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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1247
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1247 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN MARIANO IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO
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WHEREAS,
self-reliant communities are a most in line with the intensified
governmental development projects geared toward the hastening up of 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 barangays
comprising the Maragusan Valley with the conformity of the local
officials, to create the proposed municipality, so as to achieve a
closer supervision of the execution of the developmental programs of
the locality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the physical distance of the said Maragusan Valley from
Barangay Cuambog, which is the seat of the municipal government, plus
the lack adequate means of transportation and communication, are
factors not conducive to the attainment of the desired development of
said region;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the creation thereof will not only redound and contribute
greatly to the maintenance of peace and order but will also enhance the
pacification drive to restore normalcy in the area.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order as part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Maragusan, Mapawa, Bagong
Silang, New Albay and Tupaz, all in the Municipality of Mabini,
Province of Davao, 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 San Mariano without
affecting in any manner the legal existence of the Municipality of
Mabini. The seat of government of the newly created municipality shall
be in Barangay Maragusan.
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 San
Mariano.
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Mabini shall continue to perform their duties as
such officials in the newly created Municipality of San Mariano 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 San
Mariano 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 San Mariano in the
obligations, funds, assets and other property of the Municipality of
Mabini 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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-seven.
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