CHAPTER XIV TREASURERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOODS Juridical Faculty 296The Congregation itself, each Province and each house, as juridical persons by virtue of the law, have the capacity to acquire, possess, administer, and alienate temporal goods for the attainment of their own aims. The goods of an extinct house are destined for the Province; the goods of an extinct Province are destined for the entire Congregation, with due regard for the laws of justice and the will of the founders. CIC, can. 634 § 1; CM 547-549, 690 Administration of Goods 297The administration of temporal goods belongs to the Superiors with their Councils, who, however, conduct it, for the most part, through the treasurers. In addition to the Superiors, the treasurers also perform legally valid juridical acts as long as they do not go beyond the limits of their competence. (D 276) CM 559 Treasurers 298For the administration of temporal goods of the entire Congregation, a General Treasurer is to be appointed; of the Provinces, Provincial Treasurers are to be appointed; of the Vicariates, Vicariate Treasurers may be appointed; and of the individual houses, local Treasurers are to be appointed. All the treasurers carry out their office under the direction of the Superior with his Council. (D 277-283, 285-286) CM 500, 587 Deposits and Foundations 299Superiors should not accept deposits, except with necessary caution and prudence, and only when this is requested by some person to whom the community owes Constitutions—Part VI 174
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