Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

XXVIII Repeal of Statutes and Customs for appropriating separate Estates.

And be it enacted, That in every Cathedral or Collegiate Chapter wherein there exists any Statute or Custom for assigning to the Dean or to any Canon any Land, Tithes, or other Hereditament, in addition to his Share of the Corporate Revenues, or for appropriating separately to the Dean or any Canon during his Incumbency the Proceeds of any Land, Tithes, or other Hereditament, Part of the Corporate Property of the, Chapter, every such Statute and Custom, or every such Part thereof as relates to such Assignment or Appropriation, shall be repealed and annulled as to all Deans and Canons hereafter appointed : Provided nevertheless, that any small Portion of Land situate within the Limits and Precincts of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, or in the Vicinity of any Residentiary House, may be reserved to such Church, or permanently annexed to such Residentiary House, by the Authority herein-after provided.