Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 596)
Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code was cited as the basis for organizing the municipalities.
The municipality of Hagonoy comprises the northern part of the municipality of Padada, separated by a straight west-to-east line along latitude 6° 40' 30" north, containing the barrio of Hagonoy as the seat of municipal government and other barrios north of the line.
The municipality of Malalag includes the barrios of Malalag (seat of the municipal government), Bulacan, Bolton, Santa Maria, New Baclayon, and Sulop.
Dona Alicia consists of the eastern part of the municipality of Tagum and the northern part of the municipality of Pantukan with barrios Cuambog (seat of municipal government) and Pindasan.
They shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of their mayor, vice-mayor, and majority of councilors, and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance or Provincial Treasurer of Davao that they are financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.
Their territories are reduced by the portions that have been used to create the new municipalities of Hagonoy, Malalag, Dona Alicia, and Babak respectively.
The barrio of Babak serves as the seat of the municipal government for the municipality of Babak.
The boundaries are defined using geographical coordinates, census data from the Census Atlas of the Philippines (Vol. V, 1939 Census), and the Davao District Engineer's notes.
Certification by the Secretary of Finance or the Provincial Treasurer of Davao that the municipalities are financially capable of implementing the provisions of the Minimum Wage Law.