Contracting Debts 284Superiors are to be careful that they do not permit debts to be contracted unless it is evident and certain that the interest on the debt can be paid from the ordinary income and that the capital sum can be paid off through legitimate amortization of the debts within a time that is not excessively long. (C 299) CIC, can. 639 § 5; CM 578 Limits of Expenditures 285The General Chapter sets the limits of expenses, which Provincial Superiors may not exceed without the permission of the Superior General, granted with the consultative vote of his Council. Likewise, the Provincial Chapter sets the limits of expenses for local Superiors. Even within these limits, for expenses exceeding the customary administration of goods, the Superiors should obtain the consent of their Council. (C 298) CM 560 Annual Account 286At the end of each year, an account is to be given of the administration of goods by the local Superior to the Provincial or Vicariate Superior; by the Vicariate Superior to the Provincial Superior; and by the Provincial or General Vicariate Superior to the Superior General. (C 298) CM 594 CHAPTER XV LAWS OF THE CONGREGATION Petition to Seek Dispensation 287Dispensations from the Constitutions and Directory are to be sought from the competent authority, in accordance with the norms of canon law. Major Superiors, for their part, should not grant dispensations without first obtaining the opinion of the immediate Superiors. (C 305) CM 777 Directory—Part VI 262
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