Appends No. I.
{14} Churchwardens are _ex officio_ Overseers under the Poor Relief Act,
1601 (43 Eliz., c. 2, s. 1), only in the case of an ancient
ecclesiastical parish, for which overseers are appointed under that
Act.--_Jenkin's Local Government Act_, p. 25.
{22} See Appendix No VI.
{30a} 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128, sec xviii. See Appendix No. VII.
{30b} The Queen _v._ the Burial Board of Bishop Wearmouth.--_Law
Reports_, _Queen's Bench Division_, vol. v, p. 67. See Appendix VII.
{32} See Appendix No. VIII.
{34a} See Appendix No. IX.
{34a} See _An Address to Churchwardens_, by the Bishop of Carlisle,
published by the S.P.C.K., p. 13.
{35} By 59 Geo. III, c. 134, s. 11.--The Ecclesiastical Commissioners
are empowered to make a table of fees for any parish with the consent of
the Vestry, and with the consent of the Bishop of the Diocese.
{43} Bishop of Carlisle's _Address to Churchwardens_, S.P.C.K., p. 17.
{46a} See _Fuller v. Lane_. 2 _Adams_, 419. Prideaux's _Churchwarden's
Guide_, appendix, XLVI. Phillimores' _Ecclesiastical Law_, II, 1801-4.
{46b} _Fuller v. Lane_. Prideaux's _Guide_, XLV.
{48} _Life of Charles Richard Sumner_, _D.D._, _Bishop of Winchester_
(Murray), by the Author of this manual, p. 250.
{50} In many Dioceses now a body of trustees has been appointed for the
special purpose of holding Church properties. It is hoped that ere long
every Diocese in the country will have its own special body for the
purpose, with a carefully considered Trust Deed. I believe that the
scheme in the Arch Diocese of Canterbury is found to work very
satisfactorily.
{52a} 1 and 2 Vict., cap. 106, sec. 95.
{52b} Ditto, sec. 36.
{53} _Addresses delivered to the Churchwardens and Sidesmen of the
Diocese of Liverpool_, by Thomas E. Espin, D.D., Chancellor of the
Diocese; p. 29. Liverpool: Holden, Church Street.
{54} _Cripps' Practical Treatise on the Law relating to the Church and
Clergy_, p. 190. See also Canon 88 in Appendix vi.
{79} In the Court of Appeal, 1879, The Queen _v._ The Burial Board of
Bishop Wearmouth.--_Law Reports_, Queen's Bench Division, Vol. V, p. 67.
{80a} Sections 10 to 42 of this Act, inclusive, as well as secs. 44, 50,
51, and 52, are extended to the whole Country by 16 and 17 Vict., cap.
134, sec. 7.
{80b} The provision in this section as to the requisition of ten or more
ratepayers is done away with by 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128,
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