Public property transferred to the Rico. SEC. 7. That all property which may have been acpeople of Porto quired in Porto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace entered into on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, in any public bridges, road houses, water powers, highways, unnavigable streams and the beds thereof, subterranean waters, mines or minerals under the surface of private lands, all property which at the time of the cession belonged, under the laws of Spain then in force, to the various harbor works boards of Porto Rico, all the harbor shores, docks, slips, reclaimed lands, and all public lands and buildings not heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes, is hereby placed under the control of the government of Porto Rico, to be of administered for the benefit of the people of Porto Rico; and the Legislature of Porto Rico shall have authority, subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts, to legislate with respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable: Provided, That the President may from time Further trans to time, in his discretion, convey to the people of Porto Rico such lands, buildings, or interests in lands or other property now owned by the United States and within the territorial limits of Porto Rico as in his opinion are no Acceptance of longer needed for purposes of the United States. And United States he may from time to time accept by legislative grant from Porto Rico any lands, buildings, or other interests or property which may be needed for public purposes by the United States. Authority legislature. Proviso. fers, etc. lands, etc., for uses. Control of harbors, navigable streams, etc. Prorisos. Protection of navigation, etc. SEC. 8. That the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of water and submerged lands underlying the same in and around the island of Porto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters, now owned by the United States and not reserved by the United States for public purposes, be, and the same are hereby, placed under the control of the government of Porto Rico, to be administered in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as the property enumerated in the preceding section: Provided, That all laws of the United States for the protection and improvement of the navigable waters of the United States and the preservation of the interests of navigation and commerce, except so far as the same may be locally inapplicable, shall apply to said island Prior permits, and waters and to its adjacent islands and waters: Provided further, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to affect or impair in any manner the terms or conditions of any authorizations, permits, or other powers heretofore lawfully granted or exercised in or in respect of said waters and submerged lands in and surrounding said island and its adjacent islands by the Secretary of War or other authorized officer or agent of the United States: And provided further, That the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and of six, entitled "An Act to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to authorize the construction, etc.. continued. Authority Secretary of War repealed. extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on lands underlying harbor areas in navigable streams and bodies of water in or surrounding Porto Rico and the islands adjacent thereto," and all other laws and parts of laws in conflict with this section be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 2, 1917. * * Vol. 34, p. 234. March 2, 1917. [H. R. 18453.] CHAP. 146. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other pur- [Public, No. 369.] poses, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices and salaries which are provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, namely: * ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO * * * For completing the construction by the Indian Service of a dam with a bridge superstructure and the necessary controlling works for diverting water from the Gila River for the irrigation of Indian land and Indian allotments on the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, as recommended by the Board of Engineers of the United States Army in paragraph two hundred and seventeen of its report to the Secretary of War of February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (House Document Numbered Seven hundred and ninety-one), $125,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, reimbursable as provided in section two of the Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page five hundred and twenty-two), the total cost not to exceed $200,000. * * * * * For completing the construction by the Indian Service of a diversion dam and necessary controlling works for diverting water from the Gila River at a site above Florence, Arizona, $100,000, to remain available until expended, the total cost not to exceed $175,000, and for beginning the construction of the necessary canals and Vol. 39, p. 969. Indian Department appropriations. structures to carry the natural flow of the Gila River to Indian lands of the Gila River Indian Reservation and Public laws, to public and private lands in Pinal County, as provided. in the Indian appropriation Act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, $75,000, to remain available until expended; in all, $175,000. 1st sess., p. 131. Mar. 3, 1917. Public, No. 378.] District of Co pariations. Half from District revenues. CHAP. 160.—An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other pruposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives lumbia appro- of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That one half of the following sums, respectively, is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in full for the following expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, namely: Anacostia Riv er Flats. Continuing reclamation. Vol. 38, p. 549. Purchase of lands authorized with. cluded. ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS For continuing the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District line, to be expended for the purposes and under the conditions specified in the item for this improvement contained in the "District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen," $300,000. In connection with the said reclamation and developin connection ment of the river and flats, the Secretary of War is authorized to acquire, for and on behalf of the United States, by purchase or by condemnation, for highway and park Territory in purposes, the fee simple and absolute title to all lands required for said objects and not now owned by the United States, in and along the Anacostia River from the Anacostia Bridge to the center line of East Capitol Street, embraced within the area lying between the lines, one on each side of the river, following approximately the contour of ten feet elevation above the plane of mean low water at the United States navy yard; and the Secretary of War is further authorized to acquire for the United States, by purchase or by condemnation, for highway and park purposes, in connection with the said reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats, the fee simple and absolute title to all lands required for said objects and not now owned by the United States, in and along the Anacostia River in the section Use of appropriations for con demnation damages, etc. thereof running from the center line of East Capitol Street Proviso. Vol. 34, p. 151. Adjustment of lands, etc., with Philadelphia, Baltimore and Release by railroad. By United The Secretary of War is authorized to effect an adjustment of boundaries and an exchange of lands in the District of Columbia with the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, in accordance with the plat road. or drawing on file in the office of the Chief of Engineers and designated E. D. 12968-531, whereby on the left bank of the Anacostia River said railroad company shall release, quitclaim, and convey to the United States the certain lands along the Anacostia River riverward of the line shown on said plat and needed for the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats, and the United States shall release and quitclaim to said railroad company any right, title, interest, or claim in or to certain lands shoreward of said line, as shown on said plat, and will permit the extension of said company's right of way to include the triangle of land two hundred and sixty-two and ten one-hundredths feet on the hypothenuse lying at the junction of the railroad bridge and the original shore line of said river, as shown on said plat, and whereby, on the right bank of the Anacostia River, the United States shall permit the rights of way rights of way. of the said railroad company for its entrance into the city of Washington to be consolidated, between the bulkhead of the railroad bridge at the Anacostia River Consolidation of and the south line of L Street south, into one right of way of equal top width, according to the lines of said plat, and the United States and the said railroad company shall reciprocally release, quitclaim, and convey to each other the portions of square south of ten hundred and eighty, so called, and the accretions to the same lying respectively northward and southward of the division line shown on said plat, and the said railroad company shall release, quitclaim, and confirm to the United States, the title to all land along and adjacent to the Anacostia River from the bulkhead of the present railroad bridge to Fifteenth Street east, exterior to the portion of square south of ten hundred and eighty to be released to said railroad company as shown on said plat, together with all appurtenances and riparian rights, privileges, and advantages and subject only to the consolidated right of way as hereinbefore stated and delineated on said plat. And the Secretary of War is further authorized and directed on behalf of the United States to make, execute, and deliver and to accept from said railroad company such deeds of conveyance or quitclaim or other assurances of title, as in the opinion of the Attorney General may be necessary or appropriate to effect such adjustment of boundaries and exchange of lands: Provided, That all expenses of recording such deeds and other expenses incidental to the execution of such exchanges shall be borne by the said railroad company: Provided further, That upon the effectuation of the adjustment of boundaries and exchange of lands herein provided for, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to close that portion of L Street south lying between Water Street and the Commodore Barney Circle, and to permit the use and occupation of the same by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company in connection with the consolidated right of way authorized by this Act. March 3, 1917. [H. R. 19300.] [Public, No. 379.] Vol. 39, p. 1047. and consular appropriations. CHAP. 161. An Act Making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Diplomatic That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: |