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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1240
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1240 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOSEFINA IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL
SUR
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WHEREAS,
the fundamentalm of the government is to provide every possible
opportunity and facility to accelerate the pace of progress throughout
the country not only in the areas where economic development lagged out
but likewise in places where political reasons, among others,
constitute a stumbling block toward the realization of the ideals of
the New Society; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the necessity is felt, in order to maximize the efficacy of
law and order and to expedite optimum development in the proposed
municipality as same would enhance the progress and development of the
localities involved for, in this regard, government projects would be
subjected to closer attention of local officials;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the creation of the proposed municipality will redound and
contribute greatly to the maintenance of the peace and order and to the
pacification drive to restore normalcy in the area; and
WHEREAS, the proposed municipality will become a self-reliant community
once intensified government projects are made in line with the declared
policy of the government to uplift the socio-economic well-being of the
residents therein;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by the 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: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Barangays Bogo Calabat, Sebucang, Nopolan,
Lower Bag-ong Tudela, Leonardo, Gumahan, Mansanas, Nemenio, Moradje,
Dawa, Tagaytay Hill, Litapan and Ebarle, all in the Municipality of
Tambulig, Province of Zamboanga Del Sur, are hereby detached and
separated therefrom to form and constitute into a distinct and
independent municipality which is hereby created to be known as the
Municipality of Josefina without affecting in any manner the legal
existence of the mother Municipality of Tambulig. The new municipality
shall be specifically bounded as follows:cralaw:red
"Beginning at a point marked "1" the existing barrio hall of Bogo
Calabat, thence due south, 2,100 meters to point "2", thence due west,
3,000 meters to point "3", thence due north 19,200 meters to point "4";
(the intersection of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur
Provincial Boundary) thence due east following the common boundary of
Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte to a distance of 5,200 meters
until it intersects the provincial boundary of Misamis Occidental and
Zamboanga del Sur to point "5"; thence due south following the common
provincial boundary of Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur to a
distance of 17,200 meters to point "6"; thence due west 1,250 meters to
point "7"; thence due south 1,300 meters to point "8"; thence due west
1,000 meters to point "9"; (identical to point 2) thence due north
2,100 meters to point "1" the point of beginning."
The seat of the government of the newly created municipality shall be
in Barangay Gumahan. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities, shall be applicable to the Municipality of Josefina.
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Tambulig shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of Josefina 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 Josefina
shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Josefina in the obligations, funds, assets and
other property of the Municipality of Tambulig 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 order or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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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