The General Assembly having called for the Report of a Committee appointed to consider the whole matter of the Trust-Deed, the same was given in and read. The Assembly approve of the same, and enacted, and do hereby enact, in terms of said report, the tenor whereof follows, viz :-
Your Committee have had several meetings, and deliberated very fully on the whole subject remitted to them, and they unanimously approve of, and recommend the Assembly to adopt the third or intermediate plan recommended by the Special Commission of last Assembly, viz :-
I That the property of each place of worship be vested in Trustees chosen by the congregation, to be held for the congregation, in communion with the Free Church, as attested to be so by the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly ; that Church to be identified as in the Model Trust-Deed ; the management of the property to be in the Deacons’ Court,—all, as nearly as possible, as under the first plan.
II That in the event of a certain proportion of the Ministers and Elders, members of the Church Courts, separating from the general body, and claiming still to be the true bona fide representatives of the original protesters of 1843, and to be carrying out the objects of the Protest more faithfully than the majority, then, whatever the Courts of Law may determine, as to which of the contending parties is to be held to be the Free Church, it shall be competent for each congregation by a majority of its members in full communion, to decide that question for itself, so far as the possession and use of their place of worship, and other property are concerned, with or without compensation to the minority,—such compensation to be settled by arbitration’. It being understood that a disruption of the Church in the sense referred to in this extract shall consist only in the simultaneous separation, that is, the separation from the general body at once, or within a period not exceeding three months, of at least one-third of the ordained ministers of the Church, having the charge of congregations in Scotland ; and that such separation shall take place only on the professed grounds stated in the said deliverance of the Commission of Assembly ; and it being further understood that in order to determine who are members of the congregation entitled to dispose of the property in such a case, a roll of all the members of the Church, in full communion, shall be kept in each congregation, and annually attested by the Presbytery of the bounds ; and that all such members, and such only, shall be entitled to vote in regard to the disposal of the property ad have had their names on said roll for at least twelve months previous to the separation of the said one-third of ministers from the general body.
James Begg, Convener
Model Trust-Disposition executed in conformity with the draft approved of by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, and by special reference to which it is recommended that all the churches and other property belonging to the congregations in connexion with said Church should be held:—
We, John Hamilton, Esq., Advocate; John Cadell, Esq., Advocate; John Murray, Esq., residing at Ainslie Place, Edinburgh; Robert Paul, Esq., Manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland; James Smith, Esq., Builder in Edinburgh; and Thomas Thomson, Esq., Writer to the Signet, a majority and more than a quorum of the Building Committee appointed by, and authorised to act for behoof of the Kirk Session and congregation of St. George’s Free Church of Edinburgh, and as such, having power and being authorised and required, in manner after mentioned, to grant the disposition after written of the subjects and others after described, CONSIDERING, that by disposition dated the 11th, 15th and 25th days of May, and 1st day of June, and 11th day of July, all in the year 1844, etc. (here follows the narrative of the conveyance in favour of these parties, and of their title and authority to grant this deed, and that certain ministers and elders had separated from the Established Church of Scotland, and now formed a body of Christians, known by the name of the Free Church of Scotland, separate and distinct from the Established Church, — after which the inductive clause proceeds as follows:) AND WHEREAS, in order to secure and invest the foresaid subjects and others, and buildings erected on the ground thereof, in connection with the said Free Church of Scotland, it has been agreed to convey the same to the parties after named and designed, as Trustees, in manner and to the effect following: THEREFORE we, the said John Hamilton, etc., have Alienated and Disponed, as we do hereby Sell, Alienate, Dispone, Assign, Convey and Make Over, etc., heritably and irredeemably, to and in favour of the said John Cadell, Advocate (here follow the names and designations of the Trustees, thirty-three in number); Trustees for the foresaid Congregation of St. George’s Free Church of Edinburgh, belonging and adhering to the said body of Christians called the Free Church of Scotland, and presently worshipping in Edinburgh, under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Dr Robert Smith Candlish, and to such other person or persons as may, from time to time, be appointed, in virtue of the powers and provisions hereinafter contained, to act in the trust after specified and to the acceptors and survivors, and acceptor and survivor, and the heir of the last survivor of the said Trustees, whether herein named or to be appointed, as said is, the majority of accepting trustees, in life for the time, being always a quorum, and