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216 ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.


Church.


Sittings in 7. And it is further enacted, that the trustees for the time being
church how
to be appro duly nominated and elected as aforesaid , or the major part of thein, are
priated .
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 ofsittings 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, ofthe 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 purposes hereinafter

mentioned . [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850. ]
Trustees to fix
the rent of 8. And it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the
sittings trustees for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby
annually.
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
Proviso. 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