P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 341
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is authorized to enter into negotiations pursuant to former § 303 of this title, with the Puerto Rico Communications Authority for the operation and maintenance of the telephone system between San Juan and Ponce authorized by Act Mar. 14, 1907, p. 388, in conjunction with the said Authority’s own system. As a part of the stipulations for said contract and for the purpose of completing said construction, the Puerto Rico Communications Authority is authorized to transfer to the Government of Puerto Rico any telephone lines or equipment or other property now owned by it and to enter into an agreement or agreements for joint use of equipment by the said Authority and the Commonwealth Government. The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and the Puerto Rico Communications Authority are authorized and hereby directed to enter into such negotiations, contracts or agreements with the Puerto Rico Telephone Company or to take such other action as they may deem necessary to bring about interconnection of the Commonwealth Government’s long distance lines with the lines of said telephone company and to make all other interconnections in full compliance with § 18 of the Franchise No. 322, approved September 4, 1914.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any available monies not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), which amount shall be placed at the disposition of the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works for the purposes of this section.
History —May 15, 1945, No. 301, p. 1146, § 1.