QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 628)
Executive Order No. 628, dated October 14, 1953.
Acedillo, Calagundian, Culab-og, Erenas, Mauo, Palanit, San Juan, San Ramon, and Viriato.
The seat of government was at the barrio of Mauo.
Allen retained its present territory minus the portion comprised in the barrios included in Victoria.
It begins to exist upon (1) certification by the Provincial Treasurer of Samar or the Secretary of Finance that it can fully implement the Minimum Wage Law, and (2) the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
A certification that it can fully implement the Minimum Wage Law, plus the appointment and qualification of the key local officials (mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of councilors).
They must certify that the municipality will be in a position to fully implement the Minimum Wage Law.
It establishes a readiness requirement—Victoria must be certified capable of fully implementing the Minimum Wage Law before it can begin to exist.
The mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
Legal existence is conditional; Victoria begins to exist only after the required officials are appointed and have qualified, in addition to the Minimum Wage Law certification.
It specifies the official name and the administrative center where government functions are based (the seat at Mauo).
They came from the municipality of Allen in the province of Samar.
President Elpidio Quirino signed it; Marciano Roque, Acting Executive Secretary, signed “By the President.”
Municipal creation involved reorganizing specific barrios, adjusting existing municipal territory, and imposing conditions (financial/operational readiness such as Minimum Wage Law compliance, and placement of local officials) before the new unit legally exists.