QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 452)
Executive Order No. 452 (20 November 1961) creates the Municipality of Bayabas in the Province of Surigao del Sur, segregating specific barrios from the municipalities of Cagwait and Tago.
The territory of Bayabas was taken from the municipalities of Cagwait and Tago, both in Surigao del Sur.
From Cagwait: (1) Bayabas, (2) Panawsawon, and (3) Cabogo.
From Tago: La Paz.
The seat of government is at the barrio of Bayabas.
It provides a technical description using natural features and reference points (rivers, mountain ranges, sea shore), beginning and ending at specified markers marked aAa.
The boundaries reference the Laksoyan River, Somosomo River, Mt. PanongtoAgan, Hinay-hayan Mt. range, Mt. Mabaho, Mt. Taglaboyo, and the municipal marine waters boundary up to the point of beginning.
The description states that the technical description is based on a sketch plan/map prepared by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Surigao del Sur, on file in the Office.
Cagwait and Tago retain their present territories minus the portions included in Bayabas, as delimited by the executive order.
It begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and after certification by the Secretary of Finance that Bayabas is financially capable and that the mother municipalities can still sustain their governments and obligations.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that Bayabas can implement the Minimum Wage Law, meet statutory obligations, and provide essential services of a regular municipality.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that Cagwait and Tago, after losing the Bayabas territory, can still maintain creditably their municipal governments, meet statutory/contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
It must provide all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality (including the capacity to implement the Minimum Wage Law).
The executive order mentions that in the northerly direction, it follows the boundary of the marine waters which the municipality shall have pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Because municipal jurisdiction depends on territorial limits; the executive order’s delimited boundaries (rivers, mountains, sea boundary) identify the exact area of the new municipality and ensure proper segregation from mother municipalities.