upon taking over as mayor, he announced the 16 ponce residents chosen by the governor who would make up the municipal council: ramón cortada, f. marzan, p. valdivieso, miguel rosich, francisco roubert, basilio o. diaz, angel fernandez, f. fernandez, narciso arabia, juan serrallés, pedro hedilla, santiago oppenheimer, b. garcia, lazaro puente, jose mirandes, jaime cotal, francisco barnes, cosme clavell, a. subira, jose ferrer.