No. 280. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of public instruction, and in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 266, dated June 30, 1900, directs the publication of the following order: I. The following-named persons are hereby confirmed in their positions as professors in the University of Habana, and are assigned to the chairs hereinafter stated: School of Letters and Philosophy: Juan Francisco de Albear to chair B; Nicolas Heredia to chair D; Evelio Rodriaguez Lendian to chair E; Enrique Jose Varona to chair F. School of Pedagogy: Esteban Borrero Echeverria to chair A; Pedro Cordova to chair F. School of Sciences: Jose R. Villalon to chair A; Claudio Mimo to chair B; Placido Biosca y Vinolas to chair D; Manuel Johnson to chair E; Luis Montane to chair F; Carlo de la Torre y Huerta to chair G; Juan Vilaro to chair H; Jose I. Torralbas as custodian of the museum. School of Medicine: Federico Horstmann to chair 1; Rafael Cowley to chair 3; Juan Guiteras to chair 4; Diego Tamayo to chair 5; Raimundo Castro to chair 6; Eusebio Hernandez to chair 7; Raimundo Menocal to chair 8; Gabriel Casuso to chair 9; Luis Cowley to chair 10, Rafael Montalvo as assistant B; Francisco Dominguez y Roldan as assistant C. School of Pharmacy: Carlos Theye to chair A. School of Civil Law: Juan Bautista Hernandez Barreiro to chair A; Pablo Desvernine to chair B; Jose A. Gonzalez Lanuza to chair C; Jose A. del Cueto to chair D. School of International Law: Leopoldo Cancio to chair A; Antonio Govin y Torres to chair B; Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante to chair C. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 281. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, directs the publication of the following: I. An exchange of office is hereby directed between Luis P. Pimentel, recorder of judicial proceedings attached to the court of primera instancia e instruccion of the northern district of the city of Habana, and Jose A. Rodriguez, recorder of judicial proceedings of the court of primera instancia e instruccion of the eastern district of this capital. II. Said recorders will carry with them to the courts to which they are respectively transferred the archives and all civil matters whereof they have at present cognizance. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 282. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of agriculture, industry, and commerce, directs the publication of the following order: In order to extend the benefits contemplated by Order No. 46, dated April 24, 1899 (modified by Order No. 69, same series), continuing until May 1, 1900, the term given for the foreclosure of mortgages upon rural property, all transactions that may take place before May 1, 1901, which are for the exclusive purpose of establishing new agreements between creditor and debtor for the payment of obligations already existing, are declared exempt from taxation. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 283. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of public instruction, directs the publication of the following order: Manuel Sanguily is hereby confirmed in his office as director of the institute of Habana, to date from July 1, 1900, without having to fill any chair in said institute. He shall be paid the salary of $2,500 per annum. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 284. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of state and government, directs the publication of the following order: I. A period of six days, commencing August 18, 1900, is hereby declared to be a period for additional registration for each municipality in the island of Cuba. II. The hours for registration should be from 8 to 11 a. m., and from 1 to 5 p. m. daily, of the days above mentioned. III. This period of registration is announced in order that all those who have the qualifications of electors, but have not already inscribed themselves as such, may be given an opportunity to do so. IV. The alcalde of each municipality in the island of Cuba shall appoint three members of the municipal council to act as a board of registration. This board of registration shall conduct the registration of persons having the qualifications of electors under the general rules prescribed in the electoral law (Order No. 164, Headquarters Division of Cuba, Habana, April 18, 1900), with the exception that there shall be only one place of registration in each municipality, and this shall be in the office of the municipal alcalde. V. The lists of names of electors thus obtained will be added to the electoral lists already made, to form the new electoral lists for each municipality. VI. Each alcalde is authorized to employ a clerk for the board of registration hereby appointed, who shall be paid at the rate of $2 per diem. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 285. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, and for the good of the service, directs the publication of the following order: I. Fernando Salcedo Bonastra, formerly judge of primera instancia é instrucción of the city of Matanzas, and actually appointed to a like office in Colon, is hereby transferred to the court of primera instancia é instrucción of Santa Clara, and Roberto Mendez Peñate, judge of primera instancia é instrucción of Santa Clara, is hereby transferred to the court of primera instancia of Colón. II. Judge Salcedo will continue to draw the pay assigned to the position he held in Matanzas until the date of his taking possession of the court of primera instancia é instrucción of Santa Clara, and Roberto Mendez Peñate will draw the salary corresponding to the court of primera instancia é instrucción of Santa Clara until the date of his taking possession of the court of Colón. J. B HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 286. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, directs me to announce the following resignations and appointments: I. The resignations of Oscar Fonts y Sterling and Carlos Parraga y Fernandez, as substitute justices of the audiencia of Habana, having been submitted, are hereby accepted. II. To be substitute justices of the audiencia of Habana, Guillermo Chaple and Jose Agustin Duque de Heredia y Arriba, vice Oscar Fonts y Sterling and Carlos Parraga y Fernandez, resigned. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 287. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following order: Civil officers communicating with these headquarters will designate, before the town from which letters may be written, the name of the province in which the place may be situated. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 288. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, directs the publication of the following order: I. A position of official interpreter is hereby created to be attached to the audiencia of Habana, with an annual salary of $900, United States currency. II. The secretary of justice shall provide for said office, appointing thereto a person with the necessary qualifications. No. 289. