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the duties of fuch office, and aétually fhall 
perform the duties of the fame, or as 
public Librafian or public Regiitrar, or 
ProSter, or public Orator, or other tuch 
public officer, in either of the. faid Uni- 
verfities, during the period for which he 
may refpefively be requiyed, by reason 
thereof, to perform the duties of any fuch 
office, and aftually fhall perform the du- 
ties of the fame, or as Fellow of any Col- 
Jege in either of the Univerfities, or of 
Eton or Winchefter College, during the 
time for which he may be required to 
reGide by any charter or Gatute, and actu- 
lly vefides therein, or asW arden or Provot 
of Eton or Winchetter College, during 
the time for which they may be re‘pec- 
tively required to refide, er fhall actually 
refide therein; or as Sehoolmaiter or 
Uther in the fame, or as Schoolmaiter or 
Uther of Wettminiter School, fhall be 
Hable to any pains, penalties, or for- 
feitures for non refidence. § 15. 
Perfuns entit'ed under 23 Hen. VIII. 
©. 23. te the privilege of non-refidence till 
forty years old, not to be entitled to it 
aiter thirty. §16. 
No penalty to be levied againft the 
perion, where it can be recovered by fe- 
queftration of the benefice in three years. 
$37. 
Bihops may grant licences for non-refi- 
dence, upen application by petition in 
writing by any {piritual perion, upon fuch 
proofs as fuch Bishop may think neceflary, 
it he require it, by afhdavit made before 
any Suriegate or Matter Extraordinary in 
Chancery; to grant in fuch cales as are 
herein-after enumerated. $138. , 
And it fhail be lawful for any Bifhop 
to grant licences to any fpiritual perions 
1o refide out of the proper houfe cf refi- 
dence, or ovt cf the parifh, and within 
fuch diftance therefrom, as the cafe may 
appear to fech Bithep to require; if, upon 
the confideration of ali the circumftances, 
fuch Bishop fhall think the fame proper, 
in the feveral cafes herein-after mention- 
ed; viz.,.by a€tual illnefs or infirmity of 
hady of himfelf, or wite, or child—where 
there flfail be no houfe of refidence, or 
where the houfé fhall be unfi:—havirig in 
the parifh any manfion belonging to bim- 
felf or any relative, to relide in—any {pi- 
ritual} perfon having any benefice, of {mall 
value, and ferving as a ftipendiary curate 
elfewhere—any Matter ar Ufher of any 
endowed {chooi duly licenced by the Bi- 
fhop—or the Matter of any other fchool 
who now is or fhall be, within cne month 
atter the 7th uf July, 1803, duly licenfed 
by the Bifhop;—and alfo any Mafter or 
New Aés of the Britifh Legiflature 
[March 1, 
Preacher of hofpitals or incorporated 
charitable foundation ;—any perfon hold- 
ing any endowed Leéturefhip, or endowed 
Chapelry, or endowed Preache:fhip.—or 
any. {piritual perfon having any bensfice, 
of fall value, and ferving as Preacher 
in any proprietary ‘chapel in_ citics or 
towns ;—the Librarians cf the. Britifh 
Mufeum—or of Sion College—or . the 
truftees of Lord Crewe’s Charity. But 
for any fuch licence, the party. fhall nat 
pay more to the Secretary ot the Bifhop 
thaa ten fhillings, exclufive of ftamps, 
Alfa if any (piritual perfon applying to 
any Bifhop tor fuch licence, thall think 
himfelf agerieved by the refulai thereof, 
he may appeal to the Archbifhep of. the 
province: but the party appealing thall 
give fecurity to the Bithop jor the pay- 
ment of fuch expences as che Archbifhcop 
or his commiffioners fhal] award. § 19. 
It fhall be lawful for any Bithop in any- 
cafes not before enumerated, to grant to 
any fuch fpiritual perlfon a licence to refide 
out of the prope: boule of reiadence, of 
out of the paiifh; and to aflign, where 
the ftipendiary Curate may be employed, 
fuch falary as he fhall judge fit, according 
to the vaiue of the benefice. Butreafons 
for granting fuch licences are to be tranf- 
mitted to the Archbifhop for examination 
and allowance. And no licence under 
this Aét fhall be void by the death or re- 
moval of the grantor, unlefs revoked by 
the fucceffur. Alfo Archbifhops, in their 
refpeétive diacefes, may grant licences 5 
by whom fees may be ordered to be paid 
by appellants, and the cofts may he reco- 
vered by fequeitration. § 20, 
Licences may be revoked, and none are 
to be in force more than two years. § 21. 
Copies of licences or revecations to be 
filed in the regiftry of the diocefe, and a 
litt kept for infpeétion ; and copies of cer- _ 
tain licences and revocations to be tranf 
mitted to churchwardens, and publicly 
read at the firft vifitation. § 22. 
A lik of licences confirmed by the 
Archbifhop, or granted in his own dia- 
cefe, fhall be annually tranfmitted to His 
Majefty in Council, who may revoke li- 
cences, &c. §23. 
’ But between the grant and revocation 
of a licence, it fhall be deemed valid. § 24. 
On or befcre the 25th of March, 1805, 
and fo annually, a.return fhall be made to 
His Majefty in Council of every benefice, 
&c. and of the perfons who fhall not have 
refided thereon; and every non-refident, 
after January 1, 1804, by exemption, 
without licence, fhall yearly notify the 
nature of it to the dioccfan, within a cer- 
tain 
