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 954 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1917. shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be P b H paid by the treasurer of Porto Rico out of the revenue in his custody. uaeguifmfdldsing Sec. 7. That all roperty which may have been acguued m Porto "'° °'P°"° R“"" Rico by the Unitedp States under the cession of Spain in the treatgtpf “ peace entered into on the tenth day of December, eighteen hun d and ninety-eight, 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 perttz which at the time of the cession belon§d, under the laws of Smam en in force, to the various harbor works oards of Porto Rico, ag the harbor shores, docks, slips, reclaimed lands and all public lands and buildings not heretofore reserved by the United States for public pmiposes, is hereb placed under the control of the government A °,wm_ of Porto ico, to be adllninistered for the benefit of the people of mmlluwmy Porto Rico; and the Legislature of Porto Rico shall have auth0r1ty, _ subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts to legislate with i?¤l°}'i°°°i»& names, respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable: Provided, That °*°· the President ma from time to time, in his discretion, conveiglnto the people of Porto §ico such lands, buildings, or interests m ds or other roperty now owned by the United tates and within the terridmm, torial  plf %;>rto Epo as inghlisltiljginion gre no longertneeded fop 8 *°°°P'*¤°• 0 the United States. ma romtime to ime accep ug? Umm sum by Egislative grant from Porto Rico any lands, buildings, or other gtcregtssor property which may be needed for public purposes by the nite tates. °°"“‘“ °',,,,”‘ “""·,,, Sec. 8. That the harbor areas and na ble streams and bodies of magma Am water and submerged lands underlyingvtlgg same in and around the island of Porto 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, to be administered in the same mauner and subgtigt to the same limitations as the propert enumerated I  0, ,,,,,_ in the prece g section: Provided, That all laws of the United States s¤¤¤¤.·¤=- for the grotection and improvement of the navigable waters of the United tates and the preservation of the interests of navigation and commerce, except so ar as the same may be locally inlglpplicable Pm is an shall apggy to said island and waters and to its adjacent ands and wntmmsfml " waters: rovelled further, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to affect or impair in any manner the terms or conditions of any authorizations, permits, or other wers heretofore lawfully granted or exercised  or in respect of saildowaters and submergp lands in and surrounding said island and its adjacent islands py the Secretary of War or other authorized officer or agent of the mted States: And  further, That the Act of Congress ap- Ammty of Sm proved June elevent, nmeteen hundred and six, entitled ‘An Act aryczwurppmm. to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to au- ‘°'·‘”·P· 2** thorize the construction, extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on  underlying harbor areas in navigtable streams_and bodies of water in or surroundin Porto Rico and t e  adjacent thereto," and all other laws and arts of laws in Application of conflict with this section be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Umm seas nw;. _ SEC: 9. That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise pro- _ vide, shall have the same force and effect in Porto Rico as in the ,_,,_veuu° United States, except the internal—revenue laws: Provided, how- $14: use or rom ever, That hereafter all taxes collected under the internal—revenue laws of the United States on articles produced in Porto Rico and transported to the United States, or consumed in the island shall be J DMU covered mto the treasury of Porto Rico. Sec. 10. That all judicial process shall run in the name of “United States of America, ss, the dent of the United States," and all