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Churchwardens' Manual

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Acts quoted:— page

7 Gul. IV, and 1 Vict., cap. 45, sec. 3 66

58 Geo. III, cap. 69 67

59 Geo. III, cap. 85, sec. 1 69

14 and 15 Vict., cap. 97, sec. 23 71

18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128, sec. 18 78

15 and 16 Vict., cap. 85, sec. 10 80

24 and 25 Vict., cap. 125, sec. 2 82

43 Geo. III, cap. 108 84

36 and 37 Vict., cap. 50 84

4 and 5 Vict., cap. 38; 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 37 85

Aggrieved Parishioners, how to deal with 58

Cemetery, how to be provided 32

Churchwarden:—

Origin of Office 1

Who qualified to act 3

Not to act except in concert with his colleague 9

Declaration to be made 10

Legality of Election, how ascertained 12

Vacancy, how filled 13

Canonical Duties 20

Duty in connection with New Incumbent 23

Duty in connection with Fabric, Churchyard, Church Goods, Insurance, Church Seats, Faculty Pews, Sequestration, Parish Documents 21, etc.

Churchyard, enlargement of 31

,, Closed, to be kept in order by Churchwardens at expense of Parish Council 30

Corporation. Churchwardens not a corporation except under special circumstances 94

Council, Parish—Powers of Vestry transferred to with certain exceptions 13, etc.

Custody of Keys of Church 53

,, Church Bells 54

,, Tithe Map 18

District Churches. Banns not to be asked or Marriages to be Solemnised in the Mother Church 39, etc.

Ratepayers residing in District have a vote in Vestry of the Mother Church 41

Music of Church, management of 53

Offertories, power over distribution of 54

Sidesmen, why so called 7

,, How elected 6

Trust deeds. How land and buildings for mission and other purposes should be conveyed 49

Vestry, Notice of, how to be signed 7

,, Incumbent Chairman of 8

,, How Votes taken 10

,, Select—abolished 10

Notices of First Edition 87

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