to the assignees and disponees of the said accepting Trustees, whether named or to be appointed as aforesaid, in life, for the time, or of their said quorum, ALL and WHOLE, etc. (Here follows a description of the subjects). BUT DECLARING that these presents are granted IN TRUST ALWAYS , for the ends, uses, and purposes, and with the powers, and with and under the conditions, provisions and declarations after specified: THAT IS TO SAY, in trust for the ends, uses, and purposes, and under the provisions and declarations following, viz.:— FIRST, UPON TRUST, That the Building or Place of Worship erected, or in the course of being erected, upon the ground hereby disponed, or any building or Place of Worship that may hereafter be built and be erected thereon, with the appurtenances thereof, shall in all time coming be used, occupied and enjoyed, as and for a Place of Religious Worship, by a Congregation of the said body of Christians called the Free Church of Scotland, or of any united body of Christians composed of them, and of such other body or bodies of Christians as the said Free Church of Scotland may, at any time, hereafter, associate with themselves, under the foresaid name of the Free Church of Scotland, or under whatever name or designation they may assume; and to be made use of by such Congregation, occupying and enjoying the same for the time being, in the way and manner in which, by the usages of the said body, or united body of Christians, Places of Religious Worship may be, or are in use to be, occupied and enjoyed; SECONDLY, UPON TRUST, That the said Trustees or Trustee acting for the time, shall, at all times, and from time to time, hereafter PERMIT and SUFFER to preach and expound the Holy Scriptures, and administer ordinances, and perform the usual acts of Religious Worship within the said Building or Place of Worship, erected or to be erected, as said is, such person or persons, and such person or persons only, as may or shall, from time to time, be authorized or appointed so to do, by the said body or united body of Christians, acting through the medium of its Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and General Assemblies, or according to the form or forms in use with the said body, or united body, for the time: PROVIDING always, as it is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED , that no person or persons, even holding such authority and appointment, as aforesaid, nor any person or persons whatsoever, shall have any right or title to pursue the said Trustees or Trustee, acting under these presents for the time, in any Court of Law or Justice, for the purpose, or with the object and intent, either of obtaining such permission and sufferance as said is, or the continuance thereof, or of obtaining in any manner of way whatever, liberty or the continuance of liberty, to preach and expound the Holy Scriptures, or administer ordinances, or to do or perform any act of Religious Worship or other act or thing, whatsoever, within the said Building or Place of Worship, erected, or to be erected, as said is, or with the object and intent of, in any way, controlling the said Trustees or Trustee, in reference to the use, occupation, management or disposal of such Building or Place of Worship, unless with the express consent, and concurrence, of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or of the Commission of such Assembly, previously had, to such pursuit; of which consent, and concurrence, the only legal or admissible evidence shall be a written Certificate, under the hand of the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly of the said body or united body of Christians, or of their then immediately preceding General Assembly, or under the hand of the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices for the time being; which written Certificate shall be produced along with the summons, or other proceeding, commencing such pursuit, otherwise the same shall be utterly incompetent, void, and null, albeit such Certificate really may exist: DECLARING, as it is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, that, in the event of any person or persons, even holding such authority or appointment, as aforesaid, or any person or persons whatsoever, pursuing the said Trustees, of Trustee, as aforesaid, unless with such express con-sent and concurrence as aforesaid, previously had to such pursuit, as said is, evidenced as afore-said, such person, or persons shall, immediately on such pursuit being commenced, ipso facto, forfeit and lose all and every right, title, and interest, and claim and demand, of whatever description, under these presents, and shall, from thenceforward, cease to have any concern therewith, or interest therein: AND PROVIDING, further, as it is hereby further expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, that whensoever any person holding such authority or appointment, as said is, and enjoying the permission and sufferance foresaid, shall by a sentence of the said body, or united body of Christians, pronounced by one or other of its Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, or by its General Assembly, or Commission of such Assembly, for the time being, or in any other way, or manner, in use in such matters, for the time, by the said body, or united body of Christians, be deposed, or suspended, from office or cut off from the said body, or united body of Christians, or declared no longer a Minister thereof, his authority and appointment foresaid, shall, ipso facto, cease and determine, and the said Trustees, or Trustee acting for the time, shall not only