QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11550)
Act No. 341 amends Act No. 183 by fixing new boundaries for the City of Manila, i.e., redefining the city’s limits through a detailed metes-and-bounds description in Section 1.
It amended Act No. 183 (“An Act to incorporate the city of Manila”). Specifically, Section 2 of Act No. 183 was amended to prescribe new city boundaries.
It formally establishes the exact geographical limits of Manila for legal and administrative purposes, using bearings and distances tied to points marked by monuments and named natural features.
It uses the channels of the San Juan River and Pasig River, and the shoreline of Manila Bay at low-water mark. It also references Estero Matantubig, Estero Gallina, and Estero San Antonio.
They are specific reference points in the boundary survey, some marked by monuments and others defined as points in the center of river channels (e.g., '6a')—used to connect the boundary segments.
The boundary either (a) runs in the center of the river channel for specified bearings/distances or (b) follows the channel of the Pasig River “in the general direction” for a stated measurement.
It requires following the shore line of Manila Bay at low-water mark, then drawing a line eastward back to the point of beginning.
Gagalangin (suburb) is merged into the district of Tondo, while the municipality of Santa Ana becomes a new district of the City of Manila.
It changes a key number in Section 65 by striking “eleven” and inserting “twelve,” and it expands the secretary’s support by requiring the municipality to furnish temporary assistants in emergencies.
The municipal secretary benefits, because the law requires the municipality to furnish the secretary temporary assistants as he may need in cases of emergency.
It states that their term ends with the passage of Act No. 341; that is, when the Act takes effect/passes, the terms for the Santa Ana municipal officers and temporary officers for Gagalangin end.
All are to be delivered to the Municipal Board of the City of Manila and become the property of the City of Manila, which disposes of them under the city charter.
It includes money in the treasury, all property of every kind, debts or rights of action or other assets, and all books/papers/bills—i.e., both liabilities/claims and documentary records.
It declares that the public good requires speedy enactment and that passage is expedited pursuant to Section 2 of a specified act on the Commission’s order of procedure.
It takes effect on its passage.
It specifically amends provisions of the existing city charter (Act No. 183) by (1) revising boundaries, (2) restructuring districts, and (3) adjusting administrative/organizational rules, demonstrating charter amendment through a direct legislative instrument.