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CHAPTER 28 GOVERNMENT OF THE LEGION 163
5. The Curia will ensure the scrupulous carrying out of the
rules by the praesidia and their members.
The following shall form important parts of the work of a
Curia:
(a) The education and supervision of the officers in their
duties and in the general management of their praesidia.
(b) The receiving of a report from each praesidium not less
frequently than once a year.
(c) The exchange of experiences.
(d) The consideration of new works.
(e) The creation of high standards.
(f) The ensuring that every legionary satisfactorily performs
the work-obligation.
(g) The extension of the Legion and the stimulation of
praesidia to recruit Auxiliaries (including the after-care and
organisation of the latter).
It is manifest, therefore, that a high degree of moral
courage will be required from the Curia, and especially from
its officers, for the proper discharge of its functions.

6. The fate of the Legion lies in the hands of its Curiae, and
its future depends on their development. The state of the
Legion in any district must be counted precarious until a
Curia has been estab lished there.
7. Legionaries under 18 years of age cannot sit on a Senior
Curia. But if deemed advisable by the Curia, a Junior Curia,
subject to the Curia, may be set up.
8. It is absolutely essential that the officers of the Curia,
and parti cu larly the President, should be easily accessible to
the legionaries who are subject to that Curia, so that
difficulties, or proposals, or other matters which are not ripe
for more public discussion, may be talked over.

9. It is most desirable that the officers, and particularly the
President, should be able to devote considerable time to the
duties of their positions, on which so much depends.
10. When there are a large number of praesidia attached to
a Curia, the resulting number of representatives at the latter