Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1510)
The main purpose of Act No. 961 is to reduce the twenty municipalities of the Province of Antique to eleven municipalities by redefining their territorial boundaries.
The twenty municipalities of the Province of Antique were reduced to eleven municipalities.
The new municipality of Laua-an consists of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Barbaza and Guijisan.
Municipal elections in newly created municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules in Act Numbered 730, as amended by Act Numbered 928.
All present municipal organizations in the new municipal territories are abolished, and all offices held under the old organization become vacant. The current officials cease to hold office once the new officials take the oath.
The municipality of Pandan will have its seat of government at the present municipality of Pandan after including territory from Sebaste north of a specified east and west line.
The supervisor-treasurer is tasked to run the dividing line between the present municipality of Sebaste as described in the Act and report the survey to the provincial board promptly.
The municipality of San Pedro is divided along the Sibalom River, with the right bank joined to Patnongon and the left bank joined to San Jose de Buenavista.
Yes, the municipalities of Tibiao, Bugasong, Valderrama, and San Remigio preserved their present boundaries.
The Act took effect upon its passage on October 23, 1903.