CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

On the Offices of Churchwarden and Sidesman, the liabilities

of parties to be chosen, their appointment and admission.

SECT. 1. On the offices of churchwarden and sidesman, page

SECT. 2. As to the persons liable to be chosen to the office of

churchwarden, and the persons disqualified and

exempt from serving that office

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SECT. 3. On the appointment and admission of churchwar-

dens

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CHAPTER II.

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On the Duties of Churchwardens with reference to the Utensils,

&c. of the Church, and the Repairs of the Church and

Churchyard.

SECT. 1. Of the goods and utensils of the church which the

churchwardens are bound to supply, and of the

repairs of the church and churchyard which it

is their duty to superintend

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SECT. 2. Of the first steps to be taken by the churchwardens

for the purpose of effecting the necessary repairs:

of calling a vestry: with some observations on

vestries generally

SECT. 3. Of granting the rate, of making the assessment, and

of getting the rate confirmed by the ordinary

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SECT. 4. On the additional steps to be taken, when anything

new is to be added to the church

SECT. 5. Of rates under the Church Building Acts autho-

rizing the borrowing of money on the security

of church-rates

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On the methods of enforcing the payment of Church-rates, and

the various grounds of resisting payment, and the mode of

compelling the making of them.

SECT. 1. On the summary proceedings before justices of the

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peace for enforcing payment of church-rates, page 147

SECT. 2. On suits in ecclesiastical courts for the subtraction

of church-rates, and the ordinary grounds of

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SECT. 3. On the extent of the liability of parishioners with

respect to the repairs of churches; on the

making of necessary church-rates against the

consent of the vestry; and on the methods of

enforcing the making of church-rates

CHAPTER IV.

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On the further Duties of Churchwardens with respect to the

Church, Churchyard, Church Goods, &c.

SECT. 1. On the duties of churchwardens with respect to

the seats of the church

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page 248

SECT. 2. On the duty of the churchwardens with regard to

the performance of divine service, and to the

preservation of due order and decorum in the

church and churchyard -

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SECT. 4. On the right of the churchwardens to access to the

church, and their power and duty with reference

to the disposal of the goods and utensils of the

church; and as to the setting up and removing

of fixtures, monuments, tombs, &c. On the

ringing of the church bells

CHAPTER V.

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On Visitations and Presentments-On Sequestrations-On

the going out of Office, and the passing of the Churchwar-

dens' Accounts.

SECT. 1. On visitations and presentments, and the general

duties of the churchwardens, as the guardians of

the moral character and public decency of the

parish -

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Contents.

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SECT. 2. On sequestrations

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SECT. 3. On passing the accounts of the old churchwardens,

and on delivering over the goods of the church

to their successors in office

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APPENDIX.

Statute 58 Geo. 3, c. 69-An Act for the regulation of parish

Statute 59 Geo. 3, c. 85-An Act to amend and correct an

Act of the last session of parliament for the regulation

of parish vestries in England

Statute 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 60—An Act for the better regulation

of vestries, and for the appointment of auditors of ac-

counts in certain parishes of England and Wales

The judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench in Gosling

v. Veley and another

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The judgment of Rolfe, B., in Gosling v. Veley and Joslin

The 30th Canon of 1604, intitled "The lawful use of the

Cross in Baptism explained"

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Extract from first part of the Homily "Of the salvation of

Mankind by only Christ our Saviour from sin and death

everlasting," being the third Homily of the First Book

of Homilies

Extract from the second part of the said Homily

Articles of Inquiry

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Blackett v. Blizard and another, 97, 99, 171.

Blackmore, Ex parte, 299, 300.

Blount v. Fife, 166, 167.

Bluck v. Racham, 318.

Adey v. Theobald, 8, 12, 31, 32, 36. Blunt and Fuller v. Harwood, 72,

Alderman v. Neat, 51.

Allason v. Hook, 51.

Andrews v. Cawthorne, 297.

Andrews v. Hutton, 118.

Annesley, Ex parte, 51.

Anon. (Bulst.) 114.

Anon. (2 Chitt.) 254.

Anon. (Godb.) 296.

73, 75, 141, 145, 146, 172.
Bond v. Douglas, 248.

Bourdeaux v. Lancaster, 297.
Breeks v. Woolfrey, 282.

Brettell v. Wilmot and King, 187,
188, 189.

Bristol, Governors of the Poor of, v. Wait, 126.

Anthony v. Seger, 8, 33, 38, 39, Brook v. Owen, 6.

41, 81, 325.

Brookes v. Cresswell, 319.
Burder v. - 319.

Burder v. Hale, 275, 308, 310, 319.
Burder v. Hodgson, 319.
Burder v. Langley, 310.
Burder v. Mavor, 319.
Burder v. Steer, 319.

Burder v. Veley, 54, 67, 112, 148,
166, 170, 216, 235, 236.
Burgoyne v. Free, D.D., 273, 290,
319.

Burnell v. Jenkins, 202.

Burton v. Henson, 249, 252, 268,
269.

Burton v. Wileday, 120.
Butt v. Watkinson, 326.

Bute, Earl of, v. Grindall, 124.
Bute, Lord, v. Grindall, 124.
Butt's Case, 21, 22, 34.

Butt v. Fellowes, 17, 19, 41, 70, 74,
75, 76, 91, 151, 185, 189.

Butt v. Wakinson, 92.

Butterworth and Barker v. Walker

and Waterhouse, 211.

Byerley v. Windus, 259, 261.