Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 64)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 64 is to organize the municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan in the Province of Davao into independent municipalities named Malita and Pantukan.
The municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan in the Province of Davao were affected, increasing the municipalities in the province from six to eight.
The issuance is pursuant to the provisions of Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The organization took effect on January 1, 1937.
The seat of government for the municipality of Malita is the barrio of Malita, and for Pantukan, it is the barrio of Pantukan.
The municipality of Malita consists of the barrios of Malita, Lais, Talaguton, Lawa, Lawayon, Kalian, Lacaron, Tubalon, and Basiauan.
The municipality of Pantukan consists of the barrios of Kingking, Pantukan, Cuambog, Tangnanan, Pindasan, Matiao, Bongbong, and Magnaga.
Honorable Romualdo Quimpo, Assemblyman from the Province of Davao, and the Secretary of the Interior recommended it.
The order was signed by President Manuel L. Quezon and by Elpidio Quirino, Secretary of the Interior.
It increased the number of municipalities in the Province of Davao from six to eight by creating two new independent municipalities from existing municipal districts.