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Our Catlzolic Heritage in T e::r,as
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and equipment for the new establishment. But since the Franciscans, according to their rule, could not receive their sitzodos or stipends as salary, it was specifically stated that the amount allowed to each mis- sionary should be paid over to the szndicos or legal representatives of the respective colleges as alms {limosna} . 58 These alms were spent for annual mission supplies, which were sent to the frontier by mule trains in charge of lay brothers, acting in the capacity of conductors of supplies. Since the churches of the missions were generally built and equipped at royal expense, it was provided that when the missionaries ceased to administer them, they were to be used as parish churches for the new communities.s,
51 /bid., Lib. I, Tit., XV, Ley xxv. 59 /bid., Lib. I, Tu., XV, Ley xxvi.
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