QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2)
It was issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code and upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Samar and the Secretary of the Interior.
The municipality of Calbiga, Province of Samar.
The new independent municipality is Pinabacdao, with the seat of government in the barrio of Pinabacdao.
Pinabacdao, Bangon, Botoc, Calampong, Lale, Laygayon, Loctob, Mambog, Obayan, and Pahug.
It states that Pinabacdao shall consist of the barrios of Pinabacdao, Bangon, Botoc, Calampong, Lale, Laygayon, Loctob, Mambog, Obayan, and Pahug.
Calbiga’s territory is reduced by excluding the territories comprised in the listed barrios that were segregated to form Pinabacdao.
It shall take effect on July 16, 1946.
The province of Samar as established in Section 38 of the Revised Administrative Code had thirty-seven municipalities; the executive order increases them to thirty-eight by segregating certain barrios into Pinabacdao.
Their recommendation is required/considered: the order was issued upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Samar and the Secretary of the Interior.
The President exercises statutory authority under Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code to organize/separate political subdivisions into a new independent municipality.
It indicates an official change in the number of existing municipalities in Samar due to creation of a new municipality (Pinabacdao) through segregation.
It creates Pinabacdao by segregating barrios from the existing municipality of Calbiga and organizing those barrios into an independent municipality.
The President is Manuel Roxas, with Emilio Abello as Chief of the Executive Office signing “By the President.”
It uses “barrios” as the territorial units to be segregated and organized into the municipality of Pinabacdao.
It declares that the seat of government is in the barrio of Pinabacdao. This is essential for administrative organization and governance of the newly created municipality.
The text includes a likely typographical variation (e.g., “obayan/Obayan” and “Lagayon/Laygayon”). Students should treat such variations as likely transcription errors and rely on the consistent full listing and intent (barrios enumerated to form Pinabacdao) when construing operative provisions.