will communicate from the date of their organization. They will be charged with the immediate direction of the electoral proceedings; they will issue the credentials to the candidates proclaimed and will continue discharging their duties until the elections provided for under this law have been completed. Each provincial board will appoint three clerks for the work of same, who will receive as pay two dollars for each day of labor. CHAPTER VII. ELECTORAL DIVISION. ART. 35. For voting purposes each Province will constitute a district and each municipality a section, the latter being divided into electoral colleges. The districts will be designated by the name of the respective Province, the sections by the name of the municipality, and the colleges by a number. ART. 36. The electoral district of Havana will elect 17 representatives, Santa Clara 14, Santiago de Cuba 13, Matanzas 8, Pinar del Río 7, and Puerto Príncipe 4. ART. 37. Each electoral district will elect a number of Senatorial electors equal to double the number of members of provincial councils that they are entitled to elect. They will also elect as many Presidential electors as the Province may have Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the Republic. ART. 38. Each electoral district will elect the governor of its Province and also members of provincial councils, as indicated as follows: That of Havana will elect 20; that of Santa Clara, 17; that of Santiago de Cuba, 17; that of Matanzas, 15; that of Pinar del Río, 12; that of Puerto Príncipe, 8. ART. 39. For the election of members of provincial councils the Provinces will be divided into circuits, in the following order: PINAR DEL RÍO. It is divided into three circuits: The first one will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Pinar del Río, San Juan y Martínez, San Luis, Guane, and Mantua. . This circuit will elect six members. No elector can vote for more than four candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Guanajay, Guayabal, Bahía Honda, Mariel, Viñales, Consolación del Norte, and Cabañas. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. The third will be composed of the ayuntamientos of San Cristóbal, Candelaria, Los Palacios, San Diego de los Baños, Artemisa, and Consolación del Sur. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. PROVINCE OF HAVANA. It is divided into four circuits: The first one will be composed of the ayuntamiento of Havana. This circuit will elect eleven members. No elector can vote for more than seven candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Guanabacoa, Managua, Regla, Santa María del Rosario, Jaruco, Aguacate, Bainoa, Santa Cruz del Norte, San José de las Lajas, and Tapaste. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. The third will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Güines, La Catalina, Madruga, Melena del Sur, Nueva Paz, San Nicolás, Guara, Bejucal, Batabanó, Quivicán, Isle of Pines, San Antonio de las Vegas, San Felipe, and La Salud. This circuit will select three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. The fourth will be composed of the ayuntamientos of San Antonio de los Baños, Alquízar, Ceiba del Agua, Güira de Melena, Vereda Nueva, Santiago de las Vegas, Marianao, Bauta, and Cano. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. MATANZAS PROVINCE. It is divided into three circuits: The first one will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Matanzas, Santa Ana, Alacranes, Bolondrón, Cabezas, Sabanilla, and Unión. This circuit will elect six members. No elector can vote for more than four candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Cólon, Cuevitas, Macagua, Martí, M. Gómez, Macurijes, Palmillas, Perico, San José de los Ramos, and Jagüey Grande. This circuit will elect six members. No elector can vote for more than four candidates. The third will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Cárdenas, Car los Rojas, Guamacaro, and Jovellanos. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. SANTA CLARA. It is divided into four circuits. The first one will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Santa Clara, Esperanza, Ranchuelo, San Diego, San Juan, Trinidad, and Cruces. This circuit will elect four members. No elector can vote for more than three candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Sagua, Ceja de Pablo, Cifuentes, Quemados de Güines, Rancho Veloz, Santo Domingo, Calabazar, and Lajas. This circuit will elect four members. No elector can vote for more than three candidates. The third will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Cienfuegos, Abreus, Rodas, Cartagena, Palmira, and Camarones. This circuit will elect five members. than three candidates. No elector can vote for more The fourth will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Remedios, Caibarién, Vueltas, Camajuaní, Yaguajay, Placetas, and Sancti Spíritus This circuit will elect four members. No elector can vote for more than three candidates. PUERTO PRINCIPE. It is divided into two circuits: The first will be composed of the ayuntamiento of Puerto Príncipe. This circuit will elect five members. No elector can vote for more than three candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Nuevitas, Morón, Ciego de Avila, and Santa Cruz del Sur. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. It is divided into four circuits. The first will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Santiago, Caney, Cobre, San Luis, Alto Songo, Palma Soriano, and Mayarí. This circuit will elect six members. No elector can vote for more than four candidates. The second will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Guantánamo, Baracoa, and Sagua de Tánamo. This circuit will elect three members. No elector can vote for more than two candidates. The third will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Holguín, Gibara, and Tunas de Puerto Padre. This circuit will elect four members. than three candidates. No elector can vote for more The fourth will be composed of the ayuntamientos of Bayamo, Jiguaní, and Manzanillo. This circuit will elect four members. No elector can vote for more than three candidates. CHAPTER VIII. DESIGNATION OF CANDIDATES. ART. 40. For a person to appear in the official list of candidates, it is required that he be proposed by a certain number of electors of the jurisdiction in which he is to be voted for. Those who may present said proposal shall guarantee the signatures of the ones making it, including, if