Vestry-room and burialground to be appendant to meeting-house. Messuage to be occupied by minister or let. occupied, and enjoyed as a place of public religious worship for the service of God by the society of Protestant Dissenters of the denomination called, and also by such other persons as shall hereafter be united to the said society, and attend the worship of God in the said meeting-house; And also at all times for ever hereafter permit the said room called the vestry room to be used with and be appendant to the said meeting-house as a vestry room, and the said piece of ground called the burial ground to be used with and be appendant to the said meeting-house as a burial ground, and the said messuage to be used and be inhabited by the officiating minister for the time being, for his residence, or otherwise to be let, as the major part of the male subscribers to the said meeting, being members thereof and communicants therein, shall, at a meeting duly held for that purpose, declare; And to receive volun- permit such person or persons as shall be nominated by the male subscribers for the time being to the said meeting-house, or the major part of them, being members of the said society and communicants therein, at any meeting for that purpose duly assembled, to receive and take all such voluntary subscriptions and other sums of money as shall from time to time be paid or subscribed by any person or persons whomsoever, towards the support of the public worship of God in the said meeting-house, and for defraying the expenses and charges attending the same, or as shall be contributed for the benefit and support of the minister for the time being officiating therein; And permit to officiate in the said meeting-house Nominees of a general meeting tary subscrip tions. hereditaments hereby bargained and sold, to be used, occupied, and enjoyed as and for an academy or school, or place of classical or religious instruction for young men devoted to the ministry among Protestant Dissenters, or otherwise, in such manner, and under such regulations, and with full power to alter and vary such regulations, as the major part of the trustees for the time being, together with the major part of the members subscribing for the time being to such academy, who shall have been subscribers thereto for twelve preceding calendar months, shall at any public meeting to be convened for such purpose, and held after a week's previous notice thereof, from time to time order and direct." such person or persons of the denomination of Protestant Dissenters called, as the said subscribers, or the major part of them, men or women, being members of the said society, and communicants therein, at a meeting duly assembled for that purpose, shall from time to time elect to officiate as their minister or pastor in the said meeting-house, according to the usual orders and customs of societies of Protestant Dissenters of the denomination aforesaid. And upon this To mortgage trust premises. further trust, that the said trustee or trustees for the time being shall, at any time or times, when thereunto requested by the major part in number of the male subscribers for the time being, members of the said society and communicants therein, and who shall be attending at a meeting duly assembled for that purpose, raise such sum or sums of money as shall be directed by the male subscribers present at such meeting, or the major part of them, by a mortgage of all or any part of the said trust estate, and make any conveyance for that purpose; And also, when thereunto requested by the To sell. major part in number of such male subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, attending at a meeting duly assembled for that purpose, absolutely make sale of the said trust estate, or any part thereof, and the fee simple and inheritance thereof, either by public auction or private contract, and in such manner as such male subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, or the major part of them for the time being, attending such meeting, shall think fit; and convey the same trust estates, when sold, to the person or persons who shall agree to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof; And also at any time or To exchange. times, at such request as aforesaid, convey the said trust estates, or any part thereof, to any person or persons in exchange for or in lieu of any other hereditaments, to be situate within - miles of aforesaid, as to the trustee or trustees for the time being, with the consent of such male subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, or the major part of them present at any meeting convened for that purpose, shall appear more convenient for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them; And upon this further trust that the said trustee or trustees for the time being shall stand and be seised of the hereditaments (if any) which shall be taken To stand seised of hereditaments taken in exchange upon the trusts declared bargained and sold. And be possessed of the money arising from any sale, mortgage, or exchange, upon trust to invest and dispose thereof as general meeting shall direct. In case the society shall be dissolved, to convey trust premises as two taments hereby and to and for the same or the like ends, intents, and purposes as are hereinbefore expressed and declared concerning the same hereditaments hereby bargained and sold, or as near thereto as may be, and the nature of the hereditaments to be so taken in exchange, and the purposes of convenience for which