 c. ix) admitted participation in the administration of ecclesiastical property, but demanded that at all times and in all places the lay administrators render an annual account to the bishop or to his delegate.As no general law has determined either the competency or the composition of fabric committees (conseils de fabrique) there has been in this respect very great variations.In modern times secular power has frequently interfered in the administration of ecclesiastical property set apart for purposes of worship, and in the organization of church fabrics.