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other or others be legally chosen in his or their place or stead, as fully and amply 

 as the person or persons in whose place he or they shall he chosen might or could 

 have done by virtue of these presents ; and we do hereby will and direct that this 

 method shall for ever hereafter be used for the filling up all vacancies that shall 

 happen in either the said offices between the annual elections above directed ; 

 and our royal will anil pleasure further is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and 

 successors, give and grant that as well the church-wardens and vestrymen in these 

 presents nominated and appointed, as such as shall from time to time be hereaf- 

 ter elected and chosen as is herein directed, shall have and they are hereby in- 

 vested with full power and authority to execute their several and respective offi- 

 ces in as full and ample maimer as any church-wardens or vestrymen in that part 

 of our kingdom of Great Britain called England, or in this our province of New 

 York, can or lawfully may execute their said respective offices ; and further our 

 royal will and pleasure is, and we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and succes- 

 sors ,give, grant, ordain and appoint that the rector and the said church-wardens 

 of the said church for the time being, or any two of them, shall and may from time 

 to time as occasion shall require, summon and call together, at such day and place 

 as they shall think proper, the said rector, church-wardens and vestrymen for the 

 time being, to meet in vestry, giving them at the least one day's notice thereof, 

 and we hereby require them to meet accordingly ; and we do hereby give, grant 

 and ordain, that the said rector and one of the said church-wardens for the time be- 

 ing at least, together with the majority of the said vestrymen of the said church 

 for the time being, being met in vestry as above directed, shall for ever hereafter 

 have, and they are hereby invested with full power and authority by majority of 

 their voices, to do and execute in the name of the rector and inhabitants of the 

 parish of Rye in communion of the Church of England as by law established, 

 all and singular the powers and authorities hereinbefore given and granted to the 

 said rector and inhabitants of the parish of Eye in communion of the Church of 

 England as by law established, any wise touching or relating to such lands, mes- 

 suages and tenements, real and personal estate whatsoever, as they the said rec- 

 tor and inhabitants of the parish of Rye in communion as aforesaid, shall or may 

 acquire for the use of the said church ; and also in like manner to order, direct, 

 manage and transact the general interest, business and affairs of our said corpor- 

 ation ; and also shall have full p»wer and authority in like manner to make and 

 ordain such rules, orders and ordinances as they shall judge convenient for the 

 good government and the discipline of the members of the said church — provided 

 such rules, orders and ordinances be not repugnant to the laws of that part of 

 our kingdom of Great Britain called England, or of this our province of New 

 York, but as near as may be agreeable thereto, and that the same be fairly 

 entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose. And also in like manner 

 to appoint the form of the common seal hereinbefore granted and the same to 

 alter, break and new make at their discretion ; and also, in like manner, to ap- 

 point such officer or officers as they shall stand in need of ; always provided that 

 the rector of the said church for the time being shall have the sole power of nomi- 

 nating and appointing the clerk to assist him in performing divine service, as also 

 the sexton — anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary in any wise not- 

 withstanding — which clerk and sexton shall hold and enjoy their respective offices 

 during the will and pleasure of the rector of said church for the time being. And 



