City of Saint John, are now seized and possessed of certain lands situate and being in the City aforesaid, bounded and described as follows:-Situate, lying, and being in King's Ward, in the City of Saint John, known as lots numbers three hundred and eighteen and three hundred and nineteen, each of the said lots being forty feet wide, and having a front of that width on the northern side of King's Square, and running back northerly one hundred feet, together with a Church and other buildings erected thereon: And whereas it would tend much to the advantage of the said Trustees and of the Pewholders of the said Church, if the said several lots of land were sold and disposed of, and the proceeds thereof applied towards the payment of the debts due by the said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, and the surplus invested in the purchase of some suitable place for public worship, in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make sale and dispose of the said lots of land and premises, with the appurtenances, in such lots as the said Trustees may determine, at public auction, giving one calendar month's notice in two or more Newspapers published in the City of Saint John, of the day, hour, and place of such sale, for such price or prices as they may be able to get therefor, and thereupon to make and execute good, legal, and sufficient conveyances of the same in fee simple, by and under their corporate seal; and the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall hold the same for such sstate, and in such manner as shall be expressed in such conveyances, free and discharged from the trusts under which the same are now held by the said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, as incident to their said office, and to the use of the said building as a place of public worship, and the purchaser or purchasers under such conveyances shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money therefor.

2. The money arising from the sale and disposal of the said lots of land and premises, with the appurtenances, shall be paid and applied by the said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, in the first place towards the payment and satisfaction of the principal and interest of a certain

mortgage of the said premises made by the Honorable John Robertson, for securing the payment to the Honorable Hugh Johnston of the sum of six hundred pounds, with interest, and in the next place towards the payment and satisfaction of the other debts of the said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, and the residue shall be deposited by the said Trustees in some one of the Banks in the City of Saint John, on interest, to be applied in manner hereinafter mentioned.

3. So soon as the said lots of land, with the Church and other buildings thereon situate are disposed of, it shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor or Administrator of the Government for the time being, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, on the application of the said Trustees, to appoint five Commissioners from among the proprietors of pews in the said Church at the time of such sale, and from time to time in case of death, removal from the City of Saint John, or refusal to act, to appoint another or others in the room and place of the Commissioner or Commissioners so dying, removing, or refusing to act, for the purpose of selecting and purchasing a site for a new Church, to be built by them from the surplus funds arising from the sale of the said lots of land and buildings hereinbefore described, which funds shall be deposited in a Bank as aforesaid, and be drawn by them as required for the purpose; and the said Church, when completed, shall be in connexion with the Church of Scotland as by law established; and the said Commissioners shall be and are hereby authorized to set apart pews in the said Church to the several persons who shall be proprietors of pews in the said Saint Stephen's Church at the time of its sale, and who shall have paid up all arrears of rents and purchase money of such pews before the time of sale, to correspond as near as may be with the position and extent of such pews respectively, as in the judgment of the said Commissioners may be just and equitable, such pews to be held on the same terms and conditions as the pews formerly held by them respectively in the said. Saint Stephen's Church; and it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners, or the major part of them, and they are hereby required to proceed with all reasonable diligence in the execution of the duties devolved upon them by their appointment under this Act.

4. In case any pew holder or pewholders in the said Saint Stephen's Church shall object to the sale of the said lots of land and buildings, such objection being made in writing at the time of sale, it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees for the time being to pay to such pewholder or pewholders such sum of money as he or they shall make it satisfactorily appear that he or they paid for the pew or pews of which he or they may be proprietors, after deducting any arrears of rent or purchase money due on such pew or pews to the said Trustees, and upon such payment the said pewholder or pewholders so objecting as aforesaid, shall cease to have any interest therein.

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5. So soon as the said building is erected and completed, and pews set apart in manner aforesaid, the said Church shall be and is hereby construed to be a Church erected in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to all the provisions of the ninth Section of an Act made and passed in the second the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal all the laws now in force relating to Saint Andrew's Church, in the City of Saint John, and for incorporating certain persons pewholders of the said Church and of the several Churches erected or to be erected in this Province in connexion with the Church of Scotland, and all the other provisions of the said Act.

6. The said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, shall be at liberty in making sale of the said Church and lots of land, to reserve so much of the interior fittings of the said Church as they may deem serviceable for the purpose of finishing the said Church so to be erected; and the interior fittings so reserved shall be applied for such purpose or sold at the discretion of the said Commissioners.

12th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 24.

An Act to authorize the Trustees of Saint Luke's Church, in Bathurst, to dispose of certain Lands.

Section.

Section.

1. Trustees authorized to sell land. 2. Proceeds, how applied.

3. Private rights reserved.

Passed 27th March 1849.

WHEREAS a certain lot of Land and premises, situate in the

Parish of Bathurst, in the County of Gloucester, was purchased by the Trustees of Saint Luke's Church, Bathurst, in connexion with the Church of Scotland, from one Bartholomew Ahern, by deed bearing date the thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, as a Manse and Glebe for the use, benefit, and behoof of Saint Luke's Church aforesaid, described as follows, that is to say,-All that certain piece of land and premises situated in the Parish of Bathurst, County of Gloucester, being that part of the southern half of lot number twenty eight that lies between the Tettagouche River and the road leading from the Town of Bathurst to Somerset Vale, containing twelve acres, more or less, together with the houses and all other improvements;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The said Trustees be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make sale and dispose of the said lot of land and premises, with the appurtenances, to the highest bidder at public auction, thirty days notice of the time and place of such sale being given in three or more public places in writing, by posting up the same within the said Parish, and thereupon to make and execute a good, legal, and sufficient conveyance of the same in fee simple, any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.

2. The money arising from the sale and disposal of the said premises shall be paid and applied by the said Trustees towards the purchase of other lands, for the use of the said Church. 3. Nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to affect private rights.

13th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 8.

An Act to amend the Act relating to the sale of certain Lands by the Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John.

Section.

Section.

1. Commissioners for sale, &c. of land, how 2. Power as to granted lands. appointed.

Passed 26th April 1850. Be it enacted, &c.-1. The five Commissioners authorized to be appointed under and by virtue of an Act made and passed in the tenth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled

An Act to authorize the Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church, in the City of Saint John, to sell and dispose of certain lands in the said City, and to reinvest the proceeds thereof, shall be appointed from among the proprietors of pews in the said Church at the time of the sale thereof, or their assignees, and shall be members of a Church in said City in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, residing or having their places of business in the said City.

2. The Commissioners appointed under the preceding Section of this Act shall have full power and authority to manage certain lands granted to the Trustees of said Saint Stephen's Church, in terms of the grant thereof, in as full and ample a manner as the said Trustees of Saint Stephen's Church could or might have done.

13th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 18.

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Church of Scotland in the Town of Saint Andrews, to sell certain Lands, and vest the proceeds in other lands.

Section.

1. Trustees authorized to sell land, &c. 2. Proceeds, how invested.

Section.

3. Validity of deed.

Passed 26th April 1850.

WHEREAS under the authority of the Act of Assembly made and passed in the second year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal all the laws now in force relating to Saint Andrews Church, in the City of Saint John, and for incorporating certain persons perholders of the said Church and of the several Churches erected or to be erected in this Province in connexion with the Church of Scotland, the Trustees of Greenock Church, in the Parish of Saint Andrews, in the County of Charlotte, in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, became incorporated, and assumed the name of "The Trustees of the Church of Scotland in the Town of Saint Andrews:" And whereas previous to the passing of the said Act of Assembly they the said Trustees had, under the style of "The Trustees of Greenock Church, in the Parish of Saint Andrews, in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland," applied for a grant of the land hereinafter described, and their application was