they wish, a sketch of the emblem or symbol to be used for marking their candidacy. Any other electors of the respective ward may sign the proposals of candidates in the name of the electors who do not know how or who may not be able to write. ART. 41. The proposals will show clearly and in tabulated form the full name, residence, and municipality in which each of the signers appear as an elector. ART. 42. No elector can propose a greater number of candidates than that for which he is allowed to vote. ART. 43. The electors may examine the proposals of candidates during the proper hours of working days. ART. 44. The candidates for any of the positions of Representative, Senatorial or Presidential elector, governor of province, or member of a provincial council, shall be proposed by a number of electors not less than 500 in the Province of Havana, 300 in those of Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba, 200 in Matanzas, and 100 in Pinar del Río and Puerto Príncipe. The proposals will be made to the provincial boards directly or through the respective municipal mayors within the term of ten days, to be counted from the establishment of said board, and up to 12 o'clock at night of the last day. The provincial boards will examine the proposals, rejecting those not combining the requisites established in this law. ART. 45. The provincial boards will forward to the central board of scrutiny, before 12 o'clock noon of the day following the date of expiration of the period for proposals, a certified copy of those that may have been accepted, enclosing therewith a statement of the number of electors in each section or municipality. CHAPTER IX. BALLOTS. ART. 46. The provincial boards, immediately after having received the necessary instructions from the central board of scrutiny, will order the printing of the ballots for voting, in quantity not less than triple the number communicated in each case by the electoral boards, forwarding them immediately to each college through the corresponding mayor's office, commencing with those more distant or more difficult of communication with the capital of the Province, employing the most rapid and safe channel therefor. ART. 47. The ballots will be printed in black ink on white paper not transparent and which can be written on, those for each Province being of equal size and quality. The ballots will be divided by parallel perpendicular lines, forming as many columns as the number of candidates presented by the electors. At the head of each candidacy the emblem or symbol adopted in the proposal will be printed, leaving in blank the corresponding place in cases where no symbol or emblem has been adopted. On the following line the name of the office will appear, and immediately below will be placed the names of the candidates proposed for that office, with a number of blank spaces below the last printed name equal to the number of candidates that each elector may be allowed to vote for, in order that he may insert the name of the person or persons of his choice who may not be designated on the list of candidates, and for whom he desires to vote. ART. 48. When forwarding the ballots each provincial board shall count exactly three times the number of the electors of the municipality or electoral section to which they are to be sent, and the seal of said provincial board shall be carefully affixed to said ballots, on the left side thereof, on the upper margin in front. The offices of the municipal mayors in their turn will count them exactly on receiving them and upon distributing them among the dif ferent electoral boards of the district, affixing thereto the seal which will be delivered to them for that purpose, on the same upper margin, toward the center thereof. In each one of these cases a receipt shall be given stating therein the number of ballots received, as well as whether same were properly sealed or not. CHAPTER X. ELECTORAL BOARD. ART. 49. On December 23d the boards of registration in recess shall be reconvened at four o'clock p. m. in their proper places, in order to act as electoral boards, receiving from the office of the municipal mayor the articles which were left in the custody thereof. ART. 50. Each electoral college shall comprise a number of electors not less than three hundred nor more than five hundred. Where there may be an exceeding fraction below three hundred electors and above two hundred in a municipality or section having only one electoral college another one shall be constituted, the total number being divided between the two. If the same should occur in an electoral section in which there may be more than one college, the excess will be divided between the existing electoral colleges. In each college there shall be an electoral board, and the boards already existing shall organize those which may be required in the municipalities or electoral sections, where the boards constituted do not suffice. In a municipality in which there may be but one electoral board, each member thereof shall designate a member and an alternate for the new board, and where there may be more than one electoral board, the members of all of them, assembled, will elect by a majority of votes the personnel of the new board, each one voting for two members and two alternates, and declaring elected the three members and three alternates who may have obtained the greatest number of votes. The personnel of the new electoral boards shall have the same qualifications as the members of existing boards, and after same shall have been constituted they shall appoint their clerks. The electoral board or boards which may constitute a new board shall forthwith communicate the fact to the provincial board through the most speedy channels. The same formality shall be complied with by the new board. ART. 51. All electoral boards shall be established as nearly as possible at the center of population of the section or college wherein it shall act. ART. 52. Where new electoral boards may have to be organized the greatest possible publicity shall be given to the constitution thereof, in order that same may not be ignored by any of the electors of the respective section. ART. 53. To fill the vacancies which may occur in the electoral boards, action shall be taken as prescribed in article 21 of this law. The members and alternates of the electoral boards newly constituted, who shall fill their positions by the designation of the members of another electoral board, shall be considered to have the relative majority |