SESSION OF 1889-90, to the uses of the chapel or other place of public worship for which they may have been so elected. with. 10. In case of disturbance in any parish By whom disturchurch or in any chapel under the control of bances in parish any vestry in the absence of the church- churches or in any warden, any member of the vestry present, chapel may be dealt or the church or chapel officer shall be, and he is hereby authorised when required so to do by the officiating minister to act with all. the powers vested in churchwardens in like cases. And in the case of any chapel not under the control of any vestry, any member of the committee of management or the chapel officer shall be, and he is duly authorised when required so to do, (by the officiating minister) to act with all the powers vested in churchwardens. be re-let. in 11. In case the rent of any pew, part of a If pew rents be in pew or sitting, or any part of such rent, be arrears for 3 months unpaid three months after the same shall after demand become due, and notice in writing demand- writing, pews may ing payment thereof shall have been given to the occupier of such pew, or part of a pew, or sitting, then the churchwarden of the parish, or the committee of management of the chapel, may let the same to any other person or persons, according to the rules and regulations at that time in force. Notice of the re 12. When any pew or sitting has been forfeited, notice in writing of a re-allot- allotinent of any ment of such pew, or sitting shall be placed forfeited pew to be on the door of the church or chapel as of the church placed on the door the case may be for two consecutive Sun- chapel. days before the re-allotment. 13. Certain persons have, for a long time past, been in the occupancy or possession of pews or sittings in the parish churches and chapels, such persons shall continue to have or Certain persons who have for a long time past been occupants of pews to LAWS OF BARBADOS. continue doing so if the privilege of occupying the same pews or they pay the rent. sittings so long as they shall duly pay the rent affixed to the same, agreeably to the provisions in this Act contained. Parochial Treas 14. The Parochial Treasurers of the sev urers may demand eral parishes of this Island shall respectively and recover money by themselves or some person legally auin parish churches thorized by them, demand for the uses of or chapels under the parishes respectively, all sums of money the control of ves- now due, (including in the case of the chap due for rent of pews tries. No rent to be els, those due at the time the chapels have been or may be taken under the control of the vestries), or which may hereafter become due, for rent of the pews, and sittings, of the parish churches and the rent of the pews, and sittings of such chapels as now are, or hereafter may be, taken or placed under the control of the vestries; and if the sum so demanded be not paid within twenty one days after the demand thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the Parochial Treasurers, and they are hereby authorized, to proceed for the recovery of any such rents by lodging a complaint before any Police Magistrate of the parish in which the church or chapel is situated, against the person or persons charged with the payment thereof, and such proceedings shall be had for the recovery of any such rents as are directed by sections nine and ten of an Act of this Island of the seventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty, entitled, "An Act to regulate the hiring of servants and to provide for the recovery and security of their wages." 15. No rent or fee shall be exacted or charged for pews received for any such pews or sittings, in any SESSION OF 1889-90. church or chapel of this Island, as shall be set apart for poor appropriated for the poor parishioners. parishioners. Act not to affect 16. Nothing herein contained shall affect any right or sitting reserved to any estates by the deeds of consecration of any such chapel or other place of public worship, or rights reserved by any pecuniary claims which any such chapel, any deed of conseor other place of worship, may, at the present be charged with, and which are in course of liquidation. cration, &c. 17. In case the rent of any pew or sitting Pew rents of in any chapel not under the control of the chapels not under vestry be not paid, it shall be lawful for any the control of & one of the committee of management of Vestry: how recovsuch chapel to recover such rent on complaint to a Police Magistrate, and the same proceedings shall be had on such complaint as in the case of servant's wages. 18. If any pew renter of such churches or chapels as aforesaid, who is not in arrears for his rents, shall be dissatisfied with the allotments, it shall be lawful for such renter within fourteen days after such allotment has been signed to appeal in writing to the Bishop of the Diocese, or in case of his absence from the Island, to his Vicar-General or Commissary who shall disallow the allotment if he shall deem it unsatisfactory or confirm the allotment if he be satisfied therewith. erable. Any pew renter dissatisfied with an allotment may appeal to the Bishop. 19. The Acts mentioned in the schedule, Repeal. to this Act shall be, and are hereby, 1e pealed. SCHEDULE. LAWS OF BARBADOS Date of Act. 9th April 1834. 30th April 1834.. Title of Act. An Act for the better regulating the pews, sittings and seats within A Supplemental Act to an Act entitled "An Act for the better 29th January 1850... An Act to amend An Act of this Island entitled "An Act for the 3rd February 1853.. An Act to amend the Act of this Island regulating the pews, sit- 21st September 1880. An Act to alter the law providing for the collection of the rents of 10th November 1885. An Act to alter and amend the law providing for the renting SESSION OF 1889-90. CAP. XXXII. (Assented to 7th June, 1890.) BARBADOS. An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the office of the Colonial Secretary. E it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Island, and by the authority of the same, as follows; 1. This Act may be cited as "The Colonial Secretary's Office Act, 1890.” Correspondence and Record Branch. 2. The Colonial Secretary's department in Short title. Colonial Secre this Island shall be divided into two branch- tary's department es, to be styled respectively "the correspon- divided into 2 brandence branch" and "the record branch.' 3. The correspondence branch shall be ches. These branches to kept distinct from the record branch, and be kept distinct. both branches shall be under the immediate control and supervision of the Colonial Secretary, who shall be held responsible for the prompt and efficient performance of the duties of the same. Officers in office. 4. The Colonial Secretary's department Officers of the de in this Island shall consist of the following partment and their officers at the respective salaries affixed salaries. thereto : A Colonial Secretary £835 per annum. £20 per annum. |