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[CITE: 48USC746]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 746. Public lands and buildings; reservations; rights prior 
        to July 1, 1902
        
    All public lands and buildings, not including harbor areas and 
navigable streams and bodies of water and the submerged lands underlying 
the same, owned by the United States in the island of Puerto Rico and 
not reserved by the President of the United States prior to July 1, 
1903, pursuant to authority vested in him by law, are granted to the 
government of Puerto Rico, to be held or disposed of for the use and 
benefit of the people of said island. Said grant is upon the express 
condition that the government of Puerto Rico, by proper authority, 
release to the United States any interest or claim it may have in or 
upon the lands or buildings reserved by the President as mentioned 
herein. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to affect any 
legal or equitable rights acquired by the government of Puerto Rico or 
by any other party, under any contract, lease, or license made by the 
United States authorities prior to the 1st day of May 1900.

(July 1, 1902, ch. 1383, Sec. 1, 32 Stat. 731; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 
Stat. 158.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal 
Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.


                               Law Library

    Section 2 of act July 1, 1902, made an appropriation for the 
purchase of a law library for the use of the United States District 
Court for Puerto Rico.


               Expenses and Term of Resident Commissioner

    Section 3 of act July 1, 1902, related to allowance of traveling 
expenses in addition to salary to the resident commissioner from Puerto 
Rico, and to the commencement of his term.
