QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 166)
It reserves a specified parcel of the public domain for settlement and development purposes under the administration and control of NARRA (National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration), subject to private rights, future classification, and survey, and other stated conditions.
Section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended.
NARRA (National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration).
No. The reservation is made “subject to private rights, if any there be.”
The portion affected by the public land subdivision project of the Bureau of Lands shall be excluded.
The Bureau of Forestry, consistent with the Forest Law and Regulations.
It states that the use and occupancy of the area indicated as timber land or forest reserve remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry.
The nature, boundaries, and land category of the reserved area may still be formally determined and confirmed later through classification and surveying procedures.
Approximately 16,440 hectares, more or less.
Guadalupe, Sta. Ines, San Luis, Prosperidad, Talacogon, and Borbon.
NE: Project No. 21-C, Project No. 40-B, and Project No. 12; SE: public land; S: public land and Project No. 1; SW: Project No. 1 and public forest; NW: public forest.
A point marked “I” on the sketch plan, which is also marked on the ground.
From point 1: N. 25A E., 12,000 meters to point 2; then N. 80A E., 12,000 meters to point 3; then S. 25A E., 12,000 meters to point 4.
The proclamation instructs to follow the Borbon–Talacogon trail in a general SW direction about 16,000 meters to the point of beginning.
Because it recognizes that even if land is reserved for settlement under NARRA, timber and forest resources and uses within forest-designated areas remain subject to forest laws and the Bureau of Forestry’s control.
It is signed by President Ramon Magsaysay, implying exercise of presidential authority to reserve public land under the cited statute (CA No. 141, Sec. 83).
It shows that the reservation is not absolute; compliance with the conditions (e.g., exclusion of certain subdivision-affected portions and retention of forest administration) is part of the legal effect and scope of the reservation.