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.
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Manuel Rivera Torres, 826 F.2d 151 (1st Cir. 1987).
· cites it 3× “The Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act (FRA) It is appellant’s contention that Sections 7 and 8 of the FRA, 48 U.S.C. §§ 747 , 749, preclude the application of the CWA in *153 Puerto Rico.”
Com. of Puerto Rico v. Alexander, 438 F. Supp. 90 (D.D.C. 1977).
· cites it 4× “§ 1344 , and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 2 which provide for the issuance of permits to discharge dredged or fill material into the waters, are inapplicable to the Commonwealth in light of Sections 7 and 9 of the FRA, 48 U.S.C. §§ 747 , 734, respectively. This case…”
Carmen Lusson v. James Carter, 704 F.2d 646 (1st Cir. 1983).
“Application of the PRWACA in this case Plaintiffs argue that even if the PRWACA is constitutional, it does not automatically apply to every injury occurring in Puerto Rican waters, nor does it bar every suit that can be brought by injured employees.”
Isla Nena Air Servs., Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 380 F. Supp. 2d 74 (D.P.R. 2005).
“Porto Rico [Puerto Rico] and the adjacent islands and waters, now owned by the United States and not reserved by the United States for public purposes, be, and the same are hereby, placed under the control of the government of Porto Rico [Puerto Rico], to be administered in the…”
United States v. San Geronimo Dev. Co., 154 F.2d 78 (1st Cir. 1946).
“9S4, 48 U.S.C.A. §§ 747 , 748. The District Court was persuaded to the latter view, and proceeded to adjudge to the various parties in interest the amounts of just compensation due them upon condemnation of the temporary use of the Baker tract.”
Velazquez v. Puerto Rico, 77 F.2d 431 (1st Cir. 1935).
· cites it 2× “der the control of the federal government down to as late as July 1, 1902, if not later, as did all the other property acquired from Spain, except to the extent that such other property, after the establishment of the insular government on May 1, 1900, may have become subject to…”
Garcia v. Friesecke, 597 F.2d 284 (1st Cir. 1979).
“319 (1950), and are now codified as 48 U.S.C. §§ 747 , 749, and 821. Section 8 placed “the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of water and submerged lands underlying the same in and around the island of Porto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters [owned by the…”
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