be no longer bound, but be no longer entitled, to permit or suffer him to preach and expound the Holy Scriptures, or administer ordinances, or do or perform any act of Religious Worship, or other act or thing whatsoever, within the said Building, or Place of Worship, erected, or to be erected, as said is; and shall be bound and obliged to debar him therefrom, aye and so long as he remain deposed or suspended, or cut off as aforesaid: THIRDLY, UPON FURTHER TRUST, That the said Building, or Place of Worship, erected, or to be erected, as said is, and whole appurtenances thereof, and generally the whole subjects hereby disponed, shall be under the immediate charge and management (except always as regards the authority and appointment, and relative permission and sufferance, before mentioned) of the Elders and Deacons, or Elders acting as Deacons, for the time being, of the Congregation in the use, occupation, and enjoyment for the time, of such Building or Place of Worship, — such Elders and Deacons, or Elders acting as Deacons, being always subject to such control, as shall, or may, be provided, from time to time, by the said body, or united body of Christians, through the medium of its Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and General Assemblies, or in the way and manner generally in use in the said body, or united body, for the time: DECLARING always, as it is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, that it shall not be in the power of the said Deacons, or Elders, or any of them, or of any, or all, of the individual members of the Congregation, in the use, occupation, and enjoyment, for the time being, of the said Building, or Place of Worship, and appurtenances thereof, or of any or all of said parties, either to maintain themselves in any use, possession, occupation, or enjoyment of the same, as against the said Trustees or Trustee, acting for the time, or to institute against the said Trustees or Trustee, acting for the time, any action, suit, or proceeding, before any Court of Law or Justice, for the purpose, either of obtaining, or maintaining such possession, use, occupation, or enjoyment, or of controlling in any way the said Trustees or Trustee, in reference to the use, possession, occupation or enjoyment, or management, and disposal of such Building, or Place of Worship, unless with the express consent and concurrence of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or Commission of such Assembly, previously had; of which consent and concurrence the only legal or admissible evidence shall be a written Certificate, under the hand of the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or of their then immediately preceding General Assembly, or under the hand of the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices, for the time being; which written Certificate shall be produced along with the summons, or other proceeding, commencing such action, suit, or proceeding; otherwise such action, suit, or proceeding shall be utterly incompetent, void and null, albeit such Certificate may really exist: DECLARING, as it is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, that, in the event of any Elders and Deacons, or Elders or Deacons, one or more, or Members or Member of any Congregation, as aforesaid, or all or any of them, instituting against the said Trustees, or Trustee, any action, suit, or proceeding, as aforesaid, for the purposes foresaid, or any of them, unless with such express consent and concurrence as aforesaid, previously had, as said is, evidenced as aforesaid, such party or parties, instituting said action, suit, or proceeding, as aforesaid, shall, immediately on the same being instituted, ipso facto, forfeit and lose all and every right, title, and interest, and claim and demand, of whatever description, under these presents, and shall, from thenceforward, cease to have any concern therewith, or interest therein: FOURTHLY, UPON FURTHER TRUST, That the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, shall, at all times, be subject, in the management and disposal of the said Building or Place of Worship, and appurtenances thereof, and whole subjects hereby disponed, and in all matters and things connected therewith, to the regulation and direction of the General Assembly for the time being, of the said body, or united body of Christians, and shall be liable and bound to conform to, implement, and obey, all and every the Act, or Acts, of the General Assembly for the time being, of the said body, or united body of Christians, in reference thereto; and the Moderator and Clerk of the said General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices for the time, shall, at all times, have full power, and sufficient status, and right and interest, to pursue, or defend, any action or actions, in whatever Court, or Courts of Law or Justice, for the enforcement, maintenance, or protection, of the rights, interests, or privileges of the said body, or united body of Christians, or General Assembly thereof, in, or in any way connected with, the subjects hereby disponed, and Building, or Place of Worship, erected, or to be erected, thereon, and appurtenances thereof: DECLARING always, that a Certified Copy, under the hands of the Moderator and Clerk, of the said General Assembly for the time being, or of the then immediately preceding General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or of the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices, for the time, shall always be legal and admissible evidence, in all actions, matters, and things, arising under, or out of, these