3 Vestry to be held annually to receive applications. C1

For the purpose of carrying this Act into effect a vestry shall be held in the first week in September in every year, of which ten days notice shall be given in the usual manner, at which vestry the trustees of the said allotments may attend and vote, if they shall so think fit, and at which vestry, or some adjournment thereof, any industrious cottager of good character who may desire to rent such portion of land as aforesaid may apply for the same; and the said vestry are hereby required, taking into consideration the character and circumstances of the applicant, to determine the case, either by rejecting his application, or by making an order that he shall be permitted to occupy such portion of the poor allotment, being not less than one fourth of a statute acre nor exceeding one such acre, as the said vestry in their discretion shall determine, and upon the terms herein-before enacted; and the said [Order of vestry to authorize occupation.] order of vestry shall be held to all intents and purposes to be a sufficient title and authority to such applicant to enter into the occupation of such land at the time therein appointed.