Title
Creation of Municipality of Monkayo
Law
Executive Order No. 65
Decision Date
Sep 14, 1954
Executive Order No. 65 establishes the Municipality of Monkayo in Davao, delineating its boundaries and ensuring the financial viability of both Monkayo and the remaining territory of Compostela.

Purpose and municipal creation

  • Executive Order No. 65 creates, within the Province of Davao, a municipality to be known as the Municipality of Monkayo.
  • The municipality is formed by segregating a portion of the Municipality of Compostela.
  • Executive Order No. 65 establishes that Monkayo is to be a regular municipality capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law and providing essential services.

Territorial boundaries and barangays

  • The Municipality of Monkayo consists of the portion of Compostela separated by the boundary line described in the order.
  • The boundary starts from M.B.M. No. 6 on the Saug-Compostela boundary line, running southeasterly through M.B.M. No. 7 near Barrio Bankerohan to M.B.M. No. 8 on the junction of the Agusan River and Mapaca River, somewhere south of the barrio of Pilan.
  • The boundary then runs northeasterly through M.B.M. Nos. 9 and 10 to M.B.M. No. 11 on the summit of Mt. Agtouganon on the Cateel-Compostela boundary line.
  • Executive Order No. 65 provides that the Municipality of Monkayo contains the following barrios: Monkayo (seat of the municipal government), MuAoz, Bayle, Haguimitan, Banglasang, Camungangan, Mamunga, Babag, Pilan, Libasan, Bankerohan, and Linoan.
  • Executive Order No. 65 provides that the Municipality of Compostela retains its present territory minus the portion included in the Municipality of Monkayo.

When the municipality begins to exist

  • The Municipality of Monkayo begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
  • The Municipality of Monkayo also begins to exist upon certification by the Secretary of Finance of financial capability to implement the Minimum Wage Law.
  • The Secretary of Finance must certify financial capability to provide all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
  • The certification must also show that the mother municipality of Compostela, after segregation, can still maintain its municipal government creditably, meet statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.

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