presents, of the terms of any Act or Deliverance of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or Commission thereof, pronounced, passed, or that may be passed or pronounced; and that a Certificate, under the hand of the Moderator and Clerk of the said Assembly for the time being, or of the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices for the time, attached to such Certified Copy, and bearing the date of such Act or Deliverance, and Certifying that the same is, either wholly, or in part, an existing Act of the said Assembly, or Commission thereof, shall always be legal and admissible evidence, in all actions, matters, and things, as aforesaid, of the date of such Act or Deliverance of the said Assembly, or Commission thereof, and of its being still, either wholly or in part, an existing Act or Deliverance as aforesaid: AND DECLARING, further, that a Certified Copy of any Act or Deliverance of any of the Synods or Presbyteries of the said body or united body, under the hands of the Moderator and Clerk of any such Synod or Presbytery respectively, or of the parties generally known and understood to hold those offices for the time, shall always be legal and admissible evidence in all actions, matters, or things arising under or out of these presents, of the terms and date of any Act or Deliverance pronounced by any such Synod or Presbytery respectively: FIFTHLY, It is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, shall always have full power and liberty to raise, prosecute, and follow forth, whatever action, suit, or proceeding, they may think proper, in whatever Court, or Courts, of Law or Justice, for the purpose or with the intent and object, of excluding any party or parties whatsoever, from all or any use, possession, occupation, or enjoyment, of the Building or Place of Worship, erected or to be erected, as said is, or any part thereof, or generally of the subjects hereby disponed, or any part thereof; and that no party, or parties, whatsoever, shall have any right, or title, whatsoever, to defend such action, suit, or proceeding, either in virtue of these presents, or otherwise, unless with the express consent and concurrence, as aforesaid, of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or the Commission of such Assembly, previously had, to such de-fence; of which consent and concurrence, the only legal or admissible evidence shall be a written Certificate, under the hand of the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians, or of their then immediately preceding General Assembly, or under the hand of the parties generally known, or understood, to hold those offices for the time being; which written Certificate shall be produced along with such defence, otherwise the same shall not be maintainable, but be incompetent, void, and null, albeit such Certificate may really exist: SIXTHLY, It is hereby further expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, shall not have power to burden the said Building, or Place of Worship, or appurtenances thereof, or, generally, the subjects hereby disponed, or any part thereof, with any debts or sums of money, or to sell, alienate, or dispone the same, or any part thereof, unless for the purpose of providing another Place of Worship for behoof of the said body or united body of Christians, in a more suitable or convenient situation; and then only with the consent, first had and obtained, of the General Assembly for the time being, of the said body, or united body of Christians; of which consent the only legal and admissible evidence shall be a Certificate under the hand of the Moderator, and/or, Clerk of the General Assembly, for the time being, or of the then immediately preceding General Assembly, or under the hand of the parties or party, generally known, or understood, to hold those such offices or office, for the time; and that only the General Assembly shall have the power to authorise the sale of congregational property held in terms of the Modal Trust Deed for any purpose other than the aforesaid, in special circumstances that may arise: PROVIDED ALWAYS, however, and DECLARING, that if, at any time, sufficient provision shall not be made by the Congregation in the use, occupation, and enjoyment of the said Building or Place of Worship, for the time being, or by the Deacons, or Elders acting as Deacons, thereof, for paying the feu-duties, public and parochial burdens, premiums of insurance, and ordinary charges attendant on the property, for keeping the same in repair, or otherwise, then the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, themselves making provision therefor, and in that case only, shall be entitled, for their relief of their advances for the purposes above mentioned, or any of them, to sell and dispose of the said Building, or Place of Worship, and generally the whole subjects hereby disponed, or any part thereof, free from the whole conditions and purposes of this trust; they always accounting to the General Trustees appointed by the said General Assembly upon the 27th day of May 1844 years, to hold any property to be bequeathed or conveyed to them for behoof of the said Free Church, or of the said body, or united body of Christians, and to the acceptors of the said General Trustees, or their successors in office, for the balance of the price thereof, after replacing any sums advanced, or provided by them for the purpose foresaid, or any of them, and all expenses attendant on the sale; but the purchaser, or purchasers, having, as he or they are hereby expressly declared to have, no concern whatever with such accounting; and the