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case in ivhich no curate shall be 

 nominated, the bishop or ordinary 

 may appoint one. 



2. The bishop on licensing a 

 curate shall appoint such salary as 

 is allowed by this act, the amount 

 of which shall be specified in 

 every licence granted ; and in case 

 of non-payment, he is authorized 

 to sequester the profits of the bene- 

 fice to the amount due. 



3. He may direct the curate to 

 reside in the parsonage-house of a 

 non-resident incumbent ; and if 

 the curate is not required to reside 

 within the parish, the distance of 

 his residence shall not exceed five 

 miles. 



4. 5, and 6, relate to giving pos- 

 session of the parsonage-house, 

 and to the registering of licences. 



7. The salaries assigned to cu- 

 rates shall be proportioned to the 

 gross annual value of the benefice 

 in the following manner : — The 

 salary shall in no case be less than 

 80/. per annum, or the whole 

 value of the benefice if that be less 

 than 80/.; nor less than 100/. or 

 the whole value of the benefice in 

 parishes the population of which is 

 three hundred persons, nor less 

 than 120/. or the whole value in 

 parishes' with a population of five 

 hundred persons ; nor less than 

 150/. or the whole value in parishes 

 with a population of one thousand 

 persons. A proviso that the value 

 of benefices less than 150/. per 

 annum be estimated according to 

 the returns made by the bishops 

 to the governors of queen Anne's 

 bounty. 



8. Where the curate's salary is 

 equal to the whole value of the 

 benefice it shall be subject to the 

 charges and outgoings of the same. 



9. If UD incumbent or perpetual 



curate be licensed to serve as cu- 

 rate of another parish, the salary 

 appointed may be less by 30/. per 

 annum than required in the above 

 cases, provided it be never less 

 than 50/. or the whole value of the 

 benefice. 



10. In certain cases where the 

 non-resident is rendered incapable 

 by age, sickness, or the like, 

 smaller salaries may be appointed. 



11. The bishop may allow the 

 rector, &c. in certain cases to de- 

 duct a limited sum from the cu- 

 rate's salary for repairs of the par- 

 sonage. 



12. The curate to pay the taxes 

 when residing in the parsonage, 

 when his salary is not less than the 

 annual value of the benefice. 



1 3. When the benefice exceeds 

 400/. clear annual value, the bishop 

 may appoint a salary of 100/. to 

 the curate, though the population 

 be less than three hundred per- 

 sons ; and a greater salary when 

 the population exceeds five hun- 

 dred persons, bnt not more than 

 an addition of 50/. 



14. The act not to be retrospec- 

 tive. 



All the remaining articles are 

 regulations in particular cases, li* 

 mitations, &c. The act is declared 

 not to extend to Ireland. 



Abstract of the Bill for the East 

 India Company. 

 Clause 1. Declares that the for- 

 mer territorial acquisitions of the 

 Company in India, together witii 

 its subsequent acquisitions on the 

 continent of Asia, or in any islands 

 situated to the north of the equa- 

 tor, shall continue in its posses- 

 sion for a further term, to be 

 computed from the 10th of April 

 1814. 



