Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 267)
The main purpose of Proclamation No. 267 (1) is to withdraw certain parcels of public domain land in the Municipality of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, from sale or settlement and reserve them for public uses such as municipal building, plaza, puericulture center, school, market site, and park under specific administrative authorities.
The reserved lands are under the administration of the Municipality of San Jose, Province of Occidental Mindoro, except for the school site which is under the administration of the Director of Public Schools.
The Municipality must reimburse the owner for the value of improvements introduced in good faith that could not be removed without destruction or causing damage to the land on Lot No. 3.
Seven parcels of land are reserved: municipal building site, municipal plaza site, puericulture center site, school site, market site, and park site, each designated for specific public uses.
The municipal building site is bounded on all sides by road, containing 12,889 square meters, with points marked and bearing details true as of surveys done between February 1 and September 4, 1950.
The land is withdrawn from sale or private settlement, reserved for public use, and subject to public administration with conditions to respect any private rights or improvements introduced in good faith.
The proclamation withdraws these parcels from sale or settlement, effectively prohibiting private acquisition and maintaining them for public purposes only.
The proclamation references plans, survey records, G.L.R.O. Record Numbers, and San Jose Townsite lot numbers (Ts-99) for all parcel descriptions.
The President exercises powers vested by law, specifically the authority to withdraw lands from private disposition and reserve them for public use upon recommendation by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.