QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 3)
To organize a certain portion of the municipality of San Jose, Province of Antique, into an independent municipality under the name of Hamtic.
It states that Hamtic shall consist of the portion of San Jose separated by specified boundary lines, described by reference to points, straight imaginary lines, and proximity/parallelism to provincial roads and existing boundaries.
It starts from a point on the south bank of the mouth of the Malandog River.
It is used for the description of the boundary lines; it serves as the referenced cartographic document for the territory’s legal demarcation.
Malandog, Piapi, Buhang, Budbudan, La Paz, Calala, Guintas, Lanag, Villavert-Jimenez, Asluman, Mapatag, Apdo, Fabrica, Bongbongan, Bandiangan, Linaban, and Hamtic.
The barrio of Hamtic is the seat of the municipal government.
San Jose shall have its present territory minus the portion included in the municipality of Hamtic.
Upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and upon certification that Hamtic is financially capable and that San Jose remains capable after segregation.
The certification must be made by the Secretary of Finance or the Provincial Treasurer of Antique.
It must be financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law and providing all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
After segregation, San Jose must still maintain its municipal government credibly, meet all statutory obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
That Hamtic will be a separate municipal local government unit with its own local chief executive (mayor), vice-mayor, and municipal council, once the conditions for its existence are met.
To ensure that governance structures (executive and legislative local officials) are already in place and qualified, so the municipality can function immediately upon legal effect.
It specifies (1) the legal authority, (2) the territorial boundaries via a detailed boundary description with a map reference, (3) the included barrios and seat of government, and (4) the conditions for effectivity—appointments/qualification and the financial capability certifications.