And be it declared and enacted, That, notwithstanding any thing in the secondly recited [3 & 4 Vict. c. 113. ss. 44, 45, 46. s. 93.] Act contained, any Minor Canon in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church may take and hold, together with his Minor Canonry, any Benefice which is within the Distance prescribed by the said Act; and that in every Case in which any Dean before the passing of the same Act enjoyed a Right, as such Dean, to appoint any Minor Canon, nothing therein contained shall be construed to deprive him or his Successors thereof; and that, in the Construction of the same Act and of this Act, the Term " Minor Canon " shall not be construed to extend to or include any other than a Spiritual Person.