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48 U.S.C. § 733 — Citizens; former Spanish subjects and children; body politic; name
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All inhabitants continuing to reside in Puerto Rico who were Spanish subjects on the 11th day of April 1899, and then resided in Puerto Rico, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of Puerto Rico, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain on or before the 11th day of April 1900, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain entered into on the 11th day of April 1899; and they, together with such citizens of the United States as may reside in Puerto Rico, shall constitute a body politic under the name of the People of Puerto Rico, with governmental powers as hereinafter conferred, and with power to sue and be sued as such.
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All inhabitants continuing to reside in Puerto Rico who were Spanish subjects on the 11th day of April 1899, and then resided in Puerto Rico, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of Puerto Rico, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain on or before the 11th day of April 1900, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain entered into on the 11th day of April 1899; and they, together with such citizens of the United States as may reside in Puerto Rico, shall constitute a body politic under the name of the People of Puerto Rico, with governmental powers as hereinafter conferred, and with power to sue and be sued as such.
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From and after May 17, 1932, the island designated “Porto Rico” in the Act entitled “An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,” approved March 2, 1917, as amended, shall be known and designated as “Puerto Rico.” All laws, regulations, and public documents and records of the United States in which such island is designated or referred to under the name of “Porto Rico” shall be held to refer to such island under and by the name of “Puerto Rico.”
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 734
§ 732. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64
Stat. 320
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 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 sec-
tion, was not repealed by act July 3, 1950.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Act July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5, 64 Stat. 320, 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 be-
came 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 effec-
tive when the Constitutional Convention of Puerto
Rico shall have declared in a formal resolution its ac-
ceptance 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 adopt-
ed, shall issue a proclamation to that effect’’. The Con-
stitution was proclaimed by the Governor of Puerto
Rico on July 25, 1952, and became effective on that
date.
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