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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1237
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1237 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALUSAN IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL
SUR
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WHEREAS,
the primary goal of the State is to develop the entire country thru
socio-economic upliftment of the inhabitants especially in this period
of economic dislocation of our people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the primordialm of development can be best achieved by the
creation of local government units which could, through faster
administrative response, greatly contribute to the social, educational,
cultural and economic needs of the residents of the proposed
municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, subject locality, if created into an independent municipality
will redound and contribute greatly to the pacification drive to
restore normalcy in the area;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Talusan, Florida, Baganipay,
Mahayahay, Laparay, Sagay, Kawilan, Samonte, Kasigpitan, Bualan,
Bolingan, Aurora, Tuburan and Moalboal, all in the Municipality of
Mabuhay, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, are hereby detached and
separated therefrom to form and constitute into a distinct and separate
municipality which is created to be known as the Municipality of
Talusan without affecting in any manner the legal existence of the
mother Municipality of Mabuhay.
The new municipality shall be specifically bounded as follows:cralaw:red
"Beginning from point 1; intersection of Longitude 122º53'43" and
Latitude 7º19'47"; thence N 45º22'W with a distance of about
12,800 MTS. until it intersects at point 2; thence due west a distance
1,000 MTS. until it intersects and shoreline called point 3; thence
following the shoreline moving northernly and easternly a distance of
about 7,400 MTS. until it intersects at pt. 4; thence S 14º24'W
with a distance of about 3080 MTS. until it intersects point 5; thence
S 57ºW with a distance of 6,280 MTS. until it intersects at
creekline called point 6; thence following the creekline moving
easternly with a distance of about 3,200 MTS. until it intersects at
shoreline called point 7; thence following the shoreline moving
southernly and westernly with a distance of 2,840 MTS. back to point 1
of beginning."
The seat of the government of the newly created municipality shall be
in barangay Talusan.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereinafter applicable to regular
municipalities, shall be applicable to the Municipality of
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Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Mabuhay shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of Talusan until
the municipal officials of said municipality shall have been appointed
by the President. Such officials so appointed shall hold office until
their successors shall have been elected in the regular elections for
municipal officials following the issuance of this Decree and shall
have qualified, unless sooner removed at the pleasure of the President.
Such appointive officers and employees as may be necessary to organize
or to complete the government personnel of the Municipality of Talusan
shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Talusan in the obligations, funds, assets, and
other property of the Municipality of Mabuhay shall be transferred by
the President to the newly created Municipality upon the recommendation
of the Commission on Audit.
Section 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred
and Seventy-Seven.
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