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PART I.

No. 1.

LXXXIII. And be it further enacted, That nothing in CLASS I. this Act contained shall be deemed, construed, or taken to Stat. 57 derogate from, diminish, prejudice, alter, or affect, otherG. 3. c. 99. wise than is expressly provided, any powers, authorities, Not to af- rights, or jurisdiction already vested in or belonging to any fect powers Archbishop or Bishop under or by virtue of any statute, of Bishops; canon, usage, or otherwise howsoever.

celebration

service.

nor the due LXXXIV. And be it further enacted, That nothing in of Divine this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter the provisions contained in any Act of Parliament, or any other provision of law, for the due celebration of Divine Service in any church or chapel, or for the discharge of any other duty of any Rector or Vicar, or person holding any benefice, by himself or his Curate.

Act not to

extend to Ireland.

No. 2.

21 H. 8. c.

13.

LXXXV. And be it further enacted, That no provision in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.

Anno 25 HEN. VIII. Cap. 16.

An Act that every Judge of the High Courts may have one
Chaplain beneficed with cure.

WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the 21st year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Henry the Eighth, it was among other things ordained and provided, That certain honourable persons, as well spiritual as temporal, shall have Chaplains beneficed with cure, to serve them in their honourable houses, which Chaplains shall not incur the danger of any penalty or forfeiture made or declared in the same Parliament for non-residence upon their said benefices, or for obtaining licences for dispensations of pluralities: in the which Act no provision was made for any of the King's Judges of his high courts, commonly called the King's Bench and the Common Pleas, except only for the Chief Judge of the King's Bench, nor for the Chancellor nor the Chief Baron of the King's Exchequer, nor for any other inferior persons being of the King's most honourable Council, as by the said Act may appear.

II. Wherefore it is ordained and enacted by authority of this present Parliament, That as well every Judge of the said high courts, and every of the Chancellor and Chief Baron of the said Exchequer, the King's General Attorney and General Solicitor, which for the time is, be, or shall be, shall and may from henceforth at his liberty retain and have

No. 2.

singularly to every of them in his house, or attendant to his PART I. person, one Chaplain having one benefice with cure of souls, CLASS I. which may be absent from his said benefice, and not resi- Stat. 25 dent upon the same; the said Statute made in the said one H. 8. c. 16. and twentieth year, or any other Statute, Act, or Ordinance made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

Anno 33 HEN. VIII. Cap. 28.

An Act for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and

others, to have Chaplains.

13.

No. 3.

TO the King our Sovereign Lord. Where in the Parlia-21 H. 8. c. ment holden at Westminster in the one and twentieth year of your most gracious reign, it was amongst other things ordained and provided, That certain honourable persons, and others of your Highness Counsellors and Officers, as well Spiritual as Temporal, should and might have Chaplains beneficed with cure, to serve and attend upon them in their houses, which Chaplains should not incur the danger of any penalty or forfeiture made or declared in the same Parliament for non-residence upon their said benefices, or for obtaining licences or dispensations of pluralities, in which Act is no provision made for any the head Officers of your Grace's several Courts of your Duchy of Lancaster, the Courts of Augmentations of the Revenues of your Highness crown, the First Fruits and Tenths, the Master of your Majesty's Wards and Liveries, the General Surveyors of your Grace's Lands, and other your Grace's Courts.

which may

benefice

be absent

II. In consideration whereof it may please your Majesty Certain that it may be enacted by your Highness, with the assent of persons the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this retain one present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the Chaplain same, That the Chancellor of the said Court of the Duchy of having a Lancaster, the Chancellor of your Highness Court of Aug- with cure mentations, the Chancellor of your Grace's Court of First of souls, Fruits and Tenths, the Master of your Highness Wards and that may Liveries, and every of your Grace's General Surveyors of from his your Highness Lands, the Treasurer of your Grace's Cham- benefice. ber, the Treasurer of your Highness Court of Augmentations, and the Groom of your Grace's Stole, and every of them for the time being, shall and may retain singularly to every of them in his house, or attendant unto his person, one Chaplain having one benefice with cure of souls, which may be absent from the said benefice, and non-resident upon the same; the said Estatute made in the said twenty-first year of

No. 3.

Stat. 33

These

PART I. your most gracious reign, or any other Estatute, Act or OrCLASS I. dinance made to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. III. Provided alway, and be it enacted by authority H. 8. c. 28. aforesaid, That every of the said Chaplains so being beneficed as aforesaid, and dwelling with any the officers aforeChaplains named, shall personally repair two times in every year must at the least to his said benefice and cure, and there to tarry sometimes and abide by the space of eight days at every such time at the least, to visit and instruct his said cure, upon the pain to forfeit for every time so failing xl. s. the one moiety thereof to the King our Sovereign Lord, the other to such as will sue for the same by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information in any of the King's Courts of Record, in which suit no essoin, protection, or wager of law shall be allowed.

resort to

their cure.

No. 4.

Anno 13 GEO. III. Cap. 58.

An Act for providing Clergymen to officiate in Gaols within that part of Great Britain called England.

