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{10b} See Appendix No. IV.
{11} As far, however, as the diocese of Winchester is concerned, see Appendix No. V.
{12} _Cripps' Practical Treatise on the Law relating to the Church and Clergy_, 6th Ed., pp. 178, 182.
{13} _Cripps' Practical Treatise on the Law relating to the Church and Clergy_, 6th Ed., p. 174. It may be a question whether Lord Coleridge's judgment as to the residence of Churchwardens may not affect this. See Appends No. I.
{14} Churchwardens are _ex officio_ Overseers under the Poor Relief Act, 1601 (43 Eliz., c. 2, s. 1), only in the case of an ancient ecclesiastical parish, for which overseers are appointed under that Act.--_Jenkin's Local Government Act_, p. 25.
{22} See Appendix No VI.
{30a} 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128, sec xviii. See Appendix No. VII.
{30b} The Queen _v._ the Burial Board of Bishop Wearmouth.--_Law Reports_, _Queen's Bench Division_, vol. v, p. 67. See Appendix VII.
{32} See Appendix No. VIII.
{34a} See Appendix No. IX.
{34a} See _An Address to Churchwardens_, by the Bishop of Carlisle, published by the S.P.C.K., p. 13.
{35} By 59 Geo. III, c. 134, s. 11.--The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are empowered to make a table of fees for any parish with the consent of the Vestry, and with the consent of the Bishop of the Diocese.
{43} Bishop of Carlisle's _Address to Churchwardens_, S.P.C.K., p. 17.
{46a} See _Fuller v. Lane_. 2 _Adams_, 419. Prideaux's _Churchwarden's Guide_, appendix, XLVI. Phillimores' _Ecclesiastical Law_, II, 1801-4.
{46b} _Fuller v. Lane_. Prideaux's _Guide_, XLV.
{48} _Life of Charles Richard Sumner_, _D.D._, _Bishop of Winchester_ (Murray), by the Author of this manual, p. 250.
{50} In many Dioceses now a body of trustees has been appointed for the special purpose of holding Church properties. It is hoped that ere long every Diocese in the country will have its own special body for the purpose, with a carefully considered Trust Deed. I believe that the scheme in the Arch Diocese of Canterbury is found to work very satisfactorily.
{52a} 1 and 2 Vict., cap. 106, sec. 95.
{52b} Ditto, sec. 36.
{53} _Addresses delivered to the Churchwardens and Sidesmen of the Diocese of Liverpool_, by Thomas E. Espin, D.D., Chancellor of the Diocese; p. 29. Liverpool: Holden, Church Street.
{54} _Cripps' Practical Treatise on the Law relating to the Church and Clergy_, p. 190. See also Canon 88 in Appendix vi.
{79} In the Court of Appeal, 1879, The Queen _v._ The Burial Board of Bishop Wearmouth.--_Law Reports_, Queen's Bench Division, Vol. V, p. 67.
{80a} Sections 10 to 42 of this Act, inclusive, as well as secs. 44, 50, 51, and 52, are extended to the whole Country by 16 and 17 Vict., cap.
134, sec. 7.
{80b} The provision in this section as to the requisition of ten or more ratepayers is done away with by 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128, sec. 3, by which it is enacted that a Vestry can be convened for the purpose without any previous requisition of the Churchwardens.
