11 & 12 Yr • Bank of England, amount to the Sum of Three thousand ta hundred and eighty-three Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Eigh pence Three Pounds per Centum Consolidated Annuitie z part of the said Sum of Eight thousand Pounds, like Annuitis. by the said Act directed to be invested as aforesaid, excluste of a certain Sum of Three hundred and eighteen Pounds, thereabouts, now in the Hands of and to be accounted fir the Executors of the said Henry Lewis Hobart deceased, n the Monies invested in pursuance of the Provisions containe in the said recited Act called "Hobart's Estate Act,” a standing in the Names of the "Governors of the Bounty Queen Anne for the perpetual Augmentation of the Mainte nance of the Poorer Clergy," in the Books of the Gover and Company of the Bank of England, amount to the S of Three thousand four hundred and fifty-five Pounds Twelv Shillings and Sixpence Three Pounds per Centum Consolide Bank Annuities: And whereas the Parish of Wolverhampto aforesaid is divided into so much of the said; Parish 2 1⁄2 included in the District of Ettingshall and Sixteen other Ditricts, the Names of which said Districts respectively are s forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed: And whereas for the Purposes of Visitation and spiritual Superintendence One a the said Districts called the District of Saint Peter's Wokehampton hath been assigned to the said Collegiate Church by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, the Ordinary of the said Church, under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Pr liament held in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His 1&2 W.4. c. 38. late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the Seven and Eighth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituli An Act to amend the Acts for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes,' but the said Perpetual Curate, in right of his said Perpetual Curacy is or claims to be entitled to the Perception of Surplice Fees throughout the whole Parish of Wolverhampton aforesaid: And whereas the Incumbent of the said Church of Saist • Peter Wolverhampton, by virtue of such Incumbency, and under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Session of Parlia ment held in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populou Parishes, claims the Right of Patronage of the said District Churches or Chapels of Saint George Wolverhampton and Saint Mary Bilston, which it is expedient and the said Incumbent is willing should be transferred to the Bishop for the Time being of the Diocese in which such District Churches or Chapels are respectively situate: And whereas the present Income of the Perpetual Curate of the Parish of Wolverhampton afores consists of the Dividends arising from the said Two several Sums of Three thousand two hundred and eighty-three Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Eight-pence and Three thousand four hundred and fifty-five Pounds Twelve Shillings and Sixpence, 58 G. 3. c. 45. and and of Surplice Fees arising from the whole Parish of Wolverhampton, producing about Four hundred Pounds per Annum, and sundry small Endowments, which, including the said Sum of Twenty Pounds so payable by the said Cemetery Company, amount to a further Sum of Sixty-one Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Eight-pence, making together a total yearly Income of about Six hundred and sixty-five Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence, but which said Income would, upon the ComC pletion of the Investment of Eight thousand Pounds Consoli⚫ dated Bank Annuities, according to the Provisions of the said Act called the "Pelsall Mining Act," amount to about Eight ⚫ hundred Pounds per Annum : And whereas there is no House of Residence nor any Land adapted for the Site of a House of Residence belonging to the said Perpetual Curacy: And whereas the Fabric of the Church of Saint Peter Wolverhampton is in a State of great Dilapidation: And whereas it is expedient, and would be greatly conducive to the spiritual Interests of the Parish of Wolverhampton aforesaid, and to the better Cure of Souls therein, that new and further Arrange'ments should be made respecting the Constitution and • Endowment of the several Districts in the said Parish of Wolverhampton; and the said Commissioners, with the Consent of the Reverend John Lord Bishop of Lichfield, as Ordinary of the said Parish, and Patron of the said Church of Saint Peter, and the said John Osmond Dakeyne, as Perpetual Curate of the said Parish, are desirous that the same should be made; and the said Commissioners have proposed certain Arrangements for effecting the Purposes aforesaid, to be carried into execution under their Control and Management; but the same ⚫ cannot be carried into complete Effect without the Authority ⚫ of Parliament:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all the Provisions contained in the said Act called "The Pelsall Mining Act," for the Investment of One Fourth Part of the Rents to arise as in the said Act mentioned, and for the Application of the Rents, Dividends, and Profits of the Land or Stock directed to be purchased therewith, and also the Provisions contained in the said Act called "The Hobart's Estate Act," respecting the Residue of the Monies to arise