The Synod of Eastern Australia Property Act 1918
8Application of proceeds of sale
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8 Application of proceeds of sale
8 Application of proceeds of sale
The proceeds of any land sold under the provisions of this Act, and all moneys paid by the Government as compensation for any lands resumed by them, shall, with the consent of the synod, be applied by the trustees in the purchase of other lands as a site for a church, or a minister’s dwelling-house, or a school-house for the use of the congregation for which the land so sold or resumed was held in trust, and in and towards the erection, improvement, or maintenance of a church, or a minister’s dwelling-house, or a school-house upon the said site, or if such application of the said proceeds or moneys, wholly or in part, shall be deemed inexpedient by the synod, then for such other religious or educational purposes in connection with the church as the trustees, with the consent aforesaid, may determine, or with the consent also of the congregation in and towards the erection, improvement, or maintenance of a church, minister’s dwelling-house, or a school-house upon other lands vested in the trustees in trust for the said congregation, or upon the unsold portion of any of the lands aforesaid.