# Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1866, Section 7: Lambeth library to be maintained by Church Commissioners.


Whereas there is in the palace at Lambeth a library, to which the public have for a long period had access at certain times and under certain restrictions, the cost of the custody and maintenance of which has been heretofore defrayed out of the gross revenues arising from the estates of the see of Canterbury: And whereas such estates have now become transferred to the Church Commissioners : the cost of the maintenance of such library, and of the custody of the books therein, may, if the said Commissioners think fit, by the like authority of a scheme passed by the Commissioners and an Order of Her Majesty in Council ratifying the same, be defrayed out of the rents and profits of such estates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/29-30/111/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-commissioners-act-1866/section-7
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