Legal basis and required recommendations
- Executive Order No. 177 was issued upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
- Executive Order No. 177 required recommendation of the Secretary of Finance.
- Executive Order No. 177 required the provincial board of Zambales.
- The annexation action was taken pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Purpose and grounds for annexation
- Executive Order No. 177 responds to a petition for the annexation of the barrio of Balaybay from Subic to Castillejos.
- Executive Order No. 177 rests on findings that Balaybay is much nearer to the poblacion of Castillejos than to the poblacion of Subic.
- Executive Order No. 177 rests on findings that Balaybay is more conveniently accessible from Castillejos than from Subic.
- Executive Order No. 177 rests on findings that the great majority of its inhabitants who participated in the plebiscite favored the proposed annexation.
Segregation and annexation of Balaybay
- The barrio of Balaybay is segregated from the municipality of Subic, Province of Zambales.
- The barrio of Balaybay is annexed to the municipality of Castillejos, same province.
- Executive Order No. 177 orders a corresponding territorial adjustment reflecting the segregation and annexation.
Territorial results for Subic and Castillejos
- The municipality of Castillejos must consist of its present territory plus the territory comprised in the barrio of Balaybay.
- The municipality of Subic must consist of its present territory minus the territory comprised in the barrio of Balaybay.
Effective date of the municipal boundary change
- The changes ordered by Executive Order No. 177 take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.