2012 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 4 - PUERTO RICO (§§ 731 - 916)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 731 - 755)
Section 747 - Public property transferred; “control” defined
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 4 - PUERTO RICO SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 747 - Public property transferred; control defined |
| Contains | section 747 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | transferred |
| Source Credit | Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, §7, 39 Stat. 954; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 96-205, title VI, §606(b), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 91. |
| Statutes at Large References | 31 Stat. 80 39 Stat. 954 47 Stat. 158 94 Stat. 91 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-205 |
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All property which may have been acquired in Puerto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace entered into on the 10th day of December 1898, in any public bridges, road houses, water powers, highways, unnavigable streams and the beds thereof, subterranean waters, mines or minerals under the surface of private lands, all property which at the time of the cession belonged, under the laws of Spain then in force, to the various harbor works boards of Puerto Rico, all the harbor shores, docks, slips, reclaimed lands, and all public lands and buildings not reserved by the United States for public purposes prior to March 2, 1917, is placed under the control of the government of Puerto Rico, to be administered for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico; and the Legislature of Puerto Rico shall have authority, subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts, to legislate with respect to all matters, as it may deem advisable. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as used in this section “control” includes all right, title, and interest in and to and jurisdiction and authority over the aforesaid property and includes proprietary rights of ownership, and the rights of management, administration, leasing, use, and development of such property.
(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, §7, 39 Stat. 954; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, §606(b), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 91.)
CodificationSection is comprised of that part of section 7 of act Mar. 2, 1917, preceding the proviso clause. The remainder of section 7 is classified to section 748 of this title.
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, §13, 31 Stat. 80.
Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–205 inserted provisions defining “control”.
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.
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