QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 111)
To organize a certain portion of the municipality of Tolong, Province of Oriental Negros, into an independent municipality named Santa Catalina.
Section 28 of the Revised Administrative Code.
They increased from twenty-five to twenty-six municipalities by segregating certain barrios from Tolong and organizing them as Santa Catalina.
The municipality of Tolong.
Tolong Viejo, Amio, Nagbalaye, Manalongon, Maloconan, and Maninijon.
Santa Catalina consisted of the six barrios: Tolong Viejo, Amio, Nagbalaye, Manalongon, Maloconan, and Maninijon.
Tolong retained its present territory minus the territory comprised in the municipality of Santa Catalina.
At the barrio of Tolong Viejo.
January 1, 1948.
It was signed by Manuel Roxas as President of the Philippines.
The EO was issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
It referenced that the twenty-five municipalities were established by Section 38 of the Revised Administrative Code and Executive Order No. 19 (Oct. 11, 1946), and then increased that number by creating Santa Catalina.
Administrative reorganization/local government creation through segregation of existing territorial units under statutory authority.
It sets the date from which Santa Catalina is legally recognized as an independent municipality and begins functioning under the EO.
Based on the EO’s explicit enumeration, only the listed barrios were included; any barrio not listed would remain with Tolong (unless later modified by another legal instrument).