[133] (1818) 58 Geo. 3, c. 69; (1837) 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 45; (1869) 32 & 33 Vict. c. 41, ss. 7, 19; Dawe _v._ Williams (1824) 2 Add. 130, 139; Ormerod _v._ Chadwick (1847) 16 M. & W. 367; 16 L. J. M. C. 143; Burnley _v._ Methley Overseers (1859) 1 El. & El. 789; Rand _v._ Green (1860), 6 Jur. N. S. 303; 9 C. B. N. S. 470; 30 L. J. C. P. 80. [134] (1818) 58 Geo. 3, c. 69, s. 2; Wilson _v._ M'Math (1819) 3 Phill. 67; 2 B. & Ald. 241; Reg. _v._ D'Oyly (1840) 12 A. & E. 139; 4 Jur. 1056; R. _v._ Bp. of Salisbury (1901) 1 K. B. 573, 579, aff. 2 K. B. 225. [135] 58 Geo. 3, c. 69 (commonly called Sturges Bourne's Act). [136] Reg. _v._ Barrow (1869) L. R. 4 Q. B. 577. [137] See § 3, and ch. v. § 5 (A), ix. § 4. [138] 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 60. [139] Hubbard _v._ Penrice (1746) 2 Str. 1245. [140] Butt _v._ Fellowes (1843) 3 Curt. 680. [141] Stoughton _v._ Reynolds (1736) 2 Str. 1045; R. _v._ Bp. of Salisbury (1901) 1 K. B. 573; aff. 2 K. B. 225. [142] (1818) 58 Geo. 3, c. 45, s. 75; (1838) 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 38, s. 25; (1843) 6 & 7 Vict. c. 37, s. 17; (1845) 8 & 9 Vict. c. 70, ss. 6, 7; (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, ss. 14, 15. [143] (1838) 1 & 2 Will. c. 38, s. 16; (1845) 8 & 9 Vict. c. 70, s. 7. [144] Canon 118; Bray _v._ Somer (1862) 2 B. & Sm. 374: 8 Jur. N. S. 716; Bremner _v._ Hull (1866) L. R. 1 C. P. 748; Reg. _v._ Sowter (1901) 1 K. B. 66; rev. _Ib._ 396. For further particulars as to the qualifications and election of churchwardens of ancient parish churches and the churches enumerated in the note to ch. i. § 6 above, see Sm. Churchw. 22-43. [145] Sm. Churchw. 34, 59-64. [146] Stat. 13 Edw. 1 (_Circumspecte agatis_); Canon 85; ch. ix. § 3 below. [147] Att.-Gen. _v._ Ruper (1722) 2 P. Wms. 125. [148] Sm. Churchw. pt. iii. ch. i.-iii.; pp. 50-84. [149] 23 & 24 Vict. c. 32. A clergyman can be proceeded against for brawling either under that Act or in the Church courts as an ecclesiastical offender. [150] Viz. "the building, rebuilding, enlargement, and repair of any church or chapel, and any purpose to which by common or ecclesiastical law a church rate is applicable." (1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 109, s. 9. Besides necessary church repairs, sacramental bread and wine, and other articles needed for Divine service, a church rate could, with the consent of a majority of the vestry, be applied to provide an organ and other church furniture, and to pay the salaries of organist, pew-openers, and other lay officials, but not the stipend of the incumbent or a curate. 1 Burn, 388 _a_, _b_. [151] (1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 109, s. 9. [152] Canon 91; The Parish Clerk's Case (1610) 13 Co. Rep. 70; Pinder _v._ Barr (1854) 4 E. & B. 105; Lawrence _v._ Edwards (1891) 1 Ch. 144; 2 Ch. 72. [153] 7 & 8 Vict. c. 59. [154] (1819) 59 Geo. 3, c. 134, s. 29; (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, s. 9; Reg. _v._ Ossett (1851) 16 Q. B. 975; Jackson _v._ Courtenay (1857) 8 E. & B. 8.