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VI. And it is further enacted, That whenever any Trustee shall , Vacancy occasioned
die, or shall resign, or shall leave the Colony, then in case such byDeath,
or Resignation,
Trustee shall have been originally elected at a General Meeting, his tees, how to be filled.
Vacancy shall be filled by some other Person duly qualified in like
Manner as such Trustee, to be elected at a General Meeting to be
called for that purpose as soon as may be convenient by the conti-
nuing Trustees or the Major Part of them ; and in case such Trustee
shall have been originally nominated by the Governor, his Vacancy
shall be filled as soon as may be convenient by some other Person
duly qualified, to be nominated in like manner : Provided always, Proviso.
that if such General Meeting shall not be called within One Month
after the Death, Resignation, or Departure of such Trustee from the
Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor to nominate some Person
duly qualified as aforesaid to be a Trustee.
VII. And it is further enacted, That the Trustees for the time . Sittings in Church,
howto be appropriated .
being duly nominated and elected as aforesaid, or the Major Part of
them, are hereby authorized and required to set apart, as soon as
conveniently may be after the Completion of the said Church, One-
third Part of the whole Number of Sittings therein, to be appro-
priated, free of any Charge whatever, to the Use and Accommodation
of the Poorer Classes of the Population ; and also One Pew containing
not more than Four Sittings for the Use and Occupation , free from
all Charges, of the Clergyman licensed to officiate in the said Church ;
and the remaining Sittings, after due Provision shall have been
made for the free Accommodation of the Governor and his Family
and Suite in the Chancel or elsewhere, and of the Military, shall be
assigned to the Trustees for the time being and their Successors for
the Purposes hereinafter mentioned.
VIII. And it is further enacted , That it shall and may be lawful Trustees to fix the
for the Trustees for the time being or the Major Part of them, and nually.
Rent of Sittings An-
they are hereby required , so soon as such Partition of the Church
shall have taken place as in the preceding Clause mentioned, to
assess and fix a Rent or Rate for each Pew or Sitting, with the
Exception of such Pews or Sittings as shall have been set apart and
reserved as aforesaid, and to make Agreements and Contracts with
any Person desirous to engage the same according to such Assess-
ment and such Rate or Rent shall be in force for One Year from
the Time of the Assessment thereof ; and at the Expiration of such
Year the Trustees for the time being shall assess and fix a fresh
Rate or Rent for the Year immediately following ; and a fresh
Assessment shall in like manner be made Annually and every Year ;
and the Trustees for the time being shall be at all Times empowered
to make Agreements and Contracts in respect of any Pew or Sitting
which shall be vacant : Provided always, that if it shall at any time Proviso.
appear to the Trustees or the Major Part of them that such Annual
Assessment will be insufficient to defray the several Charges and
Costs necessary for effecting and providing all things required by
this Ordinance, it shall and may be lawful for such Trustees, or the
Major Part of them, by Eight Days' previous Notice in Writing,
affixed in some conspicuous Place in the said Church, to call a
General Meeting, for the purpose of taking into Consideration the
expediency of amending and increasing such Assessment ; and if it
shall appear to the Majority of such Meeting, not being fewer in
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