Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 119)
Executive Order No. 119 dated October 1, 1964, is the order creating the municipality of Lantapan in the province of Bukidnon.
The municipality of Lantapan consists of the barrios of Bugcaon, Culasihan, Bantuanon, Lantapan, Balila, Baclayon, Alanib, Kaatuan, Songko, Victory, Kibangay, Basak, and Kibogtong and the territory west of Cabangahan Creek, westward along the highway towards and up to the present boundary of the municipalities of Malaybalay and Talakag.
The seat of government of the municipality of Lantapan is the barrio of Lantapan.
The municipality of Malaybalay shall retain its present territory minus the portions that are included in the territory of the municipality of Lantapan.
The municipality of Lantapan was created pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The creation of the municipality as proposed in House Bill No. 9011 was approved by the House of Representatives.
The municipality shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof and upon the certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable and that Malaybalay can still maintain its government and obligations after the segregation.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that Lantapan is financially capable of providing all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services, and that Malaybalay can maintain its municipal government, meet obligations, and provide essential services after the segregation.
The Executive Order was signed by Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines.
The Secretary of Finance must certify the financial capability of the new municipality and the mother municipality Malaybalay before Lantapan can officially exist.