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souls, to the £ 112 10/ ceased when he resigned his pastoral
charge, and became a Professor in the University by whom he
has since been paid, and the salary of Professor Mowat
being paid by the Board of Trustees the sum of £ 112. 10/. an-
nually, which he would otherwise have received from the
general fund, has been left for a number of years at the
disposal of the Temporabilities Board for the maintenance of
Ministers in the pastoral charges of our Church -"

"That this is the simple view of the case is further shown
by the By-Laws of the Temporalities Board, which were submitted
to a numerously attended meeting of Synod in 1860, and after full
and lengthened consideration received the sanction of the Synod.
The 13th Section of these By-Laws is as follows: (appendia to
minutes of Synod 1860 - Page 65) "It shall be the duty of the chair-
man and Secretary Treasurer, on receiving from Presbytery Clerk's
lists of Ministers of their respective Presbyteries, with the dates of
their ordination or induction, to pay to the Ministers who commuted
£ 112. 10/. per annum, to the Mnisters on the roll of the Synod
at the time of the Secularization of the Clergy Reserves, but who
were not allowed to commute £ 100 per annum, and to all others,
until such time as the Board shall otherwise determine
a minimum stipend of £ 50 a year, the whole in half

1863-64

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