1801. - From the Resp. given to the Bishop of Leavenworth (Past. Bl. für N. Am. 1881. p. 44), it is clear:

1° That the privilege of using the manner granted to the diocese of Baltimore, in exposing the Most Holy Sacrament and in the devotion of Forty Hours, comprehends only those things which are contained in the Decree of January 24, 1868, S. C. de P. F. - You have the Decree in Conc. Pl. Balt. II. p. CXLIX. under IV.

2° For gaining the indulgences: a) it is not required that the church in which this devotion is performed be visited on each day of the triduum; nor b) that this visitation be prolonged for one hour; c) the partial indulgences annexed to this devotion are gained as often as a new visitation is made; d) those partial indulgences are of ten years and as many quarantines. See Raccolta (ed. 1877) p. 67, 68.

S. R. C., in Lisbon, June 4, 1874, responded that it is left to the prudence and judgment of the Ordinary, that he permit or at least tolerate the custom of keeping sacred Images uncovered in the chapel or altar of Exposition; likewise of having sermons during the same Exposition; moreover of omitting the Mass for Peace on the middle day. The reason is that the Clementine Instruction does not bind outside the City, although those are to be praised who, unless something else is established by the Ordinary, strive to conform themselves to it. Gardel. App. IV. n. 5585.