to hold it during the rest of the term for which he was appointed and shall perform the judicial functions assigned to him by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.-The Legislative Assembly shall have the power to create, abolish, consolidate and reorganize municipalities; to change their territorial limits; to determine their organization and functions; and to authorize them to develop programs for the general welfare and to create any agencies necessary for that purpose.

No law abolishing or consolidating municipalities shall take effect until ratified in a referendum by a majority of the qualified electors voting in said referendum in each of the municipalities to be abolished or consolidated. The referendum shall be conducted in the manner determined by law, which shall include the applicable procedures of the election laws in effect when the referendum law is approved.

SECTION 2.-The power of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to impose and collect taxes and to authorize their imposition and collection by municipalities shall be exercised as determined by the Legislative Assembly and shall never be surrendered or suspended. The power of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to contract and to authorize the contracting of debts shall be exercised as determined by the Legislative Assembly.

SECTION 3.-The rule of taxation in Puerto Rico shall be uniform.

SECTION 4.-General elections shall be held every four years on the day of November determined by the Legislative Assembly. In said elections there shall be elected a Governor, the members of the Legislative Assembly, and the other officials whose election on that date is provided for by law.

Every person over twenty-one years of age shall be entitled to vote if he fulfills the other conditions determined by law. No person shall be deprived of the right to vote because he does not know how to read or write or does not own property.

All matters concerning the electoral process, registration of voters, political parties and candidates shall be determined by law.

Every popularly elected official shall be elected by direct vote and any candidate who receives more votes than any other candidate for the same office shall be declared elected.

SECTION 5.-The laws shall be promulgated in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law and shall specify the terms under which they shall take effect.

SECTION 6.-If at the end of any fiscal year the appropriations necessary for the ordinary operating expenses of the government and for the payment of interest on and amortization of the public debt for the ensuing fiscal year shall not have been made, the several sums appropriated in the last appropriation acts for the objects and purposes therein specified, so far as the same may be applicable, shall continue in effect item by item, and the Governor shall authorize the payments necessary for such purposes until corresponding appropriations are made.

SECTION 7.-The appropriations made for any fiscal year shall not exceed the total revenues, including available surplus, estimated for said fiscal year unless the imposition of taxes sufficient to cover said appropriations is provided by law.

SECTION 8.-In case the available revenues including surplus for any fiscal year are insufficient to meet the appropriations made for that year, interest on the public debt and amortization thereof shall first be paid, and other disbursements shall thereafter be made in accordance with the order of priorities established by law.

SECTION 9.-Public property and funds shall only be disposed of for public purposes, for the support and operation of state institutions, and pursuant to law.

SECTION 10.-No law shall give extra compensation to any public officer, employee, agent or contractor after services shall have been rendered or contract made. No law shall extend the term of any public officer or diminish his salary or emoluments after his election or appointment. No person shall draw a salary for more than one office or position in the government of Puerto Rico.

SECTION 11.-The salaries of the Governor, the Secretaries, the members of the Legislative Assembly, the Controller and Judges shall be fixed by a special law and, except for the salaries of the members of the Legislative Assembly, shall not be decreased during the terms for which they are elected or appointed. The salaries of the Governor and the Controller shall not be increased during said terms. No increase in the salaries of the members of the Legislative Assembly shall take effect until after the expiration of the term of the Legislative Assembly during which it is enacted. Any reduction of the salaries of the members of the Legislative Assembly shall be effective only during the term of the Legislative Assembly which approves it.

SECTION 12.-The Governor shall occupy and use, free of rent, the buildings and properties belonging to the Commonwealth which have been or shall hereafter be used and occupied by him as chief executive.

SECTION 13.-The procedure for granting franchises, rights, privileges and concessions of a public or quasipublic nature shall be determined by law, but every concession of this kind to a person or private entity must be approved by the Governor or by the executive official whom he designates. Every franchise, right, privilege or concession of a public or quasi-public nature shall be subject to amendment, alteration or repeal as determined by law.

SECTION 14.-No corporation shall be authorized to conduct the business of buying and selling real estate or be permitted to hold or own real estate except such as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes for which it was created, and every corporation authorized to engage in agriculture shall by its charter be restricted to the ownership and control of not to exceed five hundred acres of land; and this provision shall be held to prevent any member of a corporation engaged in agriculture from being in any wise interested in any other corporation engaged in agriculture.

