Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 38)
The main subject of Executive Order No. 38 is the merging of the municipal district of Lumbia in the province of Misamis Oriental with the municipality of Opol and the City of Cagayan de Oro.
The area of the municipal district of Lumbia lying west of the Iponan River was merged with the municipality of Opol.
The area of the municipal district of Lumbia lying east of the Iponan River was merged with the City of Cagayan de Oro.
The Order took effect immediately upon its issuance on May 26, 1954.
President Ramon Magsaysay signed Executive Order No. 38.
Fred Ruiz Castro signed the Executive Order as Executive Secretary.
The merging changed the jurisdictional boundaries such that parts of the municipal district of Lumbia were dissolved and incorporated into the municipality of Opol and the City of Cagayan de Oro respectively.
Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code provides the legal authority or framework for reorganizing local government units such as merging municipal districts.
Republic Act No. 521, being the Charter of the City of Cagayan de Oro, provides the basis for including the eastern part of Lumbia municipal district into the city.