QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 64)
It organizes the municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan in the Province of Davao into independent municipalities named Malita and Pantukan, with their seats of government in the respective barrios.
It was issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The six municipalities of the Province of Davao are increased to eight by organizing Malita and Pantukan as independent municipalities.
Hon. Romualdo Quimpo, Assemblyman from the Province of Davao, and the Secretary of the Interior.
The independent municipalities created are Malita and Pantukan.
In the barrio of Malita.
In the barrio of Pantukan.
Malita, Lais, Talaguton, Lawa, Lawayon, Kalian, Lacaron, Tubalon, and Basiauan.
Kingking, Pantukan, Cuambog, Tangnanan, Pindasan, Matiao, Bongbong, and Magnaga.
On January 1, 1937.
It defines territory by enumerating the barrios included in each municipality.
It implies they existed as municipal districts, which were then elevated/organized into independent municipalities.
President Manuel L. Quezon signed as President; Elpidio Quirino signed as Secretary of the Interior.
It shows the Executive Order’s authority to create/organize local government units was grounded in the statutory administrative framework then in force.
It is an executive issuance; in this context, it exercises delegated authority to create new local government units by organizing municipal districts into municipalities.