Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 3468)
The main purpose of Act No. 3468 is to authorize the Director of Lands to sell certain lots in the barrios of San Roque, Tinago, Tejero, and Panting in the City of Cebu to their original possessors, claimants, or successors in interest.
The 'original possessors and claimants' refer to those who appeared as respective claimants of the lots at the trial of the Cadastral Case No. 9, G.L.R. 0. No. 9465, in the Cadastral Court of Cebu.
The lots Covered are Nos. 158, 169, 183, 184-B (7457), 186-B (7461), 224, 563, 750-A (7573), 750-B (7574), and 71-B (7417) situated in the City and Province of Cebu.
They can purchase the lots at a price equal to the amount at which the lots were assessed for taxation purposes by the Government of the Philippine Islands in 1916.
They must exercise their right within one year from the approval of this Act.
The Director of Lands must publish a public notice once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Official Gazette in English and Spanish, and in a newspaper of general circulation in Cebu in the Visayan dialect.
The lot shall be sold to all the heirs pro indiviso, meaning they own the lot together, share and share alike.
No, lots already sold by the Insular Government and those that are part of the northern extension of the Cebu Wharf as described in Section 5 are excluded.
The Director of Lands is authorized to draw up and sign all necessary contracts and deeds on behalf of the Insular Government.
The Act took effect upon its approval on December 7, 1928.