receipts of the Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, being always a sufficient discharge and exoneration to the purchaser, or purchasers, for payment of the price: BUT DECLARING always, as it is further hereby specially provided and declared, that in the event of such sale being considered necessary, an offer to sell the said subjects shall, in the first place, be made to the General Trustees foresaid, for payment of the sums which may have been expended by the said Trustees, and may be due to them as aforesaid: And the said General Trustees shall be entitled to purchase the said subjects for payment of the sums which may have been advanced by and may be due to the Trustees of the said Place of Worship, as aforesaid: And the said Trustees last mentioned, on receiving payment of the said sums, shall be bound and obliged to convey the said subjects to the said General Trustees accordingly: SEVENTLY, It is hereby also expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That it shall, at all times, be in the power of any Trustees, or Trustee, whether hereby named, or that may be appointed in virtue of the powers and provisions hereinafter contained, who may have acted in the said trust, to resign the Trusteeship; and that, in the event of any Trustees, or Trustee, whether named or to be appointed, as said is, ceasing to be members of the said body, or united body of Christians, then, and in that case, such Trustees, or Trustee, shall, ipso facto, cease to have any right to act under these presents, and the trust shall be thenceforward conducted by the other Trustees, and if such Trustees, or Trustee, ceasing as said is, were actually dead: EIGHTHLY, It is hereby further expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That it shall be, at all times, in the power of the Congregation in the use and occupation of the said Building, or Place of Worship for the time being, and such Congregation is hereby expressly empowered, from time to time, and as often as to it shall seem proper and expedient, to appoint, at a meeting called on ten free days’ notice, given from the pulpit, immediately after Divine Service in the forenoon, such notice always specifying the object for which the Meeting is called, Additional Trustees to act under these presents, along with the Trustees who, at the date of such appointment, are surviving and acting; and each and every Additional Trustee, so appointed, shall, by virtue of such appointment, be, ipso facto, instantly invested with the same right of property, and with all and every the same rights, powers, and privileges, as any individual Trustee who is actually named and designed in these presents, and infeft, or why may be infeft under the same; such Additional Trustee being, at the same time, always subject and liable, in the same way as such original Trustee, to the whole conditions, provisions, and declarations herein set forth: AND the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting for the time, shall on every occasion of such appointment of Additional Trustees, be bound and obliged to execute a formal Deed of Assumption of such Additional Trustees, containing a formal, and in all respects, complete conveyance of the subjects hereby disponed, in favour of such Additional Trustees and of themselves, and otherwise in terms of these presents; but such Additional Trustees shall, even before the execution of such conveyance, and immediately on their appointment, as said is, have the full right, power, and privilege, of acting in the trust in the same way as any individual Trustee actually named and designed in these presents, and infeft, or who may be infeft under the same: NINTHLY, It is hereby specially PROVIDED and DECLARED, That if, at any time hereafter, one-third of the whole ordained Ministers having the charge of Congregations of the said body, or united body of Christians, or any larger number of the said ordained Ministers, having charges as aforesaid, shall simultaneously, or within a consecutive period not exceeding three calendar months, not only publicly separate from the said body or united body of Christians, but at the same time publicly claim and profess to hold, truly and in bona fide, the principles of the Protest of 18th May 1843, herein-before recited, and to be carrying out the objects of the said Protest more faithfully than the majority of the Ministers of the said body, or united body of Christians, and shall unite in forming one body of Christians, having Kirk-Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and a General Assembly, then, and in that case, and anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be competent to, and in the power of, a majority of the Congregation, in the use, occupation, and enjoyment of the said Building or Place of Worship, for the time, to provide and declare, by a Deed of Declaration and Appointment under their hands, to that effect duly executed, that the ground hereby disponed, and Building or Place of Worship then upon the same, shall, from thenceforward, be held as in connexion with the body of Christians adhering to the Ministers who shall have separated as aforesaid; and, for this purpose, to require and appoint the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting under these presents for the time, to convey and dispone the ground hereby disponed, and the Building, or Place of Worship, then upon the same, and whole appurtenances thereof, to any three or more Trustees in the said Deed of Declaration and Appointment named, to be held by such new Trustees, and their successors in trust as after mentioned; And, on