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Commissioners may issue a Commission to make Inquiries for the Purpose of enabling them to form a Valuation, and impose a Rate.
Oath to be taken by Persons named in such Commission.
Commissioners to make Report;
and to examine Witnesses.
Proviso as to Costs of Commission.
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XIX. And be it further enacted, That the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall also have Power and Authority, when and as often as they shall so think necessary, to direct into any Diocese in Ireland a Commission under their Corporate Seal to the Archbishop or Bishop thereof, and such other Person or Persons, being Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, as the said Commissioners shall think fit, commanding and authorizing the Persons in such Commission to be named, or Two of them at the least, to examine, search, and inquire into, of, and for all such Matters and Things as may be requisite and necessary in order to enable the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners under this Act to form the said Valuation, and impose the said Rate, Tax, and Assessment, according to the Provisions of this Act, and authorizing and empowering some Two or more Persons to be named in such Commission, separately, or in the Presence of each other, to administer an Oath to each of the said Persons therein named as aforesaid, to the Effect following; that is to say,
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I A.B. do swear, That I will well, diligently, and truly, according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, do, fulfil, perform, and execute the several Powers and Trusts reposed in me by virtue of a Commission issued pursuant to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled [here set forth the Title of this Act], within the Limits thereof, without Favour or Affection, Prejudice, Malice, or Ill-will to any Person whatever.
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Which Oath the said Persons to be therein named shall take before they shall begin to execute their said Commission; and also directing and authorizing and empowering the said Persons in such Commission so named, or Two of them at the least, to return, under their Hands and Seals, to the Commissioners appointed under this Act, on a certain Day to be named in the said Commission, a true, just, and faithful Account and Estimate of the said several Matters and Things in the said Commission so directed to be inquired of by them as aforesaid, and which Return the said Persons in such Commission named are hereby required to make; and the said Persons to be therein named as aforesaid, or any Two of them, shall likewise have Power to examine Witnesses upon Oath touching or concerning any of the Matters or Things so to be inquired of by them as aforesaid: Provided always, that the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners under this Act may at their Discretion direct and order the Costs and Expences of issuing said Commission, and of all the Proceedings thereunder, or any Part thereof, to be paid and borne, in such Shares or Proportions as the said Commissioners shall think fit, by such Archbishop, Bishop, Archdeacon, Dean, Prebendary, Parson, Vicar, or other Spiritual Person aforesaid, of and into the Revenues, Rents, Issues, and Profits of whom such Commission shall be issued to inquire and examine as aforesaid; and which Costs and Expences, when so ordered to be paid as aforesaid, shall and may be recovered in the Manner hereafter directed and mentioned with respect to the said annual Tax: Provided always, that no such Archbishop, Dignitary, or Spiritual Person shall be required to pay the Costs or Expences of any such Commission, or any Part thereof, unless the Valuation of the Revenues, Issues, and Profits to him belonging shall exceed the Amount thereof as stated in the last previous Return thereof by him made in the Proportion of Ten Pounds per Centum.
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