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1913. Jos6 Maria Dominguez Guzmdn, Dr. Jesus Garcta 



Pita, Salvador Castro, Luis Torres Mendoza, 

 Jesus Mier Corral, Francisco Ayala, Narciso Arias. 



1914. Narciso Arias, Angel Mier Estrada, R6mulo Villa- 



nueva, Ram6n Fuentes y Fuentes, Jesiis Mier 

 Corral, Francisco Ayala, Pedro Fuentes Silva, 

 Secundino Campuzano Nares. 



1915. Pedro Fuentes Silva, Secundino Campuzano Nares, 



Luis Gonzaga Torres, Jesus Mier Corral, Luis 

 Lopes and Jesus Telles (the last named was the 

 first "stranger" and the first president who could 

 not write). 



1916. Jesus Telles, Ausencio Pantoja, Severiano Fuentes, 



Diego Fuentes Ayala, Pedro Fuentes Silva. 



1917. Pedro Fuentes Silva, Diego Fuentes Ayala, Marce- 



lino Gutierrez, Felipe Magafia, Alfredo Arias. 



Carranza-Obregdn-Calles Period, 1918-34 



1918. Diego Fuentes Ayala (Sector Popular). 



1919. Macario Farias, Federico Villanueva Ortiz, Salvador 



Huerta Ayala (all Sector Popular). 



1920. Salvador Huerta Ayala (Sector Popular). 



1921. Salvador Villicana Torres, Luis Gonzaga Barriga 



(both Popular). 



1922. Ram6n Fuentes y Fuentes (Sector Popular). 



1923. Ram6n Fuentes y Fuentes, Marcelino Gutierrez 



(both Popular). 



1924. Onfeimo Chagolla Vernal (Sector Popular). 



1925. On6simo Chagolla Vernal (Popular). 



1926. Diego Fuentes Ayala, Manuel Fuentes Ramirez, 



Francisco Ayala Torres, Luis Gonzaga Torres (all 

 Sector Popular). 



1927. Efren Chagolla (Popular). 



1928. Jos^ Jesus Guzmdn Carrillo (Popular). 



1929. Salvador Huerta Ayala, Pedro Goana Torres, Fran- 



cisco Chagolla Vernal (all Sector Popular). 



1930. Francisco Chagolla Vernal, Francisco Ayala Torres, 



Eustorgio Fuentes (all Popular; but the State 

 governor removed the first two). 



1931. On(5simo Chagolla Vernal (Popular). 



1932. Onesimo Chagolla Vernal (Popular). 



1933. Javier Torres Leal (Popular). 



1934. Tomds Garcia Torres (Popular). 



Agrarian Reform Period, 1934-40 



1935. Onesimo Chagolla Vernal served in January. Agra- 



rian dissension caused a military imposition of 

 Captain Miguel S. Contreras, Major Antonio 

 L6pez Martinez, and Captain Antonio Ydfiez 

 Rosiles during the remainder of the year with the 

 civilian secretary Isidoro Garcia from Guanajuato 

 filling some gaps. 



1936. The imposed government continued through 1936 



with Isidoro Garcia, Captain Manuel Perez 

 Rubalcaba, and Juan Bautista Rodriguez (a 

 native of Purcpero, Michoacdn). 



1937. Juan Bautista Rodriguez continued the imposed 



government until he was assassinated in his office 

 May 4, 1937. His successor was Jos6 Jesiis Cha- 



golla Mejia, the first president from the barrio 

 El Calvario and representing the Sector Agrario. 



1938. Florentino Gabriel Martinez (the first president from 



Santa Fe, and a representative of the Sector 

 Agrario or Campesino). 



1939. Florentino Gabriel Martinez (to September), and 



Leopoldo Gonzdlez Leal (a native of Tzintzima- 

 cato, Michoaedn) to the end of the year (both 

 Sector Campesino). 



1940. Leopoldo Gonzdlez Leal (Campesino). 



Current Period, 1941- 



1941. Leopoldo Gonzdlez Leal (Campesino). 



1942. Amador Pena Valdovinos (Campesino; from the Cal- 



vario district of Quiroga). 



1943. Indalecio Chagolla Estrada (Campesino; from El 



Calvario). 



1944. Heliodoro Anita Valdovinos (Campesino; from El 



Calvario). 



1945. Heliodoro Anita Valdovinos (Campesino). 



1946. Jose Encarnaci6n Medina Fuentes (Sector Popular). 



1947. Manuel Torres Serranla (PAN). 



There will be noted some interesting changes in 

 representation of family names through the years. 

 Old families that lost out during the revolutionary 

 years include Calder6n, Dominguez, Le6n, and 

 Ponce. Families that became represented during 

 the same years 1910-14 include Arias, Ayala, and 

 Fuentes. Since 1937 the Calvario families such 

 as Pena, Anita, and Valdovinos begin to appear. 

 Families that have contributed five or more dif- 

 ferent men are the Chagolla, Torres, Valdes, Villa- 

 nueva, Fuentes, Calder6n, and Gutierrez. The 

 men who were president more than seven times 

 were Trinidad Valdes, Isidro Calder6n, and Fran- 

 cisco Torres Mendoza. The outstanding family, 

 counting both the father and mother lines, easily 

 is the Torres family. As is shown elsewhere, the 

 Torres family has been the outstanding family in 

 Quu-oga at least since 1811. 



THE SYNDIC 



The sindico or syndic is the regidor who func- 

 tions as the attorney general or business agent for 

 the municipality. According to the law the syndic 

 must have some knowledge of law, represent the 

 ayuntamiento in legal matters, check contracts, 

 and act as an agent for the State and Federal 

 attorneys general. This position, which requires 

 more education and practical experience than any 

 other in the ayuntamiento, consistently has gone 

 to a resident in the business district or "El centro" 

 who was also a member of the Sector Popular. 

 Recent syndics have been: 1946, Ubaldo Chavez; 



