The Secretary of Housing of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, assignment, gift, exchange, or in other lawful manner, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and for the purpose of carrying out and continuing the development of any of the programs entrusted to the Housing Development and Improvements Administration, the lands and any other necessary property and also to use said lands and property so acquired to carry out and enforce the ends and purposes for which the Housing Development and Improvements Administration was created.
History —Dec. 12, 1950, No. 2, p. 332, § 3.