Note XXX-56 — Chapter XXX · INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT. 1800-1887.
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Appointments of parish priests, and publications of papal bulls or briefs, and decrees of ecclesiastical councils must first obtain an exequatur from the president of the republic. Parish priests before assuming their offices must take the oath to support the constitution, and to do no act against the nation's independence or the public peace. Nic., Mem. Min. Fomento, 1869, 13-16; 1871, 9-10; Id., Mem. Min. Rel., 1871, 7-10, 25-8; Id., Gaceta, May 30, 1868; Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 1870.