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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The doctors who form the Commission for Infectious Diseases under the presidency of Dr. 

 Aristides Agramonte, and who are now working to prevent the spread of Bubonic Plague in Havana. 



Doctorcs que forman la coinision dc cnfcrmcdadcs infecciosas bajo la prcsidciicia del Dr. Aristides 



Agramonte. 



Bids have been received for 

 The the erection of the Havana 



Provincial provincial capitol on the 

 Capitol lands in the city bounded 

 by Colon, Zulueta, Montser- 

 rate and Refugio streets, which were do- 

 nated to the province by Congress a 

 twelvemonth ago. A condition accompany- 

 ing the gift was that work should begin 

 within three years. 



The new building will be three stories 

 high, will contain all the offices of the 

 provincial governor, the council and other 

 officials. It will be of steel and stone, 

 with halls and galleries of Carrara marble. 

 The cost of the structure is estimated at 

 $235,000. 



Bids were made by Frederico Urr.echega 

 and Rodolfo Clark. Sr. Urrechega in his 

 bid offered to construct the building for the 

 sum of $354,72.3.97. and to finish it in 725 

 days. Sr. Clark offers to do the work for 

 $358,006.56, and to finish it in 600 days. 



For 



More 



Members 



An increase in the numl)er 

 of representatives is pro- 

 posed in a bill before the 

 House. The present num- 

 ber of members of the 

 House is 83, and with the increase there 

 will be eight more members making a total 

 of 91 members. Of these one more will 

 correspond to the provinces of Havana, 

 Matanzas and Camaguey, three for Santa 

 Clara and two for Oriente. 



The representatives for each province 

 when the number is increased shall be as 

 follows: Pinar del Rio, 10; Havana, 23; 

 Matanzas, 11; Santa Clara, 21; Camaguey, 

 6; Oriente, 20. 



The Cuban House is considering a bill 

 providing for a donation of $6,000 and six 

 months furlough with salary in favor of 

 Lieutenant Lutgardo de la Torre of the 

 rural guard, who killed Evaristo Estenoz, 

 leader of the negro revolt. 



Mayors 

 Hold 

 Over 



All mayors of Cuba whose 



term of office expired on 



August 1st can hold their 



offices until the elections 



provide their successors in 



November. This is in accordance with 



orders issued by Secretary Bru on July 



26th. 



A decree of Governor Magoon required 

 all mayors whose terms expired in 1912 to 

 surrender their places on August 1st. When 

 the decree was issued, however, the elec- 

 tions for mayors were set for July. After 

 the Magoon regime Congress passed a law 

 making the elctions in November, but 

 making no provisions for the mayors to 

 continue in office during the months of 

 August. September and October. 



A resolution of the Havana City Council 

 declaring Regla. Luyano, Casa Blanca and 

 Puentes Grande part of the urban section 

 of the city of Havana has been suspended 

 by President Gomez. 



Mayor Julio de Cardenas of Havana 



