QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 400)
Executive Order No. 400 (July 14, 1960), which creates the Municipality of San Miguel in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur by segregating specific barrios and sitios from the Municipality of Dinas.
Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
It recommended the creation of the new municipality, which the President acted upon pursuant to the cited legal provision.
They were segregated from the Municipality of Dinas, Province of Zamboanga del Sur.
Examples include San Miguel, Alanguilan, Bulawan, Batman, Dao-an, Bumali-an, Fatima, Guipos, Laperian, Mati, Limonan, Tapian, Taliga, Calubi, Bagong Oroquieta, Tulabug, and Tiguha.
The seat of government is at the barrio of San Miguel.
By a technical description beginning at Timulan Mountain, then stating a series of directions, bearings, distances, and latitudinal/longitudinal references that trace the perimeter.
It defines the exact territorial jurisdiction of the new municipality and clarifies what portion is removed from the mother municipality (Dinas).
The Municipality of Dinas shall have its present territory minus the portions included in the Municipality of San Miguel, as delimited.
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 and that the mother municipality can still maintain its government and obligations.
That San Miguel can implement the Minimum Wage Law and provide statutory obligations and essential services; and that Dinas, after segregation, can still maintain its municipal government, meet obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
Implementation of the Minimum Wage Law.
It establishes the municipal government structure necessary for the municipality’s legal and operational existence.
It ensures fiscal viability and that both the new municipality and the remaining mother municipality can sustain governance and essential services.
Carlos P. Garcia is the President; Natalio P. Castillo is the Executive Secretary.
It means certain territories (barrios/sitios) are removed from the mother municipality and reconstituted as a separate municipality with independent local government.