QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 165)
The EO was issued pursuant to section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
The barrios of Jasaan, Danao, Kamatayan (or San Antonio), Bubuntugan, Solana, and Aplaya, all formerly part of the municipality of Balingasag, Oriental Misamis.
The municipality is named Jasaan, and its seat of government is at the barrio of Jasaan.
It took effect on September 1, 1948.
Balingasag would consist of its present territory minus the territory comprised in the municipality of Jasaan.
It used a line-by-line description beginning at a starting point (Punta Gorda) and then specifying bearings, distances, and reference to geographic features, including rivers, shoreline, and marine waters.
It begins at a point at Punta Gorda marked by an old Spanish monument made of adobe blocks and ends at Punta Gorda, the point of the beginning.
It runs due east until it intersects the center of Cabulig River (90 meters wide), then follows along the center of the river toward the sea in a southwestward direction to another boundary corner.
It states that the boundary of the marine waters which the municipality of Jasaan shall have shall be pursuant to section 2331 of the Revised Administrative Code.
No. It expressly states that bearings and distances are approximate.
The EO states that the Cabulig River intersection point is 11.8 kilometers away (from the starting point at Punta Gorda).
Balingasag, Claveria, Tagoloan, and the shoreline/marine boundary considerations.
It indicates that the creation of the municipality is done by presidential issuance in the form of an Executive Order, grounded on statutory authority in the Revised Administrative Code.
The President is Elpidio Quirino, and the Executive Secretary is Emilio Abello.
It refers to the act of creating the municipality as a local government unit, which then becomes operational effective on the specified date (September 1, 1948).
They provide identifiable physical reference points for determining territorial extent, which is necessary for jurisdiction, administration, and later land/territorial disputes.