WHEREAS,
self-reliant communities are a must if intensified governmental
development projects geared toward the economic and political progress
of the nation are to be achieved; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the realization of said development projects depends primarily
on the administration efficiency of each and every local government
unity;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has been the clamor of the residents of the island of
Limasawa, municipality of Padre Burgos, in the province of Southern
Leyte, to create the proposed municipality so as to stimulate its
faster development not only as a community but as a local government
unit; and
WHEREAS, all indications shows that the proposed municipality will
become a self-reliant community once created and intensified government
projects are implement to enhance its development.
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: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. All barangays and sitios in the island of
Limasawa in the Municipality of Padre Burgos, Province of Southern
Leyte, are hereby detached and separated therefrom to form and
constitute a distinct and independent municipality to be known as the
Municipality of Limasawa the seat of government of which shall be in
Barangay Triana: Provided, That this Decree shall not affect the legal
existence of the Municipality of Padre Burgos as such.
Section 2. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Padre Burgos shall continue to perform their
duties as such officials in the new Municipality of Limasawa until the
officials of the latter municipality shall have been appointed by the
President of the Philippines and shall have qualified: Provided, That
the officials so appointed shall hold office until their successors
shall have been elected in a regular election and duly qualified,
unless sooner removed by the President of the Philippines. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Such appointive officers and employees as
may be necessary to organize and complete the government of the
Municipality of Limasawa shall be appointed as provided for under
existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree the
proportionate share of the Municipality of Limasawa in the obligations,
funds, assets and other property of the Municipality of Padre Burgos
duly appertaining to the former shall be transferred to and be borne by
the Municipality of Limasawa, as determined by the Commission on Audit
and approve by the President of the Philippines. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, modified
or amended 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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