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AN ACT FOR MINISTERS: And Payment of Tythes.
BE it Enacted by this present Parlia∣ment, That every Person who hath been Settled in any Parsonage or Vic∣caridge, Presentative or Donative, or Hospital within this Commonwealth hereto∣fore Sequestred, and was in Possession there∣of the fourteenth of March, One thousand six hundred fifty nine, the Sequestred or Ejected Minister being living at the time of such Set∣tlement or Presentation, such and no other Person shall be, and is hereby Adjudged and Declared the perfect Incumbent to all In∣tents and Purposes, and shall and may Have, Enjoy, Retain and Possess, Sue for, and Re∣cover all Tythes and other Profits and Ad∣vantages whatsoever, to such Parsonage, Vic∣caridge or Donative, or Hospitall belonging, as if such Person or Persons had been legally In∣stituted and Inducted, any Law, Statute, or Vse to the contrary in any wise notwithstand∣ing.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority