[CHAPTER VIII]
Private Ministrations
[1]. Visitation and Communion of the Sick—-Canon 67—Order for the Visitation—Confession and absolution of the sick—Regulations as to Communion. [2]. Preparation for Confirmation. [3]. Spiritual advice and comfort—Confession—Absolution. [4]. Ordinary visitation and intercourse pages [135-140]
[CHAPTER IX]
Temporalities
[1]. Possessions and revenues of benefices of ancient parishes and new ecclesiastical parishes. [2]. Incumbent a corporation sole—Restrictions on his acquisition and holding of landed property—Licence in mortmain—Mortmain and Charitable Uses Acts—School Sites Acts—Inability to hold as a corporation land upon trusts. [3]. Freehold of church and churchyard of ancient parish in rector—Chancel repairable by rector—Enforcement of repairs—Possession and custody of church in incumbent and churchwardens—Right of incumbent to keys and control of organ and bells—Canon 88—Right of rector to profits of soil of churchyard—Felling of trees in churchyard—Freehold of church and churchyard of new parish in incumbent—Exemption from rates and contributions to making new streets—Removal of part of church as a dangerous structure. [4]. Rights of bishop and parishioners in church and churchyard—Power of incumbent as to ordinary tombstones and inscriptions in churchyard—Glass shades for wreaths—Appeal to consistory and higher courts—Faculties for monuments in church and other alterations and additions in church and churchyard—Application by incumbent and churchwardens after resolution of vestry—Consent of rector to alteration in chancel—Faculty for vault or space for exclusive burial—Removal of earth or bones from churchyard, or other desecration—Faculty for diversion of ancient footpath through churchyard, and for throwing part of churchyard into highway—Restoration of wall wilfully thrown down—Easement of light and air over churchyard—Laying out of closed churchyard as a garden and removal of gravestones—Restrictions as to building on closed or disused burial-grounds. [5]. Glebe, rectorial and vicarial—Exemption from tithe—Waste—Cultivation of glebe—Cutting down of trees—Opening and working of mines and quarries and gravel pits. [6]. Statutory facilities for parsonage houses and other buildings and repair of chancels—Gilbert Acts—Loans by, and mortgages to Queen Anne's Bounty—Purchase of land—Building and improving of farm buildings and labourers' dwellings—Gifts and bequests of parsonage houses and glebe—Sale and exchange of parsonage houses and glebe. [7]. Letting of parsonage house where incumbent has licence to reside elsewhere. [8]. Farming or letting of glebe—Agricultural, building, and mining leases. [9]. Repair of parsonage house and glebe buildings—Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1871. [10]. Diocesan surveyors—Proceedings (a) on vacancies in benefices and (b) in other cases—Exemption from liability for five years after certificate of surveyor. [11]. (a) Inspection and report by surveyor on a vacancy—Objections to report—Order of bishop—Debt from late incumbent, or his estate, to new incumbent—Payment of amount recovered to Queen Anne's Bounty—Loan of amount not recovered—Balance to be paid by new incumbent—Dilapidation Account—Liability where a vacancy occurs between inspection of buildings and certificate of completion of works. [12]. (b) Inspection of buildings on complaint of archdeacon, rural dean, or patron, or on request of incumbent—Inspection after and during sequestration of benefice—Report—Objections—Decision of bishop—Loans—Dilapidation Account—Execution of repairs—-Charge of cost on income in case of benefice under sequestration—Vacancy before execution of works—Liability of sequestrator spending excessive amount on repairs. [13]. Payment of money out of dilapidation account on certificate of surveyor—Liability and duty of incumbent—Rebuilding or remodelling instead of repairing. [14]. Insurance of parsonage house, glebe buildings, and chancel against fire—Production of receipts for premiums at visitations—Payment and application of insurance money and reinstatement of buildings in the event of fire—Sequestration of benefice to raise any requisite balance. [15]. Exemption from Act of 1871 of buildings let on lease under which tenant is liable—Inspection by surveyor. [16]. Faculty or consent of bishop and patron to alterations in buildings—Liability of incumbent for alterations not so sanctioned—Power of bishop to authorise removal of unnecessary buildings—Movable sheds or garden frames. [17]. Vacation of benefice—Cesser of rights of former incumbent—Right of widow to two months' residence in parsonage house—Inspection of premises pending settlement of dilapidations—Emblements—Apportionment of rents, tithe rentcharge, and other income. [18]. Tithe commutation rentcharge under Act of 1836 and amending Acts—Assessment in lieu of great or rectorial tithes and small or vicarial tithes—Extraordinary tithe rentcharge in respect of hop and other gardens and orchards—Act of 1886—Assessment of tithe rentcharge with regard to prices of wheat, barley, and oats—Variation according to septennial average prices. [19]. Payment of tithe rentcharge and recovery by distress on appointment of receiver—Recovery from railway company. [20]. Dues (i.) ordinary and (ii.) special—Variety by law and custom—Payments on the customary four offering days—Easter offerings—Rights of vicar of new ecclesiastical parish. [21]. Mortuaries. [22]. Dues for special services or concessions. [23]. Pew rents under special or general Acts of Parliament—Under Church Building and New Parishes Acts—Recovery of pew rents. [24]. First fruits and tenths—Exemption of small benefices—Number of benefices remaining liable. [25]. Income or property tax—On parsonage house, glebe lands, and tithe rentcharge—On landed property in occupation of incumbent—On other stipend, fees, perquisites, and profits—Legal deductions—Test as to whether receipts are or are not liable to tax—Voluntary contributions to minister in respect of his office—Grants from Curates' Augmentation Fund—Grants from Queen Victoria Clergy Fund pages [141-168]
Indexpages [169-174]