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other property;
memorials.
Delegation of powers to church councils.
Schedule.
Boards of patronage;
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Church of England Trust.
[1970 Ed.
(5) All books, papers and other documents hitherto kept at Saint John's Cathedral or Saint Andrew's Church or belonging or appertaining thereto respectively, and all moneys belonging or due or owing to Saint John's Cathedral or the church body as heretofore constituted or to Saint Andrew's Church or the vestry thereof, shall vest in the trustees absolutely.
(6) All memorials in or about Saint John's Cathedral and in or about Saint Andrew's Church shall be under the care and custody of the trustees.
7. (1) The trustees shall delegate the care and maintenance of any land, building, furniture, fittings, chattels, effects, records and memorials and the expenditure of income appertaining to Saint John's Cathedral Church and Saint Andrew's Church, Kowloon, respectively, and provision for the administration of the services to be performed therein, to the respective church councils of such churches to be appointed in manner hereinafter provided. (2) The trustees may make similar delegation of their powers in the case of any other church to which this Ordinance for the time being applies. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
(3) Every such delegation shall be by an instrument in writing signed by the Bishop or his commissary and two of the trustees which shall be in the form provided in the Schedule and shall specify the property committed to the care of each church council and what powers and duties the church council shall have in the matter of making alteration or addition thereto: But no alterations by way of addition or diminution to the fabric or utensils or ornaments of such churches shall be made without the previous written consent of the Bishop. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
(4) The trustees shall have power by an instrument signed as aforesaid to revoke or amend any letter of delegation.
8. (1) Whenever a vacancy occurs or is expected to occur in any cure of souls the trustees shall appoint a board of patronage, to be constituted as hereinafter provided, which shall nominate a clergyman for institution to such cure when vacant and shall return his name to the trustees together with the recommended terms of appointment. The trustees shall before entering into any contract with such clergyman obtain the written approval of the Bishop or in the case of the incapacity of the Bishop of his commissary of such appointment. If no notice of nomination be returned to the trustees and by them to the Bishop or his commissary within six months after a vacancy in any cure it shall be competent for the Bishop or his commissary to appoint. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40, and 61 of 1970, s. 6)
(2) Such board of patronage shall consist of the Bishop or his commissary, who shall be chairman, one clerical representative one lay representative of the trustees and four lay representatives of the church council concerned: (Amended, 61 of 1970, s. 6)