48 U.S.C. § 746 : US Code - Section 746: Public lands and buildings; reservations; rights prior to July 1, 1902

Search 48 U.S.C. § 746 : US Code - Section 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.