Ordination

1. Contracts to alienate, to rent and, indeed, for an agreed annual payment, contracts for debts and obligations to be incurred, are subject to the rules on the limitation of expenses
   contained in nn. 590 and 592.
2. For such contracts, the prior provincial with his council may give consent up to the sum assigned by the Holy See for each region (see CCL, 638, § 3). Otherwise, recourse to the Master of the Order is required.

1. In order to alienate valuable immovable or movable property the province’s economic council must decide whether there is sufficient reason for this, must make a written evaluation of the matter and indicate what is a fair price, having consulted lay experts as well, if that be necessary.
2. In general, contracts to rent cannot be made without consulting the economic council beforehand. Furthermore, a superior cannot make a rental contract without the consent of his council.

A province should encourage the publication of books of high scientific value, even though the cost may exceed the anticipated profit.

In the economic statute, precise regulations should be made about the publication of books: the expenses to be incurred, the conditions to be attached, and the disposal of the author’s earnings after his death.

When possible, all contracts should be made in the name of the moral juridical person recognized by law, and a copy, moreover, should be kept in the files of the syndic of the province or of the Order.

When a book is to be published, a written contract must be drawn up.

When brothers have an official position or work permanently in institutions, projects, or other establishments of this kind which do not belong to convents or provinces of the Order, the prior provincial should ensure that a contract be drawn up in which all the conditions are clearly set out. When the brother has an official position in the territory of another province, the prior provincial of the place must be informed of the contract the contract requires the approval of the prior provincial of the place.

When brothers have an official position or work permanently in institutions, projects, or other establishments of this kind which do not belong to convents or provinces of the Order, the prior provincial should ensure that a contract be drawn up in which all the conditions are clearly set out. When the brother has an official position in the territory of another province, the contract requires the approval of the prior provincial of the place.

If brothers live or work in another province, whether they are assigned to it or not, the priors provincial concerned shall, by mutual agreement or established convention, settle their economic situation. They shall determine what expenses incurred on their behalf must be repaid to the province in which they are living or, on the other hand, what compensation for work they have done must be remitted to the province from which they came.

Brothers who are guests in a convent of the Order should pay – or are not required to pay – an appropriate sum for their lodgings, in accordance with the legitimate custom of the province or of the convent.