Neocolonial stage

Already from the first months of the 19th century, specifically on April 18, 1901, the governor of Matanzas, replacing Manuel Sobrado, reports that the next elections on June 1 of the same year are recognized by the Secretary of State and Interior as the next elections. following parties: National, Republican, Democratic and Popular Union and through a circular from the own secretariat and through the Provincial Governor, the municipal Mayor was directed to publish the following articles of Military Law 91 of 1900: XII, on the requirements to appear in the municipal elections and the XIII that established the term of admission of certificates, as well as the first paragraph of article XV that says: Any certificate may be examined by any person after 24 hours in the possession of the Mayor. The positions to be chosen were: Mayor, councilors and municipal treasurers.

In these elections, according to a telegram sent to the civil governor by Mayor Juan Cadwell, there had been established 6 voter registration boards that numbered 585 distributed by neighborhoods as follows: Motembo 218, Martí 141, Lacret 92, Guamutas 71, Río La Palma 22 and La Teja 31. In Martí during this period the following municipal mayors succeeded each other: on May 4, 1898, Councilor Enrique González Gutiérrez was appointed Mayor to replace Commander Don Matías Ramos Martín and on January 1 he was appointed to that Colonel of the Liberation Army Juan Cadwell, known by “el inglesito”, who under the regime of the first North American intervention, in elections held for that purpose, was elected Mayor by the military jurisdiction and functioned as such from July 1 to the same date in 1901 when he was replaced by Avelino Hernández, with great interest in agricultural issues (he was appointed administrator of the Santa Gertrudis central He did a lot of good in the material order), but as Mayor he did very little in Martí, since although his main duty was here, his greatest interest in the mayor's office was not always in the hands of his lieutenants.

Thus he was replaced in 1908 by Alfredo Domínguez elected in this year's elections. When Domínguez died in the performance of his duties, Pedro Sardinas y Hurtado, then president of the town hall, held the post and was the first to start the arrangement of some streets and the construction of the Itabo slaughterhouse. In 1912, Mateo García González was elected, who was re-elected in 1916. He acquired the house that he currently occupies for purchase from its owner Dolores Rosado del Ruiz for the city council.

In 1920, Dr. José Elías Clivella took office, elected for a 2-year period in which repairs were made to some neighboring roads, paving of streets and concrete culverts were built, and the municipal house was also repaired. Every time I applied for a license, he was replaced by the president of the city council Juan Morales, known by Juan Martínez, and in the elections of November 1, 1922, Marcos Tulio Regojo Margarit was elected, who ruled until 1927. During his government, Ricardo Valdés Morales replaced him by regulation. councilor since 1898 and president of the town hall.

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