QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 414)
It excludes a specific parcel of land from the Baguio Townsite Reservation and opens it to disposition under Commonwealth Act No. 137 (as amended), subject to existing private rights and compensation of improvements.
The resolutions dated January 25, 1907 and August 30, 1916 establishing the Baguio Townsite Reservation.
Section 14 of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended (the Mining Act).
The area sought to be excluded is described as a buffer zone and appears to be highly mineralized.
It shall take effect only upon the concurrence of the Congress of the Philippines.
It is opened to disposition under the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended (the Mining Act).
It is subject to private rights, if any there be.
It provides for the compensation of existing improvements introduced thereon by public land applicants, if any.
It is situated in the City of Baguio, island of Luzon, with an area of 380.5725 hectares, more or less.
North: Baguio Townsite Reservation; East: Big Wedge Mining Co. and Philippine Syndicate; South: Baguio Townsite Reservation; West: Camp John Hay Military Reservation and Baguio Townsite Reservation.
It identifies the exact configuration and location of the parcel using directions, distances, and reference points marked on the ground.
It notes that point 1 is marked by a concrete monument (20 x 20 cm), the remaining points are stakes, bearings are true with variable declination, and the survey date is May 10 to 23, 1950.