying into Execution the purposes of the said Act and this Act; and the Commissioners so appointed by His Majesty, under the Provisions of the said Act or this Act, shall be and are hereby declared to be a Body Corporate, by the Name and Stile of ‘His Majesty's Commissioners for building New Churches,’ and by that Name shall, from and after the passed of this Act, be a Body Corporate, while any Commission appointing such Commissioners shall continue in full Force, and shall have a Common Seal.

S-IV Commissioners empowered to allow the whole of the Expences in certain Cases.

IV Commissioners empowered to allow the whole of the Expences in certain Cases.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered to allow and make Grants for the defraying the whole of the Charges and Expences of building any Churches or Chapels under the Provisions of the said recited Act or this Act, in all Cases in which the Commissioners shall see fit, either on account of the Inability of the Inhabitants to bear any Part of the Charge of building any such Churches or Chapels, or from any other Cause which shall, in the Judgment and Discretion of the said Commissioners be sufficient; any thing in the said recited Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

S-V

'V. And Whereas many Parishes are divided into Townships, Hamlets, Vills, Chapelries, and other Divisions, which are oftentimes very large and populous; and it is therefore expedient that the said Commissioner shall be empowered to consider Divisions of Parishes, as Parishes for the purposes of the said recited Act and of this Act;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered, to make Grants or Loans, or Grants and Loans, to any such Townships, Hamlets, Vills, Chapelries, or other Divisions of Parishes, as may, in the Judgment of the Commissioners, from their Population, require further Accommodation for Divine Service, according to the Rites of the United Church ofEngland and Ireland , although the Population of any such Division may not amount to Four thousand, and although in the whole Parish there may be Accommodation for more than One Fourth Part of the Inhabitants; and the Commissioners may, in every such Case, proceed, in relation to any such Divisions, under the Provisions of the said Act and this Act, in every respect as if they were separate and distinct Parishes; and all the Provisionsin the said Act and this Act contained for enabling the said Commissioners to make Grants or Loans to any Parishes or Extra parochial Places, shall extend and apply and be in full force as to such Divisions of Parishes, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if such Divisions were separate and distinct Parishes, and as if all the Powers, Authorities and Provisions in the said Act and this Act contained, in relation to Parishes, were severally and separately re-enacted as to such Divisions of Parishes.

S-VI Commissioners may unite Parts of contiguous Parishes and Extra-parochial Places into separate Districts for Ecclesiastical Purposes; and make Loans for building Chapels for the Use of such Districts;

VI Commissioners may unite Parts of contiguous Parishes and Extra-parochial Places into separate Districts for Ecclesiastical Purposes; and make Loans for building Chapels for the Use of such Districts;

'VI. And Whereas a considerable Population is frequently collected together, at the Extremities of and locally situate in Parishes or Extra parochial Places contiguous to each other, at a Distance from the respective Churches or Chapels of such respective Parishes or Extra parochial Places;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, with such Consent as is required by the said recited Act in the Case of District Parishes, to unite and consolidate any such contiguous Parts of such Parishes and Extra parochial Places into a separate and distinct District, for all Ecclesiastical Purposes, and to cause such District to be named, ascertained and marked out by described Bounds, and such Name, and the Description of such Bounds, when approved by His Majesty in Council, to be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery, and in the Office of the Registry of the Diocese to which such District shall belong, under the Provisions of this Act, and to make Grants or Loans for or towards the building of or to build any Chapel or Chapels, with or without Cemeteries, in and for the Use of the Inhabitants of any such District, in such Manner and under such Regulations as may, in the Judgment of the Commissioners, appear from the Circumstances to be most expedient, and to constitute any such District a consolidated Chapelry; and every such Chapelry shall be under the Superintendence of such Spiritual Person as shall be appointed under the Provisions of this Act, to serve any such Chapel; and such Spiritual Person shall have Cure of Souls in such District; and the Right of Presentation and Appointment of such Spiritual Person shall thenceforth belong to such Person or Persons, and be exercised in such manner as may be agreed by the several Patrons of the Churches or Chapelsof such Parishes and Extra parochial Places respectively, with the Approbation of the Commissioners; and Banns of Marriage may be...

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