Title
Creation of Anderson Municipality in Camarines Sur
Law
Executive Order No. 205
Decision Date
Mar 4, 1949
Executive Order No. 205 establishes the independent municipality of Anderson, comprising several barrios and sitios in Caramoan, Camarines Sur, with its government seat located in San Miguel.
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Questions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 205)

To organize certain barrios and sitios in the Municipality of Caramoan, Camarines Sur into an independent municipality under the name of Anderson.

Barrios: San Miguel, Harrison, Toytoy, Sumaoy, Binagasbasan and Denrica; Sitios: San Vicente, Cagamotan, Tamiawon, Lamit, and Pulon Daga; plus Malabungot islands, Lamit islands, Quinalanag island, and smaller nearby islands within Caramoan.

At the barrio of San Miguel.

It was pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.

It would take effect upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the municipal councilors.

From point Imad (~24 km NW of barrio Hibgos), a straight line to Lidong; then straight until intersecting the Cabinitan River; then upstream to a point 1 km upstream; then a straight line toward Saddle Peak; then NW to Mount Tiis; then NW until it intersects the Sipaco River near the Agricultural Colony boundary; then downstream to the mouth.

It follows the beach line until the depression near Denrica, then draws a straight line to a point near Mapid.

Cabinitan River, Sipaco River, Saddle Peak, Mount Tiis; also references to the beach line, depression near Denrica, and Mapid.

It includes the Malabungot islands, Lamit islands, Quinalanag island, and a number of smaller nearby islands.

Because executive orders creating municipalities reorganize political subdivisions by incorporating specific local units (barrios/municipal components and sitios) into a new municipal government structure.

President Elpidio Quirino signed; Teodoro Evangelista, Executive Secretary, signed “By the President.”

The mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the municipal councilors.

It indicates that Anderson was established as its own municipal political unit, separate from the Municipality of Caramoan, with its own local government officers and council.

Boundaries may become unclear due to natural changes (river course shifts) or unclear exact locations of peaks/depressions; it should be clarified using official surveys, maps, and interpretation of the EO’s reference points during boundary disputes.


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