EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 72

: Executive Order No. 72, issued on July 30, 1947, organized the municipal districts of Sudipen, San Gabriel, and Pugo into regular municipalities.
: Sudipen, San Gabriel, and Pugo are located in the Province of La Union.
: The authority stems from the provisions of Act No. 3386.
: They were organized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 57 of the Revised Administrative Code.
: Before the issuance of EO No. 72, La Union had fourteen municipalities, which increased to seventeen after the order.
: Section 38 of the Revised Administrative Code enumerates the municipalities of the Province of La Union, which were initially fourteen before being increased to seventeen by EO No. 72.
: The Executive Order No. 72 took effect immediately upon its signing on July 30, 1947.
: President Manuel Roxas was the incumbent when EO No. 72 was signed.
: Emilio Abello, as the Chief of the Executive Office, signed under the President's authority.
: Organizing municipal districts into regular municipalities grants them full administrative and political powers as regular municipalities under Philippine local government laws.