Elicio Berriz (c. 1820 – c. 1890) was a Spanish soldier and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1869 to 11 May 1870.Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. p.127. and again from 1 January 1872 until his mayoral assignment was passed to two Ponce municipal assemblymen, Francisco Arce y Romero and Alejandro Albizu, later that year.Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p.278. As a Spanish Army soldier, Berriz held the rank of Artillery Colonel.Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. Page 127.
First mayoral term (1869) Berriz served as mayor from 1 January 1869Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 278. until 11 May 1870,Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. 1992. p. 127. when Vicente Pérez Valdivieso started serving as mayor. Berriz is best remembered as the military officer and mayor who, in 1869, sought the removal and destruction of the monument erected to honor the Spanish Constitution of 1812 that for many decades had been located at today's Plaza Degetau.Eduardo Neuman Gandia. "Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce." Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1913. (Reprinted by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. p. 99.) "Parques o Plazas", p. 99.
Second mayoral term (1872) Berriz served again as mayor from 1 January 1872Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 278. until c. 31 January 1872.Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. p. 278. when Francisco Arce y Romero started his mayoral service.
See also List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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References
Further reading Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)