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oath. Thf proportion of conferring parties flioul J 

 next be brought forward, and the reafons given by 

 thofe who withhold their affent fhould be parti- 

 cularly dated. 



PROPORTION OF CONSENTS. 



The parties interefted in the tithes, or thofe whofc 

 confent ought to be obtained, are, the Bifhop of the 

 diocefe, the Patron and Incumbent — appropriators 

 holding tithes, and impropriators, with their refpec- 

 tive leflees for long terms renewable or for lives. 

 Whatever be the denomination of the parties inte- 

 refted, a general confent fhould, if poflible, be ob- 

 tained. But as this is not always to be expected, 

 however meritorious the undertaking, it may, per- 

 haps be thought that one diflenting voice on the 

 part of the tithe-owners ought not to negative the 

 bufinefs. However, in all cafes where the patron 

 is alfo incumbent, or where the tithes are a lay im- 

 propriator's freehold, or wherever the pofTeflion and 

 reverfion center in one and the fame perfon, fuch 

 perfon's confent Ihould be indifpenfably neceflary. 



On the part of the land-owners, the confent of 

 the proprietors of three-fourths of the property in 

 quantity or value fhould be obtained, previous to 

 fuch application to the Quarter-Sefiions. But no 



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