Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 371)
Executive Order No. 371 is an order issued on January 13, 1960, creating the Municipality of Linamon in the Province of Lanao del Norte.
The barrios and sitios of Linamon, Magoong, Samburon, Larapan, Purakan, Robocon, Napo, Busque, Tangkal, Tilapas, Tinaeg-Manok, Hinatogan, and Tingintingin, all originally part of the municipality of Kauswagan, were segregated to form the Municipality of Linamon.
The creation of the Municipality of Linamon was pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code and upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Lanao del Norte.
The seat of government shall be at the barrio of Linamon.
The boundaries begin from the mouth of the Linamon River on Iligan Bay, westward along the seashore to the mouth of Larapan River, then upstream the Larapan River, eastward along a straight line passing through M.B.M. Nos. 3 and 4 to the west bank of Agus River, then downstream Agus River to its junction with Linamon River, and downstream Linamon River to its mouth on Iligan Bay.
It comes into existence 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 the municipality is financially capable of complying with the Minimum Wage Law and providing essential municipal services.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that the municipality is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law, providing all statutory obligations, ordinary essential services of a regular municipality, and that the mother municipality (Kauswagan) can still maintain its government and services after segregation.
The municipality of Kauswagan shall retain its present territory minus the portions that became part of the Municipality of Linamon, as delimited in the boundaries described in the Executive Order.
The Executive Order was signed by President Carlos P. Garcia and by Enrique C. Quema, Assistant Executive Secretary.
The creation was pursuant to section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.