with all deeds and muniments of title relative thereto, and with all and singular the appurtenances shall be and remain to the said corporation of St. Peter's Church and their successors forever, for the sole and exclusive use of the said church, subject nevertheless to the payment of the debt, according to the second article of the said plan, and the said corporation of St. Peter's Church and their successors forever, are hereby confirmed in the title, seisin, possession and enjoyment of the said lands, tenements, hereditaments, rights, privileges, deeds and muniments of title with the appurtenances, for the sole and exclusive use of the said Saint Peter's Church, subject as aforesaid in the same full, free and ample manner, as if the same had in due and legal form been conveyed to the said corporation of Saint Peter's Church and their successors for ever, by the said corporation of the rector, church-wardens and vestry. men of the united episcopal churches of Christ Church and Saint Peter's Church, in the city of Philadelphia.

Sect. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the legal property of Christ Church Hospital shall be in the rector, church-wardens, and vestry. men of Christ Church, but the charity is to be managed by six persons, three to be chosen by Christ Church corporation, and the other three to be chosen by Saint Peter's Church corporation annually, at the first meeting after Easter. And that as to other charity funds, the charity funds given to the respective churches by name, or for the use of their members particularly, shall be the property of the respective churches in trust. And that in all cases, in which the charity has been vested in the churches, or in trustees for the use of the members of the churches generally, the legal property shall remain in the trustees or go to the churches as joint tenants, the income of the trust estate and funds to be equally divided between the church

es, for distribution by them separately among the objects designated by the donors.

Sect. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the church records of the present united churches of Christ Church and Saint Peter's Church, shall at all times be and remain in the possession of the corporation of Christ Church, who shall have the same power to certify copies thereof, with the like effect as the same can now be certified by the corporation of the said united churches, and free access to the same for the purpose of examining and making extracts and copies, shall always be permitted to the corporation of St. Peter's Church, or their authorized agent. The library to be the property of Christ Church, subject to the same right of access by the officers and members of Saint Peter's Church as they now have.

Sect. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of Christ Church and Saint Peter's Church at the time of this separation, and their widows, and all the children of such members shall have the same rights of burial in either of the burial grounds now belonging to the united churches, as agreeably to the existing statutes and by-laws of the united churches at the time of this separation, they would have had respectively, had this separation not taken place; their rector or other minister shall have the right of officiating at the inThe owners of vaults in either of the said burial grounds, and the members of their respective families shall, at all times, have the right of burial therein, upon the same terms as if they were at their decease members of the church to which the ground may appertain.

terment.

Sect. 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the present rector shall continue to be the rector of each church, with the same effect as if duly cho

sen by each after the separation, and his salary shall be paid in equal portions by the respective churches. The respective churches shall have the right of electing an assistant minister, who shall, if it be so agreed, be rector upon the demise of the present rector, subject to the rules and practice of the Episcopal Church in the United States in this behalf. If the present assistant minister shall not be chosen an assistant minister of either church, he shall continue to be assistant minister of both the churches with the same effect, as if duly chosen by each after the separation, and shall divide his time equally between them. His salary shall be paid in equal proportions by the churches respectively.

Sect. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if on any of the days or times appointed for the election of vestrymen or churchwardens of either of the corporations created by this act, no such election shall take place, in every such case the vestrymen or churchwardens for the time being shall continue in office until the Easter Monday next following, and until others shall be duly chosen.

Sect. 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rules, by-laws and ordinances of the present corporation, as the same now are, shall be, so far as the same are applicable, the rules, by-laws, and、 ordinances of the corporation of Christ Church and of Saint Peter's Church respectively, until the same shall be duly altered. Provided, That in all cases where the existing by-laws, or any of them, require the presence or concurrence of a certain number of the vestrymen to render valid acts done by them; such number, until fixed by a future by-law, shall be in the proportion which the number of vestrymen fixed by this act, bears to the number of the vestrymen at the period the by-law, so requiring a specific number was passed.

370

MEETING OF THE VESTRIES OF CHRIST CHURCH AND

St. Peter's, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

PURSUANT to notice, a meeting was held at the Rector's House on the evening of January 25, 1832, and the following resolution was adopted :-"That the accounts of the Wardens and the Treasurer of the Charity Funds should be placed in the hands of the late Committee of Accounts for examination; and that the same Committee be requested to examine the state of the funds, and determine on the most proper mode of division, and report to their respective vestries."

MEETING

OF THE VESTRIES OF CHRIST AND ST.

PETER'S CHURCHES.

THE undersigned, appointed at the last meeting of the late vestry of the united churches of Christ and St. Peter's, held at the house of the Right Reverend Bishop White, rector of said churches, on Wednesday evening, the 25th ultimo, to examine the accounts of the wardens, and of Thomas H. White, Treasurer of the Charity Funds; and also to examine the state of the Church Funds, and determine on the mode of division, &c., respectfully report, that they have examined the account of Mr. Meredith, Accounting Warden, and find the same correct, showing a balance of $429 78 due to the churches-also, the accounts of Mr. Hutchins, Assistant Warden of Christ Church, and Mr. Miller, assistant warden of St. Peter's, and find them balanced, and correct, with the exception of a small error of $2 71 in the latter, against the churches, which they have noted on the face of the account. They have also examined the account of Mr. White, Treasurer of the Charity Funds, which they find correct and supported by the proper vouchers, showing a

in his hands; $60 of which belongs to St. Peter's Church, exclusively, arising out of the Brandon and Hand Legacies, and the difference of $5050 12 for the uses intended.