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF Cuba, The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following: Maj. W. L. Pitcher, Eighth Infantry, supervisor of police and provost-marshal of Habana, having been relieved at his own request to join his regiment leaving Cuba, the military governor desires to commend in a very high degree the many and eminent services rendered by Major Pitcher during the past fourteen months to the military government and to the city of Habana, which services have contributed in a very large extent to the establishment of justice, the efficiency of the police, and the maintenance of peace and order in this city of over 230,000 inhabitants, and the military governor regrets the necessity of Major Pitcher's separation from his staff. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 290. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba publishes the following decision of the secretary of public works, concurred in by the secretary of justice, which decision is binding CUBA 1900-VOL I, PT 1- -33 upon the parties interested, and upon all other parties transacting business in the island of Cuba under similar conditions: I. "Whereas, under the terms of the contract entered into by the United Railways of Habana with the Cuban and Pan-American Express Company, there is committed a violation of the regulations of the general law on public works and the railway police law and its regulations, said contract is declared null and void from the date hereof. Moreover, no railway company that is a common carrier can enter into a contract with other corporations or individuals, creating or resulting in a monopoly, compelling the public to pay higher rates of freight transportation than those shown in its ruling tariff sheet. Moreover, in no case can such a common carrier escape the responsibilities which under the terms of its concession and the prevailing law it has contracted toward the State and the public in all that refers to the operation of its lines." J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 291. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION of Cuba, The military governor of Cuba, upon the recommendation of the secretary of justice, directs me to announce the following resignation and appointment: I. The resignation of Adolfo Diaz, as distributor of civil affairs of the courts of primera instancia é instrucción of the city of Habana, having been submitted, is hereby accepted. II. Ignacio Valdes Montiel is hereby appointed to the above-mentioned office, vice Adolfo Diaz. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 292. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The following order of the President of the United States is, by direction of the military governor of Cuba, published for the information and guidance of all concerned in the island of Cuba: [Circular No. 39. Division of Customs and Insular Affairs.] WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 30, 1900. The following order of the President relative to the Marine-Hospital Service in Cuba is hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., June 29, 1900. On and after July 15, 1900, there shall be detailed on the staff of the military governor of the island of Cuba, as chief of the quarantine service established by the Executive order of January 17, 1899, a commissioned officer of the Marine-Hospital Service, who shall, on the first day of each month or at such other periods as may be directed by the military governor, submit to the military governor a detailed estimate of the quarantine expenses of the island of Cuba. After the approval of such estimate by the military governor the chief quarantine officer shall make requisition for the funds required in favor of the disbursing officer or agent, who shall pay the bills and vouchers on account of the quarantine service upon the certificate of an officer detailed under Executive order of January 17, 1899, and after approval by the chief quarantine officer. The disbursing officer or agent shall render his accounts of such disbursements in accordance with the rules and instructions to carry into effect the Executive order of May 8, 1899, relative to the military government of the United States in the island of Cuba during the maintenance of such government. This order to be duly proclaimed and enforced in Cuba. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 293. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following order: Those portions of Order No. 220, Headquarters Division of Cuba, current series, as amended by Order No. 230 of 1900 of the same authority, as enumerated below, will apply and are extended to the department of charities and hospitals of the island of Cuba: Paragraph 27 to paragraph 57, inclusive; paragraph 59 to paragraph 61, inclusive; paragraph 74 to paragraph 77, inclusive; paragraph 79 to paragraph 93, inclusive; paragraph 96 to paragraph 98, inclusive; paragraphs 101, 103, 104, 106, and 107, except that the report called for in paragraph 107 will be sent to department of charities and hospitals instead of to the secretary of public works; paragraphs 108 and 111; paragraph 112 to paragraph 115, inclusive; paragraph 120; paragraph 132 to paragraph 134, inclusive; paragraph 135, sections 1, 2, and 3; paragraph 137 and 138; paragraph 140 to paragraph 142, inclusive; paragraph 145 to paragraph 160, inclusive; paragraphs 163 and 164; paragraphs 166 and 167; paragraphs 169 and 170; paragraphs 172 to 178, inclusive; paragraph 180; paragraph 184. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. No. 294. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF CUBA, The military governor of Cuba directs the publication of the following order: I. The existing military zones around Forts Atarés and Príncipe and the Pirotecnia Militar are abolished outside the limits of the State lands. II. The existing military zones around battery Santa Clara are abolished. III. Two military zones are established for Santa Clara Battery, as follows: The first includes all territory between the sea and Marina street and between Punta Brava on the west and Twenty-seventh street on the east. Within this zone no buildings of any kind are permitted. The second includes the territory shown on a map filed in the office of the chief engineer of the division, and is bounded as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Calle 9 and the inclosure of Battery No. 3, extending along Calle L to the intersection of Calle L with Calle 19, thence along Calle 19 to the intersection of Calle 19 and Calle M, thence along Calle M to the intersection with Calle 21, thence along Calle 21 to the intersection with Calle N, thence along Calle N to the intersection with Vapor, and along Vapor and the line of Vapor prolonged to the sea. IV. The city of Habana is authorized to issue permits for buildings within the second zone with the proviso that the city first obtain from the property owner requesting the permit a relinquishment in writing of all rights to indemnification for damages to the buildings or to persons therein which may result from the use of the guns of the battery. J. B. HICKEY, Assistant Adjutant-General. |