Authority, basis, and effectivity trigger
- The Executive Order is issued upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Sur.
- The municipality begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
- Existence also requires certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.
- The Secretary of Finance must also certify capacity to provide all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
- The certification further requires confirmation that the municipalities of Molave and Aurora, after the segregation of Tambulig’s territory, can still: (a) maintain their municipal governments, (b) meet statutory and contractual obligations, and (c) provide essential municipal services.
Composition of Tambulig’s territory
- Tambulig is organized from specific barrios and sitios transferred from Molave and Aurora, as enumerated in the Executive Order.
- From the Municipality of Molave, Tambulig consists of the following:
- Lower Calolot, Tambulig, Lodiong, Dimalinao, Libato, Pilocuban, Liason, Mayamaya, Tuloan, Bag-ong Tudela, Bogo-Kalabat, Alang-alang, Sibucang, Gabunon, Mansanas, Tinob, Bag-ong Kauswagan, Bag-ong Tabogon, Limama-an, and Dawa.
- From the Municipality of Aurora, Tambulig consists of the following:
- Tiparak, Tungawan, Kabgan, Lower Lingconan, Lower Usugan, Balocot, Sumalig Island.
- The Executive Order provides that Molave and Aurora retain their present territories minus the portions included in Tambulig as delimited.
Municipal boundaries and technical description
- Tambulig is defined by a boundary line beginning at Point 1 and proceeding through numbered points using geographic references and distance measures.
- The boundary begins at the intersection of Dipolo River and the National Highway at Dipolo Bridge (Point 1) to Point 2, by following Gabonan Creek and the National Highway in a northeasterly direction for 4,400 meters.
- The boundary then proceeds from Point 2 due north to the intersection of the provincial boundary line between Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte for 26,000 meters (to Point 3).
- From Point 3, it proceeds due east along the said provincial boundary until it intersects the provincial boundary line to Zamboanga del Sur and Misamis Occidental for 4,800 meters (to Point 4).
- From Point 4, it proceeds due south along the said provincial boundary until it intersects the National Highway for 29,400 meters (to Point 5).
- From Point 5, it goes to Point 6 on Pangil Bay in a southeasterly direction for 10,000 meters, then to Point 7 at the mouth of Dipolo River, following the shoreline for 12,000 meters.
- The boundary continues by following the course of Dipolo River for 24,000 meters back to Point 1 (with the technical description referring to Point 1.a in the description).
- The Executive Order treats the boundary’s technical description as furnished by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, based on a sketch map prepared and submitted by that office.
Territorial segregation effect on Molave and Aurora
- The creation of Tambulig results in segregation of the enumerated barrios and sitios from Molave and Aurora.
- The Executive Order expressly reduces the territories of Molave and Aurora by the portions included in Tambulig, while preserving the remainder as their present territories.
- The financial capacity certification requires assurance that Molave and Aurora, after segregation, can still maintain functioning municipal governments.
- The certification also requires assurance that Molave and Aurora can meet their statutory and contractual obligations and provide essential municipal services after segregation.
Date, form, and presidential action
- The Executive Order is signed by CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines.
- The Executive Order is countersigned by FORTUNATO DE LEON, Executive Secretary.
- It states it is done in the City of Manila on December 27, 1957.