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WHEREAS by an Act of the Governor of New South Wales with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to promote the building of Churches and Chapels and to provide for the maintenance of Ministers of Religion in New South Wales" it is amongst other things provided That before any sum of money shall be issued from the Colonial Treasury towards the building of any church or chapel and minister's dwelling trustees not less than three nor more than five in number shall be nominated by the persons contributing towards the building of the same for the approval of the Governor and Executive Council and the real estate in the site of such church chapel or minister's dwelling and of any lands or hereditaments thereunto belonging shall be conveyed to the said trustees when approved and to the heirs of the survivor of such trustees upon trust for the erection maintenance and repair of the said church or chapel or minister's dwelling and for the provision out of the revenues belonging to or arising from the use of the said church or chapel in such manner as shall be lawfully appointed of all things necessary for the celebration of Divine worship therein [2] :
AND WHEREAS with regard to chapels and ministers' dwellings of the religious societies denominated Wesleyan Methods Independents and Baptists it is expedient to make further provision for creating a succession of properly qualified trustees according to the usages and regulations of the said societies respectively and for defining the manner in which the trusts thereby created shall be fulfilled:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by His Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Legislative Council:
Trustees to be appointed under the provisions of 7 Wm. IV No. 3
That so soon as any chapel or chapel and minister's dwelling belonging to the aforesaid societies respectively shall be erected it shall and may be lawful for the trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor who shall be appointed in pursuance of the Act hereinbefore recited and he and they are hereby authorized and required at the request in writing of any three or more of the subscribers to the undertaking or of any three or more of the members of the society or denomination for whom the said chapel was erected to convey the said trust premises with any lands or hereditaments thereunto belonging to any number of trustees to be nominated and elected according to the usages of such society as aforesaid not being less than three and to their heirs to hold the real estate of and in the same hereditaments to the use of such society upon the trusts stated and set forth in a model deed of such society to be enrolled in the Supreme Court of New South Wales within two years after the passing of this Act after the same shall have been proved to the satisfaction of His Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council [3] to be a deed recognized and established by the usages of the religious society to which it professes to belong:
Provided always that if the original trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs or such survivor shall leave the Colony of New South Wales or shall become either naturally or legally incapacitated to act or shall neglect or refuse to make such conveyance for six calendar months after such requisition as aforesaid then in any of such cases the fee simple of the trust estate shall pass from the said original trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor to the Registrar for the time being of the Supreme Court of New South Wales who is hereby authorized and required forthwith to make a proper conveyance of the said trust estate to the new trustees in manner above set forth.