from such Sale or Sales as in the said Act mentioned, after Payment of the Costs and Expenses therein specified, are hereby repealed; and the said several Sums of Three thousand two hundred and eighty-three Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Eight-pence and Three thousand four hundred and fifty-five Pounds Twelve Shillings and Sixpence Three Pounds per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities, and Three hundred and eighteen Pounds Sterling, and all other the Sum or Sums of Money and Stock invested or liable to be invested and due as aforesaid under and by virtue of the Provisions contained in the said Acts of Parliament herein-before referred to, and respectively called Monies raised, Act vested in Commissioners. Office of Sacrist of Collegiate 11 & 12 VICT. called the "Pelsall Mining Act," and "Hobart's Estate Act," and the Interest and Dividends due in respect of the same Sums respectively from the First Day of May now last past, shall immediately upon the passing of this Act become and be vested in the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, for the Purposes and to be disposed of in the Manner expressed in the said thirdly recited Act of and concerning the Endowments of the said Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton, and subject thereto for their said Common Fund, and shall be transferred and paid to the said Commissioners by the said George Oliver, the Representatives of the said Henry Lewis Hobart deceased, and the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty respectively, and other the Person or Persons in whose Name or Names the same may be now standing, or who now have or are entitled to the Order and Control or are liable to the Payment of the said several Sums or any Part thereof. II. And be it declared and enacted, That the said Office of Sacrist of the said Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton shall be Church of Wol- and the same is by this Act abolished, and all the Estates, verhampton abolished. Rents, Endowments, and other Emoluments (excepting any Rights of Patronage) formerly belonging or appertaining to the said Office in the said Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton, subject to any valid existing Lease or Leases thereof, and all other the Funds, Dividends, Fees, Emoluments, and Profits whatsoever belonging thereto, and also a certain Field or Parcel of Land numbered 1221 in the Tithe Commutation Map of the Township of Wolverhampton in the said Parish, forming Part of the Endowments of the said Perpetual Curacy, are and shall be vested in the said Commissioners, and shall be held by them and their Successors for the Purposes by the said thirdly-recited Act expressed concerning the Endowments late belonging to the said Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton, and subject thereto for their said Common Fund, freed and absolutely discharged of and from all and every the Claims or Demands of the said John Osmond Dakeyne and his Successors, Perpetual Curates of Wolverhampton aforesaid. Constitution of III. And be it enacted, That the District of the Parish of the Rectory of Wolverhampton, which has been so assigned to the Collegiate Saint Peter's Wolverhamp ton. Church of Saint Peter as aforesaid, shall be and the same is by this Act constituted a Rectory; and the Reverend John Osmond Dakeyne, and his Successors, Incumbents of the said Church for the Time being, shall henceforth be and be styled Rectors of Saint Peter's Wolverhampton, and by that Name and Style shall have and enjoy all the Rights, Privileges, and Emoluments which would have belonged to the Perpetual Curate of Saint Peter's Wolverhampton aforesaid for the Time being, save and except so far as the same are otherwise appropriated or disposed of by the said thirdly and fourthly recited Acts or this Act; and the Minister for the Time being of each of the several other Districts of the said Parish of Wolverhampton, specified in the Schedule to this Act, and of the District of Ettingshall so far as the same is in the said Parish of Wolverhampton, shall imme diately diately after the present Minister thereof respectively shall have given his Consent to this present Act (to be testified by Writing under his Hand, and to be deposited and kept in the Registry of the Diocese,) be entitled to have and receive all the Surplice Fees arising or accruing within the same District, and as to the respective Ministers of the said Districts of Saint John and Saint George, in addition to the said yearly Stipend of Twenty Pounds apiece payable to them by the said Wolverhampton General Cemetery Company, freed and discharged from all Claim in respect thereof by the said Incumbent of Saint Peter's Wolverhampton. Rector. IV. And be it enacted, That in consideration of the Premises Ecclesiastical the said Commissioners shall, out of the Endowments late be- Commissioners longing to the said Collegiate Church or the Common Fund to provide a vested and to be vested in them by the said thirdly and fourthly and allow 7501. recited Acts or this Act, as the said Commissioners shall see fit, a Year to the and under the Authority provided by the said thirdly recited Act, provide a Sum not exceeding Seven hundred and fifty Pounds for or towards the Purchase of a Site, and a Sum of One thousand