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upon his election for a seven-year term 

 to the Cuban House of Representatives. 



Dr. Ortiz is a profound student ot Cuban 

 history, ethnology, and psychology, es- 

 pecially as related to the negro. He is a 

 member of the following scientific organi- 

 zations: American Institute of Criminal 

 Law and Criminology, American Sociolo- 

 gical Association, American Academy of 

 Political and Social Sciences, Societe Gen- 

 erate des Prisons, Academia de la Historia 

 de Venezuela, Academia de la Historia de 

 Cuba, Sociedad Economica de Amigos del 

 Pais, Sociedad Cubana de Dei echo Inter- 

 nacional. In 191 8 he was made a Corre- 

 sponding member of the Hispanic Society 

 of America. 



His published works include : Base para 

 un estudio sobre la llamada reparation civil 

 (Doctor's thesis), Madrid, 1901; Las sim- 

 patias de Italia por los Mambises cubanos, 

 "Documentos para la historia de la inde- 

 pendencia de Cuba," Marsella, 1005; La 

 Criminalita dei negri in Cuba, Turin, 1905; 

 // Suicidio Tra i Negri, Turin, 1906; Super- 

 stizione criminose in Cuba, Turin, 1906; 



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