The division of the lands acquired through assignment, conveyance, donation, purchase, or otherwise, in order to carry out the provisions of the [sic] Title VI, shall be made by the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico according to the topography of the land, the fertility of the soil, local conditions, and desirable norms to provide for the usufructuary’s family a reasonable standard of living. The size and value of each farm shall be determined on the basis of the needs existing in the zone wherein the program is to be put into practice. The lands now devoted to the Social Programs Administration of the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of Title VI shall be placed under the management of the Secretary of Agriculture with their present areas unchanged; it being understood that such area may be increased upon the consent of the usufructuary concerned, in keeping with the norms and principles herein provided for. History —Dec. 7, 1966, No. 5, p. 24, § 1.
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