QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 4901)
Republic Act No. 4901, titled “An Act Creating the Municipality of Quirino in the Province of Isabela,” approved on June 17, 1967.
The law creates a municipality named “Quirino” in the Province of Isabela.
From the municipalities of Ilagan, Roxas, and Gamu, all in the Province of Isabela.
Sta. Lucia, San Mateo, Sto. Domingo, Santiago, Manaoag, Vintar, Dolores, and San Jose.
The barrio and sitio of Camaal.
Luna, Suerte, San Juan, Binarsang, Sta. Catalina, Cabaruan, and Sinait.
A site located between Barrio Santa Lucia in the Municipality of Ilagan and Barrio Luna in the Municipality of Gamu, both in Isabela.
It describes boundaries starting from the junction of the Mallig River and Cagayan River, then tracing along the Siffu River toward Roxas to a point about 5.50 kilometers from the national highway (Calao-Enrile Road), then due north to the Mallig River, eastward along Mallig River to the existing boundary line of Ilagan, Mallig, and Magsaysay, and then following existing boundary lines of Mallig and Ilagan and of Magsaysay and Tumauini back to the point of beginning.
It provides that Ilagan, Roxas, and Gamu retain their present territories minus the portions included in the territory of Quirino as delineated in Section 3.
Upon the election and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors of Quirino.
They shall be elected in the next local elections to be held after the approval of the Act, and thereafter under the regular election schedule.
The Act shall take effect upon its approval.
It legally defines exactly which communities are transferred from existing municipalities to form the new municipality, affecting political jurisdiction, governance, and administration.
They help establish territorial jurisdiction by using identifiable natural and geographic features, and existing boundary lines, to minimize ambiguity in the municipality’s extent.
It means the boundary follows the pre-existing demarcations among those municipalities; the law incorporates those lines as part of Quirino’s boundary.
Section 1 (for the barrios and sitios included) and Section 3 (for territorial boundaries) together, because Section 1 identifies included communities while Section 3 delineates the boundary lines.