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Rh Congress shall, within the shortest possible time, enact the complementary law regulating the foundation and functioning of these co-operatives.

1. Congress shall proceed, in a period of 3 sessions from the promulgation of this Constitution, to enact the laws and provisions necessary for the formation of a national property census, the exact measurement of the national territory, and the effecting of the complementary topographic studies.

2. The nation shall distribute the lands owned by it, which it does not need for its own purposes, in an equitable and proportional manner, based on the status of father or head of a family, and giving preference to the one who is directly working the land under any title.

In no case can the nation give to a single family lands which have a value in excess of $2,000, or an area greater than two caballerias (about 66 acres).

3. Eviction suits brought against the possessors, under a precarious title, of rural properties on which not less than 25 families live, are suspended during 2 years from the publication of this Constitution, at whatever stage they have reached.

Eviction suits filed against the occupants of rural properties who hold them under contracts of lease or share cropping, provided the property does not exceed 5 caballerias (about 167 acres) in area and the suit was filed prior to the promulgation of this Constitution, are likewise suspended for that period of 2 years, at whatever stage they have reached.

During said period of 2 years, Congress shall enact a law regulating lease and share-cropping contracts.

. The provisions of article 97 of this Constitution shall be effective from the first general election held following its promulgation.

1. Within the 3 sessions that immediately follow the promulgation of this Constitution, the laws necessary for the establishment of the administrative career shall be approved and placed in force, adjusting them to the norms contained