QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 248)
Executive Order No. 248 (July 25, 1949) creates the Municipality of San Jose in the Province of Samar.
In the Province of Samar.
The seat of government is at the barrio of Carangian.
By specific boundaries using imaginary lines and existing boundary lines, based on data from the 1939 Census Atlas and a rough sketch map.
An imaginary line is drawn to place within San Jose jurisdiction Gilbert Island, Cabaogon Islands, Pangilala Island, and other adjacent islands.
By a straight imaginary line starting from the northern coast, running southerly through Km. post 162 on the Bobon-Lavezares road, and continuing until it intersects the present San Antonio-Bobon boundary at a point exactly west of the center of the barrio of Santander (Municipality of Bobon).
The present San Antonio-Bobon boundary.
The present Lavezares-Bobon boundary.
The Municipality of Bobon shall have its present territory minus the portion included in the Municipality of San Jose.
Carangian (seat of government), Rosario, Jamoog, Buenavista, Giratag, Aguadahan, Salhag, Tubigdanao, and Bag-ong Sabang.
Upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
It indicates the municipal government’s corporate existence is triggered only after the required local officials are appointed and have qualified (i.e., take office per legal requirements), not merely upon the EO’s signing.
They are used to define precise jurisdictional limits where boundaries are not described by existing landmarks; legally, they ensure the territorial extent of the municipality is determinable for governance and administrative purposes.
It states the description is based on data in the 1939 Census Atlas of the Philippines and a rough sketch map submitted by petitioners; these references help establish intended boundaries if disputes arise.