QuestionsQuestions (DOE DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 2002-03-002, MARCH 19, 2002)
It was issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
It created the municipality of Midsalip in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.
The barangays came from the municipalities of Ramon Magsaysay and Dumingag, both in Zamboanga del Sur.
They are: Midsalip, Guma, Bakahan, Guinabot, Kamaron, Lumpanid, Lumangoy, Dumalinao, Boloran, Sawa, Sominot, Balobohan, Balonai, Timbaboy, Ganipay, Matalang, Sigapod, Duilic, Pawan, Dakayakan, and Pisompongan.
Pili, Cabaloran, Ecuan, Golictop, Guitalos, Licoro-an.
The seat of government shall be at the barrio of Midsalip.
It provided a technical description beginning from a starting point defined by latitude and longitude, then specified directional movements (west, north along the provincial boundary, east, and south back to the starting point) using particular coordinate points.
Point 1 is at the intersection of latitude 7A58' and longitude 123A23'. Point 2 is where it intersects longitude 123A10' after going due west.
It must begin 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 it is financially capable of statutory obligations and essential services, and that the mother municipalities can still maintain their own municipal governments and obligations.
Their present territories would be reduced by excluding the portions included in the territory of Midsalip as delimited in the executive order.
A Technical Description prepared by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Zamboanga del Sur based on the map of the proposed municipality of Midsalip, Scale 1:50,000, on file in the same office.
It was done in the City of Manila on September 4, 1964, signed by President Diosdado Macapagal.
Calixto O. Zaldivar.