QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 352)
Executive Order No. 352 (June 27, 1941) converts the municipal district of Tagum, Province of Davao, into a municipality under the same name.
The text states that it was upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Finance.
The conversion took effect on July 1, 1941.
The temporary seat of government is at the barrio of Hijo.
It is the legal transformation of Tagum from an administrative municipal district into a fully recognized municipality with its own municipal government, effective on the date stated in the EO.
It provides boundary descriptions using specific geographical references (rivers, coastlines, and Bureau of Lands monuments) and bearings/coordinates (latitude and meridian lines) from a starting point back to the same point of beginning.
It begins at a Bureau of Lands municipal boundary monument near the north of Lasang River and ends by returning to the Bureau of Lands municipal boundary monument near the mouth of Lasang River, the point of beginning.
Major references include Lasang River, Maduao and Lasang Rivers junction area, Tagactac and Bunawan Rivers junction, Lapinigan River, and the Davao Gulf coastline.
The EO references the southern boundary lines of the municipal districts of Kapalong, Saug, and Compostela.
It uses meridians and latitudes, including meridian 125°33′ east of Greenwich, meridian 125°56′30″ east of Greenwich, and stated latitudes such as 7A 13′ north and 7A 28′20″ N. (as written in the document).
It consists of eight barrios.
BincoAgon, Hijo (Poblacion), Lasang, Madaum, Magugpo, Mawab, PagsabaAgon, and Tuganay.
It identifies Hijo as the poblacion (central seat/settlement area) and also provides that it serves as the temporary seat of government.
The EO is signed by Manuel L. Quezon as President of the Philippines, and by Jorge B. Vargas as Secretary to the President.
Their recommendations indicate that administrative changes affecting local government units required concurrence/approval or input from executive departments, consistent with the EO being issued based on statutory authority.