BARRERAS 



continuing as Representative until the 

 first of April, 191 7. 



In November, 19 16, he was the Liberal 

 Candidate for Governor of the Province of 

 Havana, and is said to have been elected 

 by a great majority. Under the law the 

 successful candidate should have taken 

 possession of his office on the twenty- 

 fourth of February, 191 7, but the govern- 

 ment then in power, belonging to the party 

 to which Barreras had been opposed in the 

 elections, prevented him from doing so and 

 imprisoned him until the thirtieth of June, 

 and then, on setting him at liberty, under 

 a fine of $10,000, charged that he had in 

 effect resigned his office by not taking 

 possession of it at the time designated at 

 which time he was in jail, imprisoned in the 

 cells of the Cabana. In the spring of 

 1 9 19, under authorization of the Courts, 

 he entered into his office of Governor. 



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