Corporations, however, may loan funds upon real estate security, and purchase real estate when necessary for the collection of loans, but they shall dispose of real estate so obtained within five years after receiving the title.

Corporations not organized in Puerto Rico, but doing business in Puerto Rico, shall be bound by the provisions of this section so far as they are applicable.

These provisions shall not prevent the ownership, possession or management of lands in excess of five hundred acres by the Commonwealth, its agencies or instrumentalities. SECTION 15.-The Legislative Assembly shall determine all matters concerning the flag, the seal and the anthem of the Commonwealth. Once determined, no law changing them shall take effect until one year after the general election next following the date of enactment of said law.

SECTION 16-All public officials and employees of the Commonwealth, its agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions, before entering upon their respective duties, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

SECTION 17.-In case of invasion, rebellion, epidemic or any other event giving rise to a state of emergency, the Governor may call the Legislative Assembly to meet in a place other than the Capitol of Puerto Rico, subject to the approval or disapproval of the Legislative Assembly. Under the same conditions, the Governor may, during the period of emergency, order the government, its agencies and instrumentalities to be moved temporarily to a place other than the seat of the government.

SECTION 18.-All criminal actions in the courts of the Commonwealth shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of "The People of Puerto Rico" until otherwise provided by law.

SECTION 19.-It shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth to conserve, develop and use its natural resources in the most effective manner possible for the general welfare of the community; to conserve and maintain buildings and places declared by the Legislative Assembly to be of historic or artistic value; to regulate its penal institutions in a manner that effectively achieves their purposes and to provide, within the limits

of available resources, for adequate treatment of delinquents in order to make possible their moral and social rehabilitation.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

SECTION 1.-The Legislative Assembly may propose amendments to this Constitution by a concurrent resolution approved by not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of which each house is composed. All proposed amendments shall be submitted to the qualified electors in a special referendum, but if the concurrent resolution is approved by not less than threefourths of the total number of members of which each house is composed, the Legislative Assembly may provide that the referendum shall be held at the same time as the next general election. Each proposed amendment shall be voted on separately and not more than three proposed amendments may be submitted at the same referendum. Every proposed amendment shall specify the terms under which it shall take effect, and it shall become a part of this Constitution if it is ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon. Once approved, a proposed amendment must be published at least three months prior to the date of the referendum.

SECTION 2.-The Legislative Assembly, by a concurrent resolution approved by two-thirds of the total number of members of which each house is composed, may submit to the qualified electors at a referendum, held at the same time as a general election, the question of whether a constitutional convention shall be called to revise this Constitution. If a majority of the electors voting on this question vote in favor of the revision, it shall be made by a Constitutional Convention elected in the manner provided by law. Every revision of this Constitution shall be submitted to the qualified electors at a special referendum for ratification or rejection by a majority of the votes cast at the referendum.

SECTION 3.-No amendment to this Constitution shall alter the republican form of government established by it or abolish its bill of rights. Any amendment or revision of this Constitution shall be consistent with the resolution enacted by the Congress of the United States approving this Constitution, with the applicable provisions of the Constitution of the United States, with the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, and with Public Law 600, Eighty-first Congress, adopted in the nature of a compact.

ARTICLE VIII

SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS SECTION 1.-The senatorial and representative districts shall be the following:

I. SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF SAN JUAN, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 1.The Capital of Puerto Rico, excluding the present electoral precincts of Santurce and Río Piedras; 2.-Electoral zones numbers 1 and 2 of the present precinct of Santurce; 3.-Electoral zone number 3 of the present precinct of Santurce; 4.-Electoral zone number 4 of the present precinct of Santurce; and 5.-Wards Hato Rey, Puerto Nuevo and Caparra Heights of the Capital of Puerto Rico.

II. SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF BAYAMÓN, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 6.The municipality of Bayamón; 7.-The municipalities of Carolina and Trujillo Alto; 8.-The present electoral precinct of Río Piedras, excluding wards Hato Rey, Puerto Nuevo and Caparra Heights of the Capital of Puerto Rico; 9.-The municipalities of Cataño, Guaynabo and Toa Baja; and 10.-The municipalities of Toa Alta, Corozal and Naranjito.

III. SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ARECIBO, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 11.The municipalities of Vega Baja, Vega Alta and Dorado; 12. The municipalities of Manati and Barceloneta; 13.The municipalities of Ciales and Morovis; 14.-The municipality of Arecibo; and 15. The municipality of Utuado.

and 20. The municipalities of Añasco, Aguada and Rincón.

V.-SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF MAYAGÜEZ, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 21.The municipality of Mayagüez; 22.-The municipalities of Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros and Lajas; 23.-The municipalities of San Germán and Sábana Grande; 24.-The municipalities of Yauco and Guánica; and 25.-The municipalities of Guayanilla and Peñuelas.

VI.

SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF PONCE, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 26.— The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth wards and the City Beach of the municipality of Ponce; 27.-The municipality of Ponce, except for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth wards and the City Beach; 28.The municipalities of Adjuntas and Jayuya; 29.-The municipalities of Juana Díaz, Santa Isabel and Villalba; and 30.-The municipalities of Coamo and Orocovis.

VII. SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF GUAYAMA, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 31.The municipalities of Aibonito, Barranquitas and Comerío; 32.-The municipalities of Cayey and Cidra; 33.The municipalities of Caguas and Aguas Buenas; 34.The municipalities of Guayama and Salinas; and 35.— The municipalities of Patillas, Maunabo and Arroyo.

VIII. SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF HUMACAO, which shall be composed of the following Representative Districts: 36.The municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa; 37.-The municipalities of Juncos, Gurabo and San Lorenzo; 38.The municipalities of Naguabo, Ceiba and Las Piedras; 39. The municipalities of Fajardo and Vieques and the Island of Culebra; and 40.-The municipalities of Río Grande, Loíza and Luquillo.

SECTION 2.-Electoral zones numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 included in three representative districts within the senatorial district of San Juan are those presently existing for purposes of electoral organization in the second precinct of San Juan.

ARTICLE IX

TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

SECTION 1.-When this Constitution goes into effect all laws not inconsistent therewith shall continue in full force until amended or repealed, or until they expire by their own terms.

Unless otherwise provided by this Constitution, civil and criminal liabilities, rights, franchises, concessions, privileges, claims, actions, causes of action, contracts,` and civil, criminal and administrative proceedings shall continue unaffected, notwithstanding the taking effect of this Constitution.

SECTION 2.-All officers who are in office by election or appointment on the date this Constitution takes effect shall continue to hold their offices and to perform the functions thereof in a manner not inconsistent with this Constitution, unless the functions of their offices are abolished or until their successors are selected and qualify in accordance with this Constitution and laws enacted pursuant thereto.

SECTION 3.-Notwithstanding the age limit fixed by this Constitution for compulsory retirement, all the judges of the courts of Puerto Rico who are holding office on the date this Constitution takes effect shall continue to hold their judicial offices until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed, and in the case of Justices of the Supreme Court during good behavior.

SECTION 4.-The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be the successor of the People of Puerto Rico for all purposes, including without limitation the collection and payment of debts and liabilities in accordance with their terms.

SECTION 5.-When this Constitution goes into effect, the term "citizen of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" shall replace the term "citizen of Puerto Rico" as previously used.

SECTION 6.-Political parties shall continue to enjoy all rights recognized by the election law, provided that on the effective date of this Constitution they fulfill the minimum requirements for the registration of new parties contained in said law. Five years after this Constitution shall have taken effect the Legislative Assembly may change these requirements, but any law increasing them shall not go into effect until after the general election next following its enactment.

SECTION 7.-The Legislative Assembly may enact the laws necessary to supplement and make effective these transitory provisions in order to assure the functioning of the government until the officers provided for by this Constitution are elected or appointed and qualify, and until this Constitution takes effect in all respects.

SECTION 8.-If the Legislative Assembly creates a Department of Commerce, the Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall thereafter be called the Department of Agriculture.

SECTION 9.-The first election under the provisions of this Constitution shall be held on the date provided by law, but not later than six months after the effective date of this Constitution. The second general election under this Constitution shall be held in the month of November 1956 on a day provided by law.

SECTION 10.-This Constitution shall take effect when the Governor so proclaims, but not later than sixty days after its ratification by the Congress of the United States.

