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previous to fuch meeting; and require that all 

 perfons pofTefTed of, interefted in, or claiming any 

 tithes, or modufies, lands titheable or exempt, do 

 attend, and give in a particular account of the fame. 

 When the commiflioners and parties are met, be- 

 fore they proceed to bufinefs, each of the com- 

 mifiioners fhould take and fubferibe an oath to the 

 following effect : 



I A. B. do fwear, that I will faithfully, impartially, 

 and honeftly, according to the beft of my (kill and 

 judgment, execute the powers and trufts repofed in 

 me as a commiffioner for afcertaining and fettling 

 an equitable money payment in lieu of tithes within 



the parifh of • 



So help me GOD ! 



If any modus is fet up or claimed by one party, 

 and denied by another, the commiflioners fhould in 

 this, as in all cafes brought before them, be em- 

 powered to examine witnefles upon oath. But as 

 the legality of a modus may be too nice a queftion 

 for them to determine, the attorney of each party 

 fhould, if required, attend ; — and if the matter in 

 difpute cannot be fettled, the cafe fhould be drawn 

 up, agreeable to the evidence, and figned by the 

 commiflioners. The parties fhould be required to 

 fix on fome eminent counfel to determine the fame. 

 If they neglect to do fo, the commiflioners may 



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