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14 For forming certain Highland Churches into Parishes.U.K.

And whereas an Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled “An Act for building additional places of worship in the highlands and islands of Scotland”; and another Act was passed in the fifth year of the reign of his said late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend an Act for building additional places of worship in the highlands and islands of M1M2Scotland”: And whereas, under the authority and provisions of the said two last-mentioned Acts, several additional places of worship have been built or provided, and certain districts have been defined or set apart for the benefit of which the said places of worship were built or provided, and ministers have been appointed to officiate at such places of worship and in such districts, and dwelling houses and appurtenances have been built or provided for the ministers so officiating; and provision has been made for the payment to such ministers of stipends not exceeding the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds per annum in any one case; and provision is made by the said last-mentioned Act for upholding in repair such places of worship and dwelling houses and appurtenances: upon application by the presbytery within which any such place of worship is situated, or by one or more heritors holding together one-fourth part of the valuation of the district defined and set apart as the district for the benefit of which such place of worship has been provided, or of her Majesty’s advocate for Scotland, it shall and may be lawful for the said lords of council and session, acting as aforesaid, to disjoin such district from the parish or parishes to which the same or any part thereof may have belonged or been attached, and to erect the same in to a parish quoad sacra; and in every such case the place of worship built or provided as aforesaid may be held and appointed to be the church of such parish, and the dwelling house and appurtenances provided for the minister may be held and appointed to be the dwelling house of the minister of such parish; and the provisions contained in the said two last-mentioned Acts may be held and taken to be sufficient provisions for upholding in repair such church and dwelling house and appurtenances, and a stipend of one hundred and twenty pounds, payable under the provisions of the said Acts, may be held to be sufficient stipend for the minister of the said parish; and it shall and may be lawful for the minister and elders of such parish to have and enjoy the status and all the powers, rights, and privileges of a parish minister and elders of the Church of Scotland.

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