12. Validating an agreement between the Wellington City Council, the
 State Advances Corporation of New Zealand, and the Minister of Public
 Works in respect of certain land---Whereas certain land situated off
 Wilton Road, in the City of Wellington, and comprising approximately
 twenty-one acres, is vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of
 the City of Wellington for the purpose of workers' dwellings: And
 whereas the Wellington City Council, the State Advances Corporation of
 New Zealand, and the Minister of Public Works have agreed that the said
 land shall be acquired, subject to certain conditions, for housing
 purposes pursuant to the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, and
 section thirty-two of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1936: And whereas an
 agreement, a copy of which is deposited in the office of the Minister of
 Public Works under No. A 339, has been made between the aforesaid
 parties: And whereas it is desirable that all doubts as to the powers of
 the said parties to enter into the agreement be removed: Be it therefore
 enacted as follows:---

   The said agreement is hereby declared to be valid and binding in all
 respects, and shall have full force and effect according to the tenor
 thereof, and the parties thereto shall be deemed to have been duly
 empowered to enter into and execute the same, and to have had full power
 to do all things necessary to give full force and effect to the said
 agreement.