QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 289)
The municipality was created pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
Santa Ana was created from a portion of the municipality of Gonzaga, province of Cagayan.
It specified that Santa Ana consists of the northeastern portion of Gonzaga, described by limits of municipal waters on the north, east, and west (under Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code), and bounded on the south by the Bawa River up to a point at Ca1051 B. F., then by a straight line running southeasterly to Maloncon Island on the Pacific side.
Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The Bawa River, from the Bawa River to a point designated as Ca1051 B. F., after which the boundary continued via a straight line to Maloncon Island.
The boundary after Ca1051 B. F. was stated to run southeasterly to Maloncon Island on the Pacific side.
San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Palauig, Diora (as the seat of government), Racat, Casamba-langan, Alutan, Boundary (Bawa), Casagan, Batu, Marede, Kapanikian, and Lazam-Dungeg.
Diora.
Gonzaga was left with its present territory minus the portion included in the municipality of Santa Ana.
It was to begin to exist on January 1, 1950.
It states that on the north, east, and west, the boundaries are the limits of the municipal waters that Santa Ana shall have pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The President signed as Elpidio Quirino (President of the Philippines), with Teodoro Evangelista as Executive Secretary (By the President).
It is an administrative act of creating a new independent municipality by reorganizing a portion of an existing municipality (Gonzaga) into a separate LGU (Santa Ana).
It implies that Santa Ana was to operate as an independent municipality separate from Gonzaga, with its own municipal government.
It identifies the specific constituent political subdivisions (barrios) included within the new municipality of Santa Ana, which is necessary for determining governance coverage and jurisdiction.