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ACT NO. 2722
ACT NO. 2722 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE
FOR THE RESERVATION OF CERTAIN LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ON THE ISLAND
OF SULU, THE USUFRUCT THEREOF TO BE GRANTED TO THE SULTAN OF SULU AND
HIS HEIRS
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Be it
enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized
and empowered to reserve lands pertaining to the public domain within
the Sulu Archipelago, Department of Mindanao and Sulu, not to exceed,
in all, four thousand and ninety-six hectares, and grant the usufruct
thereof to Hadji Mohamad Jamalul Kiram, Sultan of Sulu, and his direct
heirs Datu Rajamuda Muhallil Wasit, Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandau, and
Putli Tarhata Atik.
Sec. 2. This grant is made subject to the
condition that the lands so reserved shall be administered by the
government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu and the persons
mentioned in section one of this Act shall merely receive the proceeds
and revenues derived from said lands.
Sec. 3. The lands reserved as above stated shall
not be subject to taxation; and the rights thereto shall not be
alienated, transferred or encumbered to any other person, and the title
thereto shall at all times be vested in the Government of the
Philippine Islands.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on the date of
the Proclamation of the Governor-General announcing its approval by the
President of the United States.
Approved: May 16, 1917
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