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WHEREAS under and by virtue of certain Crown grants and certificates of title the several pieces or parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto are subject to certain mortgages leases easements and encumbrances vested in trustees for the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria known as "The Scots' Church" Melbourne, and such lands are respectively held by such trustees upon certain trusts and for certain purposes set forth in the several Crown grants relating thereto respectively and with and subject to certain powers authorities provisions and restrictions contained in two statements of trust respectively submitted to and allowed by His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of the colony of Victoria and by His Excellency Sir William Foster Stawell the officer administering the Government of the said colony under the provisions of the Act No. 391 to provide for the Abolition of State Aid to Religion:
AND WHEREAS it is considered expedient to annul the trusts purposes powers authorities provisions and restrictions contained in the said Crown grants and statements of trust relating to the said pieces or parcels of land respectively and to vest the said lands in one body of trustees for the members and adherents for the time being of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria known as The Scots' Church Melbourne and hereinafter called "the said congregation" upon the trusts to and for the ends intents and purposes and with and subject to the powers authorities provisions and restrictions contained in a deed of trust under the respective hands and seals of Robert Simson, James Aitken, Archibald Fisken, William Taylor and Charles Guthrie dated the twenty-third day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one and deposited in the office of the Registrar-General and which is to be enrolled and retained under the provisions of this Act in the office of the Registrar-General of the colony of Victoria and hereinafter called "The Scots' Church Trust Deed":
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):