Creation of Municipality of Don Carlos, Bukidnon

Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code authorizes the segregation and creation of the municipality.
The new municipality is formed by segregating specified barrios and adjacent barrios and sitios from the municipality of Maramag, all in Bukidnon.
The creation is tied to legislative approval: the proposal in House Bill No. 9010 was approved by the House of Representatives.

Executive Order No. 161 directs the reorganization of local government by segregating defined territorial units from Maramag and organizing them into an independent municipality.
The order is implemented with a governance and financing safeguard to ensure the new municipality can meet statutory obligations and ordinary essential services.

The municipality of Don Carlos is created in the Province of Bukidnon.
The following barrios of the municipality of Maramag are segregated and organized into Don Carlos: Don Carlos Sur, Don Carlos Norte, Sinangguyan, Minsalagan, Kibatang, Manlamnay, San Isidro, San Nicolas, Bershiba, Bocboc, San Francisco, Calaocalao, Kiara, Kalubihon, Old