o that this officer can accept or reject them as he
sees fit.

"Article 5. Wherefore the Secretary of State, Secretary of the
Interior, and other officers of the Cabinet are charged with the
execution of the present resolution.

"Given at the National Palace of Santo Domingo, Capital of the
Republic, on the twenty-fifth day of November, 1891, forty-eighth
year of independence and the twenty-ninth of the restoration.

(Signed)
"ULISES HEUREAUX, _President_.
"W. FIGUEREO, _Minister of Interior and Police_.
"IGNACIO M. GONZALES, _Minister of Finance and Commerce_.
"SANCHEZ, _Minister of State_.

'Copy exactly conforming to the original given at Santo Domingo,
November 28, 1891.

"RAFAEL Y. RODRIGUEZ,
"_Official Mayor and Minister of Public Works and Foreign Affairs._"

With these concessions in hand, a committee, consisting of Capt. Nathan
Appleton and Thomas H. Cummings, was appointed to go to Washington and
secure recognition from the United States Government for the enterprise.
The committee was everywhere favorably received, and returned with
assurances of co-operation and support. Hon. W. E. Curtis, head of the
Bureau of Latin Republics in the State Department, was added to the
general monument committee.

Meanwhile the _Sacred Heart Review_, through Dr. Charles H. Hall of
Boston, a member of the monument committee, put itself in communication
with the leading citizens of Puerto Plata, requesting them to use every
effort to locate the exact site of the ancient church, and make a
suitable clearing for the monument, at its expense.

In answer to this communication, a committee of prominent citizens was
organized at Puerto Plata, to co-operate with the Boston Columbus
Memorial Committee. The following extract is taken from a local paper,
_El Porvenir_, announcing the organization of this committee:

"On Saturday last, a meeting was held in this city (Puerto Plata) for
the purpose of choosing a committee which should take part in the
celebration. Those present unanimously resolved that such a body be
immediately formed under the title of, 'Committee in Charge of the
Centennial Celebration.'

"This committee then proceeded to the election of a board of management,
composed of a president, vice-presi