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368 The provisions of Section (e) of this rule, with respect to public service companies, shall not be applicable to companies that have a capital of less than $100,000 and are not dependent on, affiliated with or subsidiary to other enterprises.

This transitory provision of the Constitution, while the Constitutional Law of June 11, 1935, is in force, shall also form part thereof; its application shall not be subject to the restrictions or limitations established or that may be established with respect to the retroactivity of laws and to their efficacy to annul or modify civil obligations arising from the contracts, acts or omissions producing them; it shall be effective from its promulgation, which shall be effected when it is read aloud by the Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, and for the purposes of its publication a certified copy of it shall be sent to the Official Gazette of the Republic.

1. All personalty and realty that were allotted to the University of Havana when it was granted autonomy by Decree No. 2059, of October 6, 1933, published in the Official Gazette of the 9th of that month, as well as the other property and rights that pertain to it by reason of legacy, donation, inheritance or any other title of acquisition, shall form its patrimony as a juridical person and shall be recorded in the corresponding Registers free of all payment of fees.

So long as the University partimony does not furnish annual resources sufficient for the expenses of the University of Havana, the amount that the Nation shall contribute to its maintenance, in accordance with Article 53 of this Constitution, shall be 2-1/4 % of the total amount of expenses included in said budgets, with the exception of the amounts destined to payment of the foreign debt.

This amount shall be distributed proportionately among the several Faculties of the University, taking as a basis the number of students seeking the titles granted by each Faculty and the needs of their respective courses.

2. The Nation must, within 3 years following the promulgation of this Constitution, construct a National Hospital with capacity for 1,000 patients. On expiration of said term, the