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The United States is hereby given consent to acquire for naval, military, or other public purposes, through purchase, assignment, donation, exchange, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, any lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico belonging to individuals, partnerships, corporations, municipalities, or government agencies or dependencies, but jurisdiction over the said lands shall remain with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico except when same is granted to the United States in the manner hereinafter provided. History —June 10, 1955, No. 62, p. 224, § 1.