such Deeds of Declaration and Appointment being executed as said is, the Trustees, or Trustee, acting under these presents for the time, shall be bound and obliged, as they are hereby bound and obliged, at the expense always of the receivers, and on being entirely freed and relieved of all pecuniary obligations then affecting the subjects hereby disponed, or Buildings thereon, or affecting them as Trustees, or Trustee, under these presents, or for or to which they, as such Trustees or Trustee, may be subject or liable, but no sooner or otherwise, to convey and dispone the ground hereby disponed, and the Building or Place of Worship, then upon the same, and whole appurtenances thereof, to the said new Trustees who shall be in the said Deed of Declaration and Appointment named, and their successors, in trust for the said persons, subscribers of the said Deed of Declaration and Appointment as a Congregation of the said body of Christians who shall have separated as aforesaid, and for the successors of such persons, forming such Congregation for the time being; such new Deed of Trust to be, mutatis mutandis, as nearly as possible in the terms and of the import of these presents, and to have for its object the placing the said Congregation of the said body of Christians who shall have separated as aforesaid, and the Minister of such Congregation, and the Elders and Deacons, and Elders acting as Deacons thereof, and the said body of Christians who shall have separated as aforesaid, and its Kirk-Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and General Assembly, and the said new Trustees themselves, in the same relation, respectively, to the ground hereby disponed, and Buildings thereon, and appurtenances thereof, and in the same relation to each other, in reference thereto, as was held before the granting of the said new Deed of Trust by the Congregation using, occupying, and enjoying the same in virtue of these presents, and the Minister of such former Congregation, and the Elders and Deacons, and Elders acting as Deacons thereof, and the said original body, or united body of Christians, and its Kirk-Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, and General Assemblies, and the said Trustees, or Trustee, acting under these presents: TENTHLY, It is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That in the event of a Deed of Declaration and Appointment, and new Deed of Trust, being executed as aforesaid, the parties signing such Deed of Declaration and Appointment shall be subject and liable to pay and make good to the minority of the Congregation with whom they were previously connected, who did not sign the said Deed, and for behoof of the said body, or united body of Christians, with which also they were previously connected, a proportion of the net value of the subjects disponed by such new Deed of Trust, corresponding to the number of such minority, as compared with the number of subscribers to the said Deed of Declaration and Appointment: ELEVENTHLY, It is hereby expressly PROVIDED and DECLARED, That no person shall be deemed or taken to be an ordained Minister, having charge of a Congregation of the said body, or united body of Christians, in the sense of these presents, unless his name shall appear in an Annual Roll or List of Ordained Ministers, having charges of Congregations belonging to the said body, or united body of Christians, to be annually attested by the Moderator and Clerk for the time of the General Assembly of the said body, or united body of Christians; and that no person shall be deemed or taken to be an ordained Minister, having charge as aforesaid, in the sense of these presents, any longer than his name shall continue to appear in the said Annual Rolls or Lists, attested as aforesaid: TWELFTHLY, It is hereby further PROVIDED and DECLARED, That no person shall be deemed or taken to be a member of Congregation, in the sense of these presents, or shall be entitled to vote or act in any of the proceedings of the congregation, unless the name of such person shall appear in the Annual Roll or List of the members of the congregation, in the use, occupation, and enjoyment of the said Place of Worship, being in full communion with the said body or united body of Christians, to be annually attested by the Presbytery connected with the said body, or united body of Christians, of the bounds in which such Place of Worship is situated; and in the event of a disruption as aforesaid, no person shall be entitled to vote or subscribe in relation thereto unless the name of such person shall have appeared on said Roll, attested as aforesaid, for at least twelve calendar months next immediately preceding the public separation or disruption aforesaid; and that no person shall be deemed or taken to be a Member of Congregation in the sense of these presents, or shall be entitled to vote or act as aforesaid, any longer than his name shall continue to appear in the said Annual Rolls or Lists of Members of Congregation, attested as aforesaid: THIRTEENTHLY, It is hereby further PROVIDED and DECLARED, That these presents are granted, and the foresaid subjects and other disponed, with the servitudes and under the conditions and declarations following, viz., (here follow certain conditions, Etc. which have reference exclusively to the ground of St. George’s Free Church).
[THEN FOLLOW Obligation to Infeft. Procuratory of Resignation. Assignation to the Writs and Rents. Clause of Registration. Precept of Sasine, and other clauses in usual form.]
Dated 9th, 11th, and 12th, and recorded in the Books of Council and Session 13th November 1844.