The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France, Synod 23 (Alès) · Chapter 16
CHAP. XVI. Of ACCOMPTS.
13 THE Univerſity of Saumur brought in their Accompts for the years 1616, 1617, 18. And for the Firſt Quarter of this current Year 1620. And the ſaid Account having been performed with much exactneſs and fidelity, was accepted of and approved.
14. The ſaid Univerſity of Saumur petitioned, that whereas on their faithful Account now brought in by them, there remaineth a certain Summ of Moneys in their Receivers hand, that we would be pleaſed to leave it with them for inlarging the Claſſical Seats of the Colledge, they being too few at preſent for the great number of Scholars in it. This Aſſembly granted that Three Hundred Livres ſhould be disburſed by them to that uſe, upon condition, that they give an account how the ſaid Summ was imployed unto the next National Synod.
15. Whereas the Univerſity Council of Saumur had granted Twenty Livres a year unto their Printer, they ſhall be allowed him for what is paſt; but it ſhall not be made a preſedent for the future.
16. The Univerſity of Montauban brought in their Accompts for the years 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, and 1618, which were approved, though their Expences exceeded their Receipts by 397 Livres, Fifteen Sous.
Tonneins of Univerſ. 6. 2. Vitre. Of Univer. 16.17. The Province of the Iſle of France being obliged to bring in its Accompt for the Colledge of Clermont ever ſince the National Synod of Tonneins, and not having done it, nor for that erected at Charenton, which though tendered was not accepted, becauſe the form of it was not of any force or value, is for the preſent ſpared, but with this expreſs injunction that they do bring in unto the next National Synod their Accompts aforeſaid in due forme, with all the Evidences and Acquittances, or elſe they ſhall loſe and forfeit their Priviledge of having a Colledge.
18. The Accounts of the Province of Normandy for their Colledge in the years 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619. were allowed and approved.
19. The Province of Orleans and Berry brought in their Accompt of the Colledge erected at Chaſtillon upon the Loir, for the years 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620. which was accepted and approved.
20. The Province of Poictou brought in the Accompt for the Colledge of Niort for the years 1617, 1618, and 1619, which was accepted, allowed and approved.
21. The Colledge of Bergerac in the Lower Guyenne brought in its Accompt from the Firſt of April, 1614, unto the laſt of March, 1620. And their disburſements did far exceed their Receipts of what Moneys had been given them out of the Common Stock of the Churches.
22. The Province of Vivaretz having divided their Colledge into two,2. Vitre. Of Univerſ. Act. 29. to wit, one at Anonay, the other at Aubenas. That of Annonay accounted for the years 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, and 1619, and for Six Moneths of this year now current, 1620. And Aubenas accounted for the years 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, and for Nine Moneths of the year 1619. And the Accompts of both theſe Colledges were allowed and approved. But whereas the ſaid Province of Vivaretz deſired leave that in lieu of imploying the Four Hundred Livres of the Kings Money which hath been granted them for their Colledges, they may diſpoſe of it to the ſetting up of ſome little Schools: This Aſſembly would not allow of this change, nor to the Province of Burgundy which made alſo the very ſame requeſt.
23. The Province of Lower Languedoc brought in their Accompts for the Colledge of Bezieres for the year 1617, 1618, and 1619, which were allowed and approved.
24. The Accompts of the Colledge of Anduze were brought in by the Province of Seventies, and were exceedingly commended for the years 1617, 1618, and 1619.
25. The Province or Burgundy tendered the Accompt of their Colledge for the years 1617, 1618, and 1619. But becauſe the ſaid Accompt was not in due and valid forme, and that the ſaid Province accompted but for Three Hundred and Fourſcore Livres yearly, whereas they ſhould have for Pour Hundred; they were injoyned for the future to bring in their Accounts for the whole and intire Summ, and to juſtifie them by producing their Evidences and Acquittances from their Provincial Synods, and to preſent them in a better forme unto the next National Synod. And for this once they be indulged.
26. The Colloquy of Gex ſhall account for the diſpenſing of their Colledge-Money unto the Provincial Synod of Burgundy, that ſo their Account may be brought in to the next National Synod, us is done in all the other Provinces of this Kingdom; or elſe they ſhall loſe their priviledge of a Colledge.
27. The Province of Provence was grievouſly cenſured for not bringing in an Account of the Moneys received by them for a Colledge, notwithſtanding the many and frequent warnings given them by the former National Synods, and they be commanded to keep better Order for the future, or elſe they ſhall be deprived of thoſe Moneys which had been granted them for their Colledge.
27. The Account of the Colledge of Dolphiny was received, and their Expence very much exceeded their Receipt of the Kings Money. But the ſaid Province is exhorted to produce in their future Accounts all the Evidences and Acquittances, which will prove and juſtifie them.
28. The Accompt rendred by the Univerſity of Niſmes for the Moneys diſtributed by them, and with which they were intruſted by the National Synod of Tonneins was received and approved, except in ſome few particulars. As on the year 1618, Four Hundred Livres are charged by them for bringing the Houſhold Goods and Library of Monſieur Codur Profeſſor of the Hebrew Language from Montpellier unto Niſmes, whereas Two Hundred were allowed, and the other Two Hundred razed out. Again Eight Hundred and Fifty Livres given unto Monſieur Fancheur Profeſſor of Divinity, partly, as a gratuity, partly for the removing of his Goods unto their City, Two Hundred and Fifty ſhall be blotted out. This Aſſembly however to teſtifie their great reſpects for the ſaid Monſieur Fancheur did preſent him with the Summ of Four Hundred and Fifty Livres as a gratuity, that he might increaſe his Library, and be more chearful and ſerviceable in his Academical Profeſſion, as alſo they gave him One Hundred and Fifty Livres to help pay his Charges in the tranſport of his Houſhold Goods from Ʋſez to Niſmes. In like manner an Hundred Livres were razed out of their Accompts, which had been ordered by them unto Monſieur Vagumar their Printer to buy his Stamps and Characters. Out of their Accompt for the year 1619, was razed the Summ of Sixty Livres given unto Monſieur Codur, and Monſieur Petit Profeſſors of the Hebrew and Greek Tongues to help defray their Charges unto the Provincial Synod held at Malgutol; as alſo out of the year 1620, was razed the Summ of Ninety Livres adjudged unto the Sieurs Codur, Petit, and Faucheur to carry them to Ʋſez, and Forty Livres laid out in Printing the Book of a young Scholar. All which particular Summs put together, amounted in the whole to Six Hundred and Twenty Livres, and were razed out of their Accompt, and the Province of Lower Languedoc ſhall detain it in their hands out of the Moneys belonging to the ſaid Univerſity of Niſmes, that they may deduct it, and give allowance for it. Moreover this Aſſembly cannot allow unto Monſieur Bowdon, who was formerly the Receiver of the ſaid Univerſity-Moneys more than One Sous in the Livre, for his pains and trouble in getting it in, and paying it out unto them. And for the future the Receiver ſhall reſt contented with Six Deniers in the Livre for that his Imployment, as all other Receivers for our Univerſities have. And whereas the Profeſſors of the aforeſaid Univerſity of Niſmes do crave an allowance for the Charges of their Journey and Abode here in ſeeking to get Monſieur Chamier for Divinity Profeſſor, nothing was granted them on that Score, but the Province of Lower Languedoc was ordered to ſee them ſatisfied.
29. The Accompt of the Colledge of Britain was received and approved for the Years 1617, 1618, 1619, and 1620.