five hundred Pounds for or towards the Erection of a suitable Rectory House for the said District of Saint Peter's, under the Sanction and Control of the said Commissioners, and to be conveyed to and vested in the Rector of Saint Peter's and his Successors Rectors of the said Rectory for ever; and the said Commissioners shall also out of such Endowments or Common Fund as aforesaid pay and allow to the said John Osmond Dakeyne and his Successors Rectors for the Time being of Saint Peter's Wolverhampton an annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds, to be payable and paid half-yearly on the First Day of November and the First Day of May in each and every Year, the first Payment to be made on the First Day of November One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, as and for an additional Endowment of the said Rectory over and above the Fees to arise within the said District of Saint Peter's, and the said yearly Sum of Twenty Pounds payable from the said Wolverhampton General Cemetery Company, and all other Endowments belonging to the said Rectory: Provided always, that if at the End of Three Years from the said First Day of May next before the passing of this Act it shall appear to the Satisfaction of the said Commissioners that the average annual Income of the said Rectory during those Years, inclusive of the said annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds, shall not have amounted to Seven hundred and fifty Pounds, then and in that Case the said annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds shall be augmented by such Amount as with the said annual average Income during such Three Years will make up the said annual Sum of Seven hundred and fifty Pounds, and such augmented annual Sum shall thenceforth and for ever thereafter be payable to the Rector for the Time being of the said Rectory by the said Commissioners, out of the said Endowments of the said Collegiate Church, or of their Common Fund, as they may see fit, in lieu of the said annual Sum of Six hundred Pounds, and irrespective of any subsequent Variation in the annual As to Perform ance of Burial General Ceme Service at the tery. annual Income of the said Rectory; and then and in that Case also the said Commissioners shall at the End of the said Three Years, out of the said Endowments or Common Fund, pay to the said John Osmond Dakeyne, or the Incumbent of the said Rectory for the Time being, such an Amount as shall make up the Deficiency in the said Income for that Period; and if the said John Osmond Dakeyne shall by Death, Resignation, or otherwise have ceased to be Rector of the said Rectory during the said Term of Three Years, then such last-mentioned Amount shall be payable to the said John Osmond Dakeyne or his Representatives, and the succeeding Rector, in such Proportions, or wholly to one, exclusively of the other, as under the Circumstances shall to the said Commissioners appear just and proper: Provided also, that in case the said Commissioners shall at any Time or Times hereafter under the Authority provided by the said thirdly-recited Act endow the said Rectory of Saint Peter's with any of the Lands or Hereditaments or any Rent-charge or Rent-charges late belonging to the said Collegiate Church of Wolverhampton aforesaid, the said yearly Sum of Six hundred Pounds, or such augmented annual Sum to be paid in lieu thereof as aforesaid, shall thenceforth and at all Times thereafter be diminished by the net Amount of such Rent-charge or Rentcharges or of the net yearly Rental or Value of the Lands or Hereditaments at the Time or respective Times of such Endowment, such net Amount to be ascertained and defined by the Surveyor for the Time being of the said Commissioners by Certificate under his Hand to be deposited and kept in the Registry of the Diocese. V. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid Provision contained in the said fifthly-recited Act requiring the Incumbents or Officiating Ministers for the Time being of the said Collegiate Church of Saint Peter and the said Chapel of Saint John and Saint George in Wolverhampton aforesaid respectively to officiate as Minister or Chaplain in the Performance of the Burial Service at the said Cemetery is hereby repealed, except so far as regards the Burial of Persons dying within their respective Parishes or Districts; and the Incumbents or Officiating Ministers of the several other Ecclesiastical Parishes or Districts in Wolverhampton aforesaid shall and they are hereby required to officiate as Ministers or Chaplains in the Performance of the Burial Service at the said Cemetery over the dead Bodies of Persons dying within their respective Parishes or Districts, in like Manner and subject to the like Qualifications as the Incumbents or Officiating Ministers of Saint Peter, Saint John, and Saint George are by the said last-mentioned Act required to perform such Service, and which they are by this Act required still to perform in the Case of Persons dying in their respective Districts; and such Incumbents or Officiating Ministers respectively shall be entitled to the like Fees for the Performance of such Burials as are thereby made payable to the Officiating Ministers for Interments: Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to deprive the said Rector of Saint Peter |