216
Sittings in
church how
to be appro
priated.
Trustees to fix the rent of
sittings annually.
Proviso.
每
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
7. And it is further enacted, that the trustees for the time 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 appropriated, 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 on 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 hereinafter purposes mentioned. [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850.]
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8. And it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the trustees for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby required, as 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 assessment. 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 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 number than twenty, that such assessment will not be sufficient to provide for all such necessary costs and charges, it shall and may be lawful for the said majority to
216
Sittings in
church how
to be appro
priated.
Trustees to fix the rent of
sittings annually.
Proviso.
每
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
7. And it is further enacted, that the trustees for the time 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 appropriated, 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 occupa- tion, free from all charges, of the clergyman licensed to officiate on 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
hereinafter purposes mentioned. [ [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850.]
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8. And it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the trustees for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby required, as 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 assessment. 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 Provided contracts in respect of any pew or sitting which shall be vacant. always that if it shall at any time 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 number than twenty, that such assessment will not be sufficient to provide for all such necessary costs and charges, it shall and may be lawful for the said majority to
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