Done in Convention, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the sixth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.

§ 731e. Sections continued in force and effect.

Sections 731, 733a, 734, 737, 741-742, 745, 747— 749, 751, 794, 795, 821, 863, 864, 867, 868, 872, 874, and 891-893 are continued in force and effect. (July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 4, 64 Stat. 319.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as a part of the Jones Act, which generally comprises this chapter.

SHORT TITLE

Section 4 of act July 3, 1950 provided in part that the sections cited in the text of this section shall be popularly known as the "Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act".

§ 732. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, §5 (2), 64 Stat. 320, eff. July 25, 1952.

Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 4, 39 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, which derived from act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 6, 31 Stat. 79, designated San Juan as the capital of Puerto Rico. Subject matter is now covered by Art. I, § 4, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, set out as a note under section 731d of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

The repealing act provided that the repeal of former section 732 of this title and other sections in this chapter should become effective when the Constitution 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 Joint Res. 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.

§ 733. Citizens; former Spanish subjects and children; body politic; name.

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. (Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 7, 31 Stat. 79; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as a part of the Jones Act, which generally comprises this chapter. CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.

CROSS REFERENCES

Citizen of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as replacing citizen of Puerto Rico, see Art. IX, § 5, of Commonwealth Constitution, set out as a note under section 731d of this title.

Persons born in Puerto Rico declared citizens of the United States, see section 1402 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

§ 733a. Citizens; residence in island of citizens of United States.

All citizens of the United States who have resided er who shall after March 4, 1927, reside in the island (Mar. for one year shall be citizens of Puerto Rico. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5a, as added Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 503, § 2, 44 Stat. 1418, and amended May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.

CROSS REFERENCES

Citizen of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as replacing citizen of Puerto Rico, see Art. IX, § 5, of Commonwealth Constitution, set out as a note under section 731d of this title.

Workmen's compensation provisions as applicable to. see section 793 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

§ 733a-1. Repealed. June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 403 (a) (14), 66 Stat. 279.

Section, act Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5b, as added June 25, 1948, ch. 649, 62 Stat. 1015, related to nonapplication of former section 804 (c) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, and is not now covered.

§ 733b. American citizenship of persons born in Puerto Rico; naturalization of women.

CODIFICATION

Prior to the enactment of the Nationality Act of 1940, this section, act Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 5b, as added June 27, 1934, ch. 845, 48 Stat. 1245, provided as follows: "All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after June 27, 1934) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That this section shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United States or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country: And provided further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of section 369 of Title 8."

The second proviso thereof was repealed by section 504 of the Nationality Act of 1940 (Act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, 54 Stat. 1137). Present provisions relating to citizenship of persons born in Puerto Rico, formerly contained in section 203 of Nationality Act of 1940 [former section 602 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality], which was repealed by act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, § 403 (a) (42) 66 Stat. 280, are contained in section 1402 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

§ 734. United States laws extended to Puerto Rico; internal revenue receipts covered into treasury. The statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States, except the internal revenue laws other than those contained in the Philippine Trade Act of 1946 or the Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955: Provided, however, That after May 1, 1946, all taxes collected under the internal revenue laws of the United States on articles produced in Puerto Rico and transported to the United States, or consumed in the island shall be covered into the Treasury of Puerto Rico. (Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 9, 39 Stat. 954; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 244, title V, § 513, 60 Stat. 158; Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 438, title III, § 308, 69 Stat. 427.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955, referred to in the text, is classified to sections 1371-1379 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, and this section.

The Philippine Trade Act of 1946, referred to in the text, is classified to sections 1251-1255, 1261-1266, 1271-1274, 1281, 1291, 1301-1305, 1311-1313, 1321, 1322, 1331, 1332, 1334, 1341-1348, 1351-1360, and 1393 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse former sections 2470(a)(2) and 2800 (a)(4) (B) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1939, and this section. Sections 2470(a) (2) and 2800 (a)(4)(B) of Title 26 were repealed by section 7851 of Title 26, IRC, 1954 and are now covered by sections 4511 and 5001(a)(4) of that title.

AMENDMENTS

1955-Act Aug. 1, 1955, inserted "or the Philippine Trade Agreement Revision Act of 1955".

1946-Act Apr. 30, 1946, inserted "other than those contained in the Philippine Trade Act of 1946", preceding proviso.

CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1955 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section by act Aug. 1, 1955, effective on January 1, 1956, see note under section 1373 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1946 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by act Apr. 30, 1946, effective on the day after the date of its enactment, April 30, 1946, see note under section 1251 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

PRIOR LAW

Act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 14, 31 Stat. 80, was substantially identical with this section, but contained in lieu of the proviso the words "which, in view of the provisions of section three, shall not have force and effect in Porto Rico." As to section 3 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, see section 738 of this title and notes thereunder.

CROSS REFERENCES

Articles, goods, wares, or merchandise going into Puerto Rico from United States, exempt from payment of any tax imposed by internal revenue laws of United States, see section 7653(b) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Deposit of internal revenue collections, see section 7652(a)(3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954. Income tax on residents of Puerto Rico, see section 933 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Internal revenue tax on articles of merchandise of Puerto Rican manufacture coming into the United States and withdrawn for consumption or sale, see section 7652(a)(1) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Interstate Commerce Act as amended and the Safety Appliance Acts as amended as inapplicable to Puerto Rico, see section 751 of this title.

References to possessions in Internal Revenue Code as referring to Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, see section 7701(c) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Taxes collected, as trust funds, see section 725s of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Ex. ORD. No. 10005. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON RELATION OF FEDERAL LAWS TO PUERTO RICO

Ex. Ord. No. 10005, Oct. 5, 1948, 13 F.R. 5854, provided: WHEREAS section 9 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico, 39 Stat. 954 [this section], provides that "the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as herein before or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States"; and

WHEREAS section 49b (3) of the said Act, which was added by section 6 of the act of August 5, 1947, 61 Stat. 772 [former section 793b of this title], provides that "the President of the United States may, from time to time, after hearing, promulgate Executive orders expressly excepting Puerto Rico from the application of any Federal law, not expressly declared by Congress to be applicable to Puerto Rico, which as contemplated by section 9 of this act [this section] is inapplicable by reason of local conditions":

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Organic Act of Puerto Rico, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the President's Advisory Commission on the Relation of Federal Laws to Puerto Rico, which shall be composed of nine members to be designated by the President and to serve without compensation.

2. The Commission shall from time to time make recommendations to the President concerning the exercise of his power under section 49b (3) of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico [former section 793b of this title] to exempt Puerto Rico from the application of Federal laws. To that end, the Commission is authorized to examine into, and to hold hearings on, the inapplicability of Federal laws to Puerto Rico by reason of local conditions.

3. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Commission in its work and to furnish the Commission such information as the Commission may require in the performance of its duties.

4. The Commission shall continue to exist until the President terminates its existence by Executive order. Ex. ORD. No. 9909. EXEMPTING DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM MAKING REPORTS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION

Ex. Ord. No. 9909, Dec. 9, 1947, 12 F.R. 8291, provided: "By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 49b (2) of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico, as amended by section 6 of the Act of August 5, 1947, Public Law 362, 80th Congress [former section 793b of this title], it is hereby ordered that the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and the Department of Justice shall be exempt from making the reports to the Coordinator of Federal Agencies in Puerto Rico which are provided for in such section."

§ 734a. Extension of industrial alcohol and internal revenue laws to Puerto Rico.

Sections 71-89 of Title 27 and all provisions of the internal revenue laws relating to the enforcement thereof, are extended to and made applicable to Puerto Rico from and after August 27, 1935. The

Insular Government shall advance to the Treasury of the United States such funds as may be required from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of defraying all expenses incurred by the Treasury Department in connection with the enforcement in Puerto Rico of the said sections and regulations promulgated thereunder. The funds so advanced shall be deposited in a separate trust fund in the Treasury of the United States and shall be available to the Treasury Department for the purposes of this section. (June 26, 1936, ch. 830, title III, § 329 (c), 49 Stat. 1947.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The provisions of sections 71-89 of Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors, to which reference is made in this section, were repealed and substantially reenacted as part of the Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

CODIFICATION

Provisions similar to this section relating to the Virgin Islands are set out as section 1402 of this title.

Section was not enacted as a part of the Jones Act, which generally comprises this chapter.

