QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 63)
The text is about Executive Order No. 63 (September 8, 1954). Its main purpose is to create the Municipality of Makilala by organizing a portion of the Municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, into an independent municipality.
It is issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Cotabato.
Its territory consists of that portion of the municipality of Kidapawan separated by a boundary line described in the order—starting from M.B.M. No. 3 on the Kidapawan-Malang boundary line (also on the Saguing River), following the river upstream to its source on Mount Apo, until it touches the Cotabato-Davao boundary line.
The Municipality of Kidapawan is affected; it retains its present territory minus the portion (barrios) included in the Municipality of Makilala.
Lamitan is designated as the seat of the municipal government.
Lamitan, San Vicente, Santa Catalina, Malasila, Indangan, Bulacanon, Mala-ang, Libertad, Saguing, Luna, Bulatucan, Kisante, Garsica, and Junction.
It begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable and that the mother municipality (Kidapawan) can still operate and meet obligations.
The certification must confirm that Makilala is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law, providing statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality, and that Kidapawan can still maintain municipal government, meet contractual/statutory obligations, and provide essential services after segregation.
Its recommendation is a prerequisite for the executive creation under the stated authority.
It requires that the Secretary of Finance certify that the new municipality (Makilala) is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.
The mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors must be appointed and qualified.
It traces from M.B.M. No. 3 on the Kidapawan-Malang boundary line (on the Saguing River), then follows the Saguing River upstream to its source on Mount Apo, and finally reaches the Cotabato-Davao boundary line.
Kidapawan must still be able to maintain creditably its municipal government, meet all contractual and statutory obligations, and provide essential municipal services after the barrios included in Makilala are segregated.
The boundary line description defines the portion of Kidapawan territorially, while the list of barrios specifies which local administrative units are included within the new municipality.