Title
Creation of Mahaplag Municipality, Leyte
Law
Executive Order No. 308
Decision Date
Jul 21, 1958
Executive Order No. 308 establishes the independent municipality of Mahaplag in Leyte by segregating specific barrios from Abuyog, contingent upon the appointment of local officials and financial capability to fulfill municipal obligations.

Questions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 308)

It was issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.

Hilusig, Cuatro de Agusto, Liberacion, Himamara, Tagaytay, Hemaguimetan, Lower Mahaplag, Upper Mahaplag, Palanogan, Campin, Mabunga, Mahayag, Malinao, Union, Uigis, Mahayahay, Palahongon, and Pinamono-an.

The seat of government was at the barrio of Mahaplag.

Abuyog retained the same territory minus that comprised in the Municipality of Mahaplag.

It begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that statutory and financial requirements are met.

The mayor, the vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.

That Mahaplag is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law and of providing statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.

That after segregation, Abuyog can still maintain its municipal government, meet statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.

By requiring a Secretary of Finance certification that Mahaplag is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.

It refers to the everyday basic services that a regular municipality is expected to provide, as part of the statutory and financial capability assessment.

The mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, whose appointment and qualification trigger the municipality’s existence.

It formally establishes the legal name of the new local government unit created by segregation.

Segregation legally reconfigures local government territories and creates a new independent municipality, with the remaining territory assigned to the mother municipality.

It was done in the City of Manila on July 21, 1958.


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