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CUBANS OF TO-DAY 



engaged in the teaching of Spanish liter- 

 ature and metaphysics from 1897 to 1898. 

 In this year after receiving the degree of 

 Doctor of Laws he was nominated by the 

 faculty as assistant professor in the Law 

 School. In 1900, after competition, he ob- 

 tained the chair of Assistant Professor in 

 the School of Public Law. In this capacity 

 he has taken charge of the work from 1900 

 to 1904 in political economy and juris- 

 prudence. In 1904 he was advanced to 

 the position of Titular Professor of Ad- 

 ministrative Law, a position which he holds 

 at the present time. He is also a member 

 of the University Council, the governing 

 body of the University of Havana. 



He was a legal member of the extinct 

 Superior Committee of Especial Hygiene, 

 a member of the Commission for Social 

 Service, a part of the Department of Jus- 

 tice, a member of the Commission nomi- 

 nated by the President of the Republic to 

 inquire into the increase in budgetary 

 items, a member of the Cuban Section of 

 the Supreme International Commission 

 for Uniform Legislation in Financial Mat- 



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