Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 217)
The Provincial Board of the Mountain Province and the Secretary of the Interior recommended the transfer.
Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code served as the legal basis for EO No. 217.
The capital was transferred from the municipal district of Kiangan.
The capital was transferred to the barrio of Lagawe, municipal district of Burnay.
The transfer took effect on August 15, 1949.
Elpidio Quirino signed as the President of the Philippines.
The date marks when the Executive Order was issued and specifies the year of Philippine independence (third).
The Executive Secretary, Teodoro Evangelista, attested the order by signing it.
Transferring the seat of government affects administration, governance, and local government operations by designating a new capital for official government functions.