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 426 Readings in European History or more, twenty thousand livres ; other bishops, twelve thou- sand livres. V. The salaries of the parish priests shall be as follows : in Paris, six thousand livres ; in cities having a population of fifty thousand or over, four thousand livres ; in those having a population of less than fifty thousand and more than ten thousand, three thousand livres ; in cities and towns of which the population is below ten thousand and more than three thousand, twenty-four hundred livres. In all other cities, towns, and villages where the parish shall have a population between three thousand and twenty- five hundred, two thousand livres ; in those between twenty- five hundred and two thousand, eighteen hundred livres; in those having a population of less than two thousand, and more than one thousand, the salary shall be fifteen hundred livres ; in those having one thousand inhabitants and under, twelve hundred livres. VII. The salaries in money of the ministers of religion shall be paid every three months, in advance, by the treasurer of the district. XII. In view of the salary which is assured to them by the present constitution, the bishops, parish priests, and curates shall perform the episcopal and priestly functions gratis. Title IV Bishops and Article I. The law requiring the residence of ecclesi- priests must astics in the districts under their charge shall be strictly residence and observed. All vested with an ecclesiastical office or func- perform their tion shall be subject to this, without distinction or exception. duties - II. No bishop shall absent himself from his diocese more than two weeks consecutively during the year, except in case of real necessity and with the consent of the directory of the department in which his see is situated. III. In the same manner, the parish priests and the curates may not absent themselves from the place of their duties beyond the term fixed above, except for weighty reasons, and even in such cases the priests must obtain