The property of public use in Puerto Rico and the towns thereof comprises the Commonwealth and local roads, the squares, streets, fountains and public waters, walks, and public works for general use, paid for by the said towns or from the Treasury of Puerto Rico.
All other property, possessed by either the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the municipalities thereof, is common property for the use of the general and municipal governments (bienes matrimoniales), and shall be governed by the provisions of this Code.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 256; Const., art. I, § 1, art. IX, § 4, eff. July 25, 1952.