WHEREAS there is no provision made by law for the appointment of proper Ministers to officiate in the several County Gaols within that part of Great Britain called England, and the Principality of Wales: and whereas the appointment of Ministers to such Gaols, with a proper salary, for the due execution of their duty as Clergymen, would alleviate the distress of the persons under confinement, and would greatly contribute to the purposes of morality and religion; may it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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 ParliaJustices to ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, That it ascertain shall and may be lawful to and for the Justices of the Peace, or how many the major part of them assembled at the Quarter Sessions held are to be for any county, riding, or division, within that part of Great employed Britain called England, and the Principality of Wales, and and what they are hereby authorized and empowered to settle and ascertain how many Clergymen shall by them be deemed necessary to be employed in performing religious duties, according to the rites of the Church of England, in the several Gaols within their respective jurisdictions, and to settle and ascertain what duty shall be performed, and what salary shall be paid to every such Clergyman, not exceeding fifty a pounds yearly and every year.

Clergymen

in Gaols,

salary.

a

By 55 Geo. 3. c. 48. post. Part I. Class I. No. 6. the salary may be increased.

No. 4.

II. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurers of PART I. such counties, ridings, or divisions, receiving a certificate, CLASS I. signed by the Chairman of such Quarter Sessions, of the Stat. 13 number of such Clergymen, and the salary to be respectively G. 3. c. 58. paid to them, shall pay out of the rates of such county, Treasurers riding, or division, the several sums in the said certificate of counties mentioned; and the said several sums so paid in pursuance to pay. of this Act, shall be allowed to the said Treasurers by the Justices before whom their accounts shall be passed.

III. And be it further enacted, That when the number Justices to of such Clergymen, and the salary to be respectively paid nominate Clergymen to them, shall have been settled and ascertained by such for the Justices, it shall and may be lawful to and for Justices of above purthe Peace, at the Quarter Sessions, and they are hereby au- poses, &c. thorized and empowered, to nominate and appoint, in every county, riding, or division, where the Justices shall have so settled and ascertained the number of the Clergymen, and the salary to be paid to them, as before mentioned, so many Clergymen to officiate and perform Divine Service, according to the rites of the Church of England, in the several Gaols within such county, riding, or division, as shall have been so settled and ascertained by such Justices; and in case any such Clergyman or Clergymen shall die, or shall be thought unworthy, by such Justices, at the Quarter Sessions, to be continued in such office, then it shall and may be lawful for such Justices, at the Quarter Sessions, to nominate and appoint, from time to time, as occasion shall require, any other Clergyman to officiate in the room of such Clergyman so dying, or so deemed to be unworthy to continue any longer in such office.

Anno 22 GEO. III. Cap. 64.

An Act for the amending and rendering more effectual the
Laws in being relative to Houses of Correction.

No. 5.

may ap

XII. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Justices Peace, at their General Quarter Sessions, may, if they point a think fit, appoint a Minister of the Church of England, Clergyman. residing in or near the place where every such House of Correction shall be situate, to perform Divine service there every Sunday, and may appoint such salary for his trouble as they shall think fit, not exceeding twenty pounds a per annum, to be paid by the Treasurer of the county, riding,

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By Stat. 58 Geo. 3. c. 32. post. Part I. Class I. No. 7. the salary may be increased.

No. 5.

PART I. division, or place, where such House shall be situate, out of CLASS I. the county rates, or other public money to be collected Stat. 22 therein; but such salary to be diminished, at any future G. 3. c. 64. Quarter Sessions, if the Justices shall think fita.

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No. 6.

Anno 55 GEO. III. Cap. 48.

An Act for enlarging the powers of two Acts of his present Majesty, for providing Clergymen to officiate in Gaols and Houses of Correction within England and Wales. [12th May, 1815.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirteenth year of 13 G. 3. c. the reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act for providing Clergymen to officiate in Gaols, within that part of Great Britain called England, the Justices of the Peace, or the major part of them, assembled at the Quarter Sessions held for any county, riding, or division, within that part of Great Britain called England, and the Principality of Wales, are authorized and empowered to settle and ascertain how many Clergymen should by them be deemed necessary to be employed in performing religious duties, according to the rites of the Church of England, in the several Gaols within their respective jurisdictions, and to settle and ascertain what duty should be performed, and what salary should be paid to every such Clergyman, not exceeding fifty pounds yearly and every year: and whereas by the appointment of Clergymen to officiate under the provisions of the said Act, the beneficial purposes before mentioned have been carried into execution in many counties within England and Wales: and whereas, on account of the unremitting attention which such Clergymen are required to give in the discharge of their duty, it is expedient that the salaries allowed by the Justices should be increased: and whereas by another Act passed in the twenty-second year 22 G. 3. c. of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act for amending and rendering more effectual the Laws in being relative to Houses of Correction, it is enacted, that the Justices of the Peace at their General Quarter Sessions may, if they think fit, appoint a Minister of the Church of England, residing in or near the place where every such House of Correction shall be situate, to perform Divine service there every Sunday: and whereas it is expedient, for the reformation and amendment of persons who may be confined in

64.

a The other sections of this statute having no connection with the Clergy, but relating exclusively to the general management of houses of correction, have been omitted.

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