Chapter 2927.
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CHAP. 2927.— Ac Act To readjust the boundaries of the naval reservations in Porto Rico established in pursuance of the Act of July first, nineteen hundred and two. March 4, 1907.[[S. 8119](/us/bill/59/s/8119).][[Public, No. 262](/us/pl/59/262).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Porto Rico.Exchange of lands with. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered by proclamation giving specific description thereof by metes and bounds or otherwise, to cede, transfer, and convey to the government of Porto Rico, to be held and disposed of for the use and benefit of the people of said island, such portions as are not needed for naval purposes of the tract of eighty acres of public land lying along the Caguas road, city of San Juan,Vol. 33, p. 2314.
Porto Rico, heretofore, by paragraph marked one of the Executive proclamation of June twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and three,1411 reserved for the use of the United States in pursuance of the provisionsVol. 32, p. 731.*Proviso*.Conveyance of land to the United States for naval reservation. of the Act. of July first, nineteen hundred and two: *Provided*, That before such cession shall be made the government of Porto Rico shall, by proper authority, cede, convey, release, and transfer to the United States the following tracts of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon:
That tract or parcel of landDescription. containing about eleven acres, extending east from the new wireless station, between the north line of the survey heretofore made by the Navy Department and the south line of the military reservation, to the tract of four and fifty-nine hundredths acres belonging to and reserved by the insular government for jail or penitentiary purposes; also, that triangular tract or parcel of land containing seven-tenths of an acre, lying to the northward of the western portion of the present naval hospital reservation, extending to the army reservation line, also, all public lands of Porto Rico south of the scarp wall on the Barrio de la Puntilla.
Approved, March 4, 1907, 11 a. m.