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CAP. XXIII.

An ACT to repeal an Act passed in the fiftieth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to declare the qualifications of Church Wardens and Vestrymen in the several Parishes in this Province, and of the persons having voices in their election, and to make other and more effectual enactments in lieu thereof."

Passed 25th March, 1831.

 

 
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the law declaring the qualifications of Church Wardens and Vestrymen in the several Parishes in this Province, and of the persons having voices in their election, and to make other enactments in lieu thereof;

50 G. 3, C. 27, repealed.

 

 
I.   Be it enacted by the President, Council, and Assembly, That an Act made and passed in the fiftieth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled "An Act to declare the qualifications of Church Wardens and Vestrymen in the several Parishes in this Province, and of the persons having voices in their election," be and the same is hereby repealed.

Church Wardens and Vestrymen to be owners of pews, and resident in the Parish, all pew holders to have voices in their election.

 

 

 

 
II.   And be it further enacted, That the Inhabitants of the several and respective Parishes in this Province who shall be owners or proprietors of pews in the Church of the Parish wherein they shall or may be resident, or in some Chapel of Ease thereto belonging, shall and may be qualified and capable to be elected and appointed, and to have and hold the offices or places of Church Wardens and of Vestrymen; and all pewholders, whether resident or not, to have voices and votes in the election of all such Church Wardens and Vestrymen, in the several parishes as aforesaid; and that no other person or persons whatsoever shall be qualified or capable to hold or enjoy the said offices or places, of any or either of them, or shall have voice or vote in the election or appointment of any such Church Wardens or Vestrymen in any Parish in this Province; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding:   Provided always, that the possession or ownership of a pew in any Church, shall not entitle more than one person to a vote at any election of Church Wardens and Vestrymen.

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C. 23. Anno I. Wm. IV.   A. D. 1831.

[See also 2 W. 4, C. 24.]


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