CROSS REFERENCE

Industrial alcohol plants, application of internal revenue laws to Puerto Rico, see section 5314 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

§ 735. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, §5 (2), 64 Stat. 320, eff. July 25, 1952.

Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 57, 39 Stat. 968; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, which derived from act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, §§ 8 in part, 15, 31 Stat. 79, 80, continued certain Puerto Rican Laws in force and authorized the legislative authority to modify or repeal laws. Subject matter is now covered by Art. IX, § 1 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, set out as a note under section 731d of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

For explanation of the date of July 25, 1952, as being the effective date of that repeal, see note under former section 732 of this title.

§ 736. Puerto Rican law modified.

So much of the law which was in force at the time of cession, April 11th, 1899, forbidding the marriage of priests, ministers, or followers of any faith because of vows they may have taken, being paragraph 4, article 83, chapter 3, civil code, and which was continued by the order of the secretary of justice of Puerto Rico, dated March 17, 1899, and promulgated by Major General Guy V. Henry, United States Volunteers, is repealed and annulled, and all persons lawfully married in Puerto Rico shall have all the rights and remedies conferred by law upon parties to either civil or religious marriages. Paragraph 1, article 105, section 4, divorce, civil code, and paragraph 2, section 19, of the order of the minister of justice of Puerto Rico, dated March 17, 1899, and promulgated by Major General Guy V. Henry, United States Volunteers, are so amended as to read: "Adultery on the part of either the husband or the wife." (Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 8, 31 Stat. 79; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as a part of the Jones Act, which generally comprises this chapter.

CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.

§ 737. Privileges and immunities.

The rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States shall be respected in Puerto Rico to the same extent as though Puerto Rico were a State of the Union and subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article IV of the Constitution of the United States. (Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 2, 39 Stat. 951; Feb. 3, 1921, ch. 34, § 1, 41 Stat. 1096; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Mar. 2, 1934, ch. 37, § 1, 48 Stat. 361; Aug. 5, 1947, ch. 490, § 7, 61 Stat. 772; July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5 (1), 64 Stat. 320.)

AMENDMENTS

1950-Act July 3, 1950, repealed all of section relating to bill of rights and restrictions except last paragraph. 1947-Act Aug. 5, 1947, added privileges and immunities provisions.

1934 Act Mar. 2, 1934, repealed so much of former provisions of twentieth paragraph of this section making it unlawful to import, manufacture, sell or give away, or to expose for sale or gift any intoxicating liquors. The penalty formerly contained in such paragraph, related only to violation of such provisions.

CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1950 AMENDMENT Amendment of this section effective July 25, 1952, the date the Constitution of Puerto Rico became effective, see note under former section 732 of this title.

§ 738. Free interchange of merchandise with United States.

All merchandise and articles coming into the United States from Puerto Rico and coming into Puerto Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry free of duty and in no event shall any tariff duties be collected on said merchandise or articles. (Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, § 3, 31 Stat. 77; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

CODIFICATION

Act Apr. 12, 1900, § 3, as originally enacted, imposed tariff duties, amounting to 15 per centum of the duties on like articles imported from foreign countries, on all articles of merchandise coming into the United States from Porto Rico and vice versa. Merchandise and articles except coffee, not dutiable under United States' tariff laws, and merchandise or articles entered in Porto Rico free of duty under orders theretofore made by the Secretary of War, were to be admitted from the United States free of duty, all laws or parts of laws to the contrary, notwithstanding. However, all of the aforesaid tariff duties were to cease, and the provisions in the text were to become operative, whenever the local legislative assembly should put into operation a system of local taxation, and the President should make proclamation thereof. In no event were those duties to be collected after March 1, 1902. In accordance with the aforesaid provision President McKinley issued his proclamation July 25, 1901, 32 Stat. 1983.

Section 3 also contained provisions relating to a tax on merchandise of Porto Rican manufacture equal to the internal-revenue tax imposed in the United States, and on merchandise of United States manufacture coming into Porto Rico, a tax equal to the internal-revenue tax imposed in Porto Rico upon like articles of Porto Rican manufacture which are now set forth in sections 7652(a) (1) and 7653 (a) (1) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1954.

Section was not enacted as a part of the Jones Act, which generally comprises this chapter.

CHANGE OF NAME

The name of "Porto Rico" was changed to "Puerto Rico" by act May 17, 1932.