WHEREAS,
the fundamental objective of the government is to hasten up the pace of
economic development throughout the country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the declared programs of the
government on development hinges primarily on the administrative
efficiency of each and every local government unit;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has been the clamor of the residents of the locality with
the conformity of the local officials thereat, to create a municipality
so as to achieve a closer supervision of the execution of the
developmental programs of 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Agnocnoc, Bunsoran, Ferrol,
Hinagoman, Tubigon and Claro M. Recto, all in the Municipality of
Odiongan, Province of Romblon, 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
Ferrol without effecting in any manner the legal existence of the
Municipality of Odiongan. The seat of government of the newly created
municipality shall be in Barangay Ferrol.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities shall be applicable to the new Municipality of
Ferrol. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Odiongan shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of Ferrol until the
municipal officials of the 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 election 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 Ferrol shall
be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of the new Municipality of Ferrol in the
obligations, fund, assets and other property of the Municipality of
Ferrol shall be transferred by the President to the newly created
Municipality upon the recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
Section 5. All laws or part 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 June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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