QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 64)
Executive Order No. 64 titled “Organizing the Municipal Districts of Malita and Pantukan, Province of Davao, into Independent Municipalities under the Names of Malita and Pantukan…” Its purpose is to convert the municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan into independent municipalities.
The Executive Order states it was upon the recommendation of Hon. Romualdo Quimpo, Assemblyman from the Province of Davao, and the Honorable Secretary of the Interior.
It increased the six municipalities in the Province of Davao to eight by organizing the municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan into independent municipalities.
They are the municipalities of Malita and Pantukan.
The seat of government for Malita is in the barrio of Malita, and for Pantukan is in the barrio of Pantukan.
Malita shall consist of the barrios of Malita, Lais, Talaguton, Lawa, Lawayon, Kalian, Lacaron, Tubalon, and Basiauan.
Pantukan shall consist of the barrios of Kingking, Pantukan, Cuambog, Tangnanan, Pindasan, Matiao, Bongbong, and Magnaga.
It takes effect on January 1, 1937.
It implies that the creation or alteration of local government units (municipal districts to municipalities) must be done according to statutory authority, specifically Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
By expressly listing the barrios comprising each municipality (Malita: nine named barrios; Pantukan: eight named barrios).
Because it fixes the legal boundaries and jurisdictional territory of each municipality for governance, administration, and the exercise of local authority.
The President of the Philippines signed it: Manuel L. Quezon (President). By the President, Elpidio Quirino signed as Secretary of the Interior.
It converts municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan into independent municipalities, meaning they become separate local government units with their own municipal status.
EO 64 would control the municipality’s territorial composition effective January 1, 1937, by assigning those barrios to the jurisdiction of the newly organized municipality as enumerated.
It identifies where the administrative center or governing seat will be located within each municipality, affecting where municipal officials and administrative functions are based.
That EO 64 (Nov. 13, 1936) issued under Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code organized the municipal districts of Malita and Pantukan into independent municipalities in Davao, with government seats in the barrios of Malita and Pantukan, enumerated the barrios included in each, and took effect January 1, 1937.