Creation of Olongapo as an independent municipality
- A specified portion of the Naval Base at Subic Bay, known as the Community of Olongapo, is constituted as an independent municipality.
- The portion covered is that which has been turned over to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America.
- The municipality is to be known as the Municipality of Olongapo.
- The municipality is organized to comply with the governing transfer terms relevant to municipal administration.
Legal basis and transfer subrogation
- The Municipality of Olongapo must comply with all terms and conditions agreed between the Governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America relating to the administration of the municipality of Olongapo.
- The municipality is subrogated to all rights and obligations arising from those transfer terms and conditions.
- Contractual rights and obligations existing at the time of the transfer of territory are not abridged, modified, or affected unless declared unconstitutional and/or illegal by competent authorities.
Corporate existence and initial local officers
- The Municipality of Olongapo begins to exist upon the appointment by the President.
- The order requires the qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
- The appointed officials hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected in the next succeeding elections for local officials.
Municipal boundaries and area
- The Municipality of Olongapo has boundaries beginning at a point of MLLW on the southern bank of the Matain River where it enters Subic Bay at 0339/4360.
- The boundaries then follow the detailed directional line description along specific rivers, highway segments, drainage canals, contours, and named reference points, including Matain River, Philippine National Highway No. 7, Maquinaya Beach Recreation area (for a relocated highway segment), Maquinaya River, Olongapo Cemetery promontory point 0565/4140, Kalakan River, Manila Avenue, Community of Olongapo at 0700/4100, and drainage canal alignment segments and contour references.
- The boundary description uses fixed geographic and technical references including, among others: MLLW points (e.g., 0445/4380, 0580/4325, 0585/4315, 0610/4100, 0820/4100, 0815/4232), contour and toe-slope references at 50 contour, and specified points such as Quadrant 3050, Mt. Bluff marked points 3000, and Triangular Stake.
- The municipality contains an approximate area of eight thousand four hundred thirty six (8,436) Hectares more or less.
- The boundary reference used is a Sketch Plan of the Composite Map from 4 sheets of AMS Chart Series S 711 Nos. 3064 I, 3064 II, 3064 III, and 3064 IV (as traced by the Bureau of Lands and Bureau of Forestry Map SP-125), as agreed upon by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Felixberto M. Serrano) and the Ambassador of the United States (Charles Bohlen) on September 27, 1959.
Officers, signatures, and transmittal
- Carlos P. Garcia signs as President of the Philippines.
- Enrique C. Quema signs as Assistant Executive Secretary on behalf of the President.
- The order is done in Quezon City, for the City of Manila, on December 7, 1959, during the Independence of the Philippines era noted as the fourteenth.