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142 TIIE PUBLIC LAW OF FINLAND.
salary fixed for the post he occupies. But lie
cannot demand that portion of the salary which
is retained on behalf of the pension fund for
widows and children ; and he is obliged, in case
of temporary leave of absence, to surrender to
his substitute a proportion, determined by law,
of his salary.
The Lutheran clergy, with the exception of
the bishops who are paid by the State, receive
their salaries from their parishioners.
The district judges receive only a trifling
remuneration from the State, their main source
of income being a tax paid, in virtue of a
special law, by the landowners and
householders of the district.
All other officials receive their salaries from
the State.
Some of the offices have, in addition,
perquisites in the shape of certain charges payable
by the public.
At the age of 63, and after 35 years of
irreproachable service, a functionary can claim, on
retiring, the life-pension established for the
post lie has held. Should he leave the service
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