Creation of Barobo Municipality, Surigao del Sur

Executive Order No. 407 creates an independent municipality by segregating specified barrios and sitios from the municipality of Lianga, province of Surigao del Sur.
The executive order operates under Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, which authorizes segregation and organization of municipalities from existing ones.
The new municipality is organized to be known as the municipality of Barobo with the seat of government at the barrio of Barobo.

Executive Order No. 407 segregates the following barrios and sitios from the municipality of Lianga, Surigao del Sur: Barobo, Wacat, San Vicente, Amaga, Bahi, Canbagang, Javier, Yaco, Dapdap, Kinayan, Rizal, Gamut, and CabacoAgan.
The segregation includes these named communities to form an independent municipality in the same province: Surigao del Sur.
The municipality of Lianga retains its present territory minus the portions included in the newly created municipality of Barobo.

Executive Order No. 407 defines Barobo’s boundaries through a technical land and boundary description beginning at the mouth of Pagbutuanan Cave at sitio Wacat marked Point aAa.
The boundary proceeds due west in a straight line to an intersection at the provincial boundary of Surigao del Sur and Agusan, marked Point aBa.
From Point aBa, it follows the provincial boundary of Surigao del Sur and Agusan in a southerly direction to the intersection with the provincial boundary and the municipal boundary of Lianga and Hinatuan, marked Point aCa.
It then follows the municipal boundary of Lianga and Hinatuan in an easterly direction to barrio CabaeoAgan, marked Point aDa.
It then follows the boundary of the marine waters that Barobo shall have pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code, and returns to the mouth of Pagbutuanan Cave at sitio Wacat marked Point aAa.
The boundary description is based on a sketch plan or map prepared by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Surigao, on file in the issuing office, at Scale: 1:50,000.

Executive Order No. 407 provides that Barobo begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
The executive order also requires certification by the Secretary of Finance that Barobo is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.
The certification must show that Barobo can provide all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
The certification must further show that the mother municipality of Lianga, after segregation, can still maintain its municipal government creditably, meet all statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.

Executive Order No. 407 was signed by CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines.
The executive order was countersigned by NATALIO P. CASTILLO, Executive Secretary.
The document states it was done in the City of Manila on October 24, 1960, and references the fifteenth year of Philippine Independence.