P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 551
In order to promote the welfare and economic freedom of, and do social justice to, agregados, as they are defined in § 555 of this title, and in accordance with the Statement of Motives hereof, it is hereby declared that the purpose of this Title is that every agregado shall at least be entitled to hold the fourth part of a cuerda of land on which he may permanently erect his home.
The Authority shall investigate the most fitting places located alongside or near the Commonwealth and municipal roads already constructed for the traffic of rolling vehicles, or near population centers, second rural units and/or medical centers. The purpose of such investigation shall be to determine the places that can be divided into parcels of not less than one-fourth of a cuerda nor more than three cuerdas of land, to be distributed among those families of agregados, as said term is defined in this act, who may wish to own such parcels on which to erect their homes. Said lands shall be acquired by the Authority through condemnation proceedings in accordance with § 264 of this title, or by direct negotiations with the owners thereof.
History —Apr. 12, 1941, No. 26, p. 388, § 74; Nov. 20, 1942, No. 9, p. 30; May 14, 1943, No. 158, p. 516; June 9, 1948, No. 44, p. 126, § 2.