The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-07
General Regulations.

OF THE PREsIDENT-GENERALA AND HIS COUNCIL.
1. The Presiden t-General governs the order
under the restrictions hereinafter stated, and
agreeably to the Constitution of the Order and
these General Regulations.
:. The President-General or any provisional
President any member of a Council is
amovable by the will of the Pope.
3. In case of the removal. death or resgna-
ton of the President-General, or his inability
to act caused by sickness, absence, imprison-
ment, Punishment, heresy, apostacy, impeach-
his office shall be Immediately held by provi-
sional President-General,wh who shall continue to
act till the inability ceases, or till the vacancy
be regularly filed by President-General, APP
4. The order in which the nomi nation of the
Councillors shall have been made by the Pope,
shall be noted and recorded; and, in cases
stated in the preceding article, the first named
Councillor shall become provisional President
General; and, in the same cases, with regard
to provisional President-General, another
Councillor, the next in order of nomination,
shall succeed him.
S. The ttular or provisional President
General orders meetings of the Council as
often and whenever he deems it expedient
cause, Councillor ceases to reside at the CAPT.
tai or other place of meeting of the Council,
or when Councillor is removed, dies or
resigns, or 10 unable to act from sickness,
imprisonment, heresy, .apostacy, contumacy,
impeachment, suspension or otherwise, and
at the same time the Pope is hindered
from having ordinary ana. Tree commune
cation and correspondence with the Council,
then a majority of the other members of tie
Council who are able to meet together or COM
municate with enc another may elect a Catho-
lie, residing at the regular or temporary CAPT.
tai, who shall be member of the Council pro-
visionally, until the vacancy shall have been
filled by o regular appointment by the Pope. or
until the temporary impeachment be removed.
z. When q titular or provisional President
General or Councillor has not been definitively
and the temporary cause which has
prevented him from performing his official
functions no longer exists, he may resume his
office, whereupon any one Professionally APP
pointed thereto retires therefrom.
8. The titular provisional President
General shall never call the Council to place
different from the Capital designated by the
Pope, except in case of ris major or danger re-
qufring the Council to seek refuge else where
and arising during an interregnum in the
Papacy, or when the President and Council
are prevented by such ris major or danger
from communicating with the Pope.
9. The Councillors have only a consultative
voice and therefore the President-General
never takes numerical account of their votes
or opnionsen any proposition; after consult
ing them he decides according to his own
mind but every one of his decisions must be
ratified and countersigned by at least two
Councillors upon the official minutes; and
without this ratification decision shall be null
and of no effect.
10. In all cases of difference of opinion be-
tween the titular or provisional PRESIDENT