Church Temporalities Act, 1834

Commissioners, with Sanction of the Treasury, may contribute towards such charitable Purposes as Bishops in suppressed Sees were accustomed to do.

XXVII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with the Consent and Approbation of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, to bestow and apply out of any Surplus or Balance which may arise in any Year, after due Provision made for the several Objects and Purposes to which the Funds accruing to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners under the Provisions of the said Act of the last Session of Parliament are primarily applicable, such Sums as they shall think proper for and to such charitable Purposes as the Bishops of the several Bishopricks, the Temporalities whereof may now be or hereafter become vested in the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, may have usually subscribed or contributed towards.