Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 258)
Executive Order No. 258 dated August 30, 1949 is the law creating the municipality of Sinacaban in the Province of Misamis Occidental.
The municipality of Sinacaban was created pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The southern portion of the municipality of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, was taken to form the municipality of Sinacaban.
Sinacaban is bounded on the north by a line from the center of the lighthouse on Tabo-o point to the bank of Palilan River branch and onwards, on the west by the Misamis Occidental-Zamboanga boundary, on the south by the present Jimenez-Tudela boundary, and on the east by the limits of the municipal waters pursuant to section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The municipality of Sinacaban contains the barrios of Sinacaban, Sinonoc, Libertad, the southern portion of the barrio of Macabayao, and the sitios of Tipan, Katipunan, Estrella, Flores, Senior, Adorable, San Isidro, Cagayanon, Kamanse, Kulupan, and Libertad Alto.
The municipality of Sinacaban shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof.
The municipality of Sinacaban shall assume payment of a proportionate share of the loan of the municipality of Jimenez with the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation as may be outstanding on the date of its organization, with the proportion to be determined by the Department of Finance.
The Secretary of the Interior recommended the creation of the municipality of Sinacaban.
Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code describes the limits of municipal waters relevant to the municipality of Sinacaban.