48 U.S.C. § 732 : US Code - Section 732: Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, Sec. 5(2), 64 Stat. 320

Search 48 U.S.C. § 732 : US Code - Section 732: Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, Sec. 5(2), 64 Stat. 320

Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, Sec. 4, 39 Stat. 953; May
17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, designated San Juan as the capital
of Puerto Rico. Section 6 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, 31 Stat.
79, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was not repealed by
act July 3, 1950.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Section 5 of act July 3, 1950, provided that the repeal of this
section and sections 735, 750, 753, 754, 771-793, 793b, 796-799,
811-820, 822, 823, 824-844, 861, and 873 of this title and the
amendment of sections 737 and 752 of this title were to be
effective at such time as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico became effective. Under section 731d of this title,
that Constitution, upon approval by the Congress of the United
States, "shall become effective in accordance with its terms".
Congress, by act July 3, 1952, ch. 567, 66 Stat. 327, approved,
with certain conditions, that Constitution; the approving act
further provided that the Constitution, as so approved, "shall
become effective when the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico
shall have declared in a formal resolution its acceptance in the
name of Puerto Rico of the conditions of approval herein contained,
and when the Governor of Puerto Rico, being duly notified by the
proper officials of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico
that such resolution of acceptance has been formally adopted, shall
issue a proclamation to that effect". The Constitution was
proclaimed by the Governor of Puerto Rico on July 25, 1952, and
became effective on that date.