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over the Criminal Section of the Provincial 

 Court of Havana and in 1901 General 

 Wood appointed him Presiding Judge of the 

 Provincial Courts of Santa Clara, a post 

 which he found it inconvenient to accept. 

 In 1906 the City Council of Havana elected 

 him Mayor and Chairman of the Council 

 and in 1908 he was chosen by popular vote 

 on the Conservative ticket to the same 

 office under the new laws. Besides these 

 regular appointments and elections, Dr. 

 Cardenas has filled from time to time tem- 

 porary posts on the bench, thus extending 

 the period of his service as a magistrate. 

 After completing his term of office as Mayor 

 in 1913 he was appointed Attorney General 

 of the Republic which office he held until 

 he retired with a pension in 191 8. He then 

 resumed the practice of law. 



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