Chap. 0078 An Act to authorize the first congregational society in mansfield to sell its meeting-house.

Be it enacted, &c., as follows :

Section 1. The trustees of the First Congregational Society in Mansfield are authorized and empowered to sell and convey the meeting-house and the land on which it stands, situated in said Mansfield and belonging to said society, in such manner and at such time as shall be determined at a meeting of said society legally called.

Section 2. So much of the proceeds of the above sale as may be necessary, shall be applied to the payment of all the just and legal debts of said society. The remainder of said proceeds shall be deposited in some institution of good and approved standing, until such time as it shall be required for the purpose of building a new meeting-house : provided, that at the expiration of eighteen months from the date of sale, any and all of said proceeds not applied to the purposes hereinbefore indicated, shall be forthwith donated to some religious society in the county of Bristol in the state of Massachusetts, to be by said society expended in the maintenance of religious worship.

Section 3.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 2X, 1A77.