they shall be taken in exchange, will admit. And upon this further trust, that the said trustee or trustees for the time being shall stand possessed of the money which from time to time shall be received on any sale or mortgage or exchange which shall be made under the trusts hereinafter declared, Upon trust to invest, lay out, or dispose of the same in such manner and for such purposes, for the benefit of the said Society of Protestant Dissenters of the denomination aforesaid, or for the improvement of the trust property, or the enlargement, repair, or rebuilding of the trust premises, or any of them, or otherwise as the major part in number of the male subscribers, being members of the said society, and communicants therein as aforesaid, present at a meeting to be called for that purpose, shall direct. And upon this further trust, that in case the said society shall be totally dissolved or dispersed, and the public worship of thirds of former God in the said meeting-house discontinued for the space of two years together, then the said trustee or trustees for the time being shall convey and assure the said trust estates hereby bargained and sold, and also the hereditaments to be received in exchange as aforesaid, unto such person or persons, in such manner, and for such purposes, either religious or civil, as two-thirds in number of those male members of the said Society of Protestant Dissenters who at the time of such dissolution or dispersion shall be, and for one year then next preceding shall have been, subscribers to the support of the public worship of God in the said meetinghouse, and during the like period shall have been members of the said congregation, and communicants therein, shall appoint by any writing under their hands. And the said A. B. [donor] doth direct, and the other parties do hereby agree, that the person or persons who shall become the purchaser or purchasers, or take a mortgage or mortgages of al or any part of the said trust estates, his, her, or their heirs executors, or administrators, shall not be obliged to see to the subscribers shall direct. Trustees' receipts to be sufficient discharges. or Vacancy in the number of trus application of the money to be advanced or paid by him, her, or them respectively, as the consideration of such purchase or purchases, mortgage or mortgages, nor be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or non-application of the same money, or any part thereof, after the same shall have been paid to or to the order of the said trustee or trustees for the time being under these presents; And that every receipt which shall be given by the said trustee or trustees for the time being for such purchase or mortgage money, or any part thereof, shall be a good, valid, and sufficient acquittance and discharge for the sum or sums of money which therein or thereby respectively shall be acknowledged or expressed to be or to have been received; And that every sale and mortgage which shall be made, and contract for sale which shall be entered into, and conveyance which shall be executed by the said trustee or trustees for the time being, pursuant to the trusts hereinbefore declared, shall be binding and conclusive on all persons claiming any benefit or interest under the trusts hereinbefore contained: Provided further, and it is hereby directed, that when and so often as at any time after there shall be only five acting trustees of the said trust estate, the vacancy in the number of trustees shall be supplied by the appointment of so many additional persons, being Protestant Dissenters by profession, as will make up the number of thirteen trustees, such appointment to be made by the major part of the male subscribers to the said meeting-house, being members and communicants as aforesaid, who shall be present at a meeting convened for that purpose, and with the consent and approbation of the surviving and acting trustees or trustee ; And that all such conveyances shall be made and executed (at the expense of the said trust estate, or the funds of the congregation attending the said meeting-house) as shall be necessary or deemed advisable for vesting the said trust estates in the then acting trustee or trustees, jointly with such additional trustees; And that of every meeting for the purposes afore- General meeting, notice of. said there shall be public notice given on the Sunday preceding, during the time of divine service; And that the meeting shall not be held earlier than the Wednesday succeeding such Sunday; And that no person shall be entitled Qualification of tees to be supplied by new pointments at a general meet ing. voters. Another form. Meeting-house to be used for Divine worship by Independ ents. to vote on any of the matters aforesaid unless such person shall have been a subscriber to and a member of the said society, and communicant therein, twelve calendar months prior to such meeting; And that the trustee or trustees for the time being shall be entitled to deduct and retain all the costs, charges, and expenses of and attending the execution of the trusts reposed or to be reposed in him or them under or by virtue of these presents. LVI. Upon trust, that they the said several persons, hereto of the third part, and the survivors and survivor party of them, and the heirs and assigns of such survivor, do and shall (a) permit and suffer the said chapel or meeting-house (a) If money is to be raised by mortgage for erecting chapel, insert the following: "As soon as conveniently may be, by way of mortgage or or any The |