Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

XXXI Division and Application of the Revenues of the Two Canonries of Westminster.

And be it enacted, That when and so often as, according to the Statutes or Usages of the Chapter of the said Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster, any Dividend or Division shall be made of any Profits or Emoluments, from whatever Source accruing, or any Stipend or other Sum of Money shall become payable to the Members of the said Chapter as such Members, the Shares of such Profits and Emoluments, which, according to such Statutes or Usages, shall be found to belong to the said Two last-mentioned Canonries, or the Incumbents thereof respectively, and every such Stipend or other Sum of Money so payable to such Incumbents respectively, instead of being paid to such Incumbents or either of them, shall, by the Treasurer for the Time being of the said Chapter, be divided into Twelve equal Parts; and Eight only of such Parts shall be paid to or for the Use of the Incumbents for the Time being of the said Canonries respectively, and the remaining Four Parts shall be paid in such Manner and to such Uses as shall by the Authority herein-after provided be directed: Provided always, that so much of the last-mentioned Monies as shall appertain to the Canonry now held by the said Henry Hart Milman shall be applied, in such Proportions as by the like Authority shall be determined, towards providing a House or Houses of Residence for the Minister or Ministers of One or more District Church or Churches in the said Parish of Saint Margaret, and for endowing such Minister or Ministers, and the Minister of Broadway Chapel in the same Parish ; and so much of the said Monies as shall appertain to the Canonry now held by the said John Jennings shall be in like Manner applied towards providing a House or Houses of Residence for the Minister or Ministers of One or more District Church or Churches in the said Parish of Saint John, and for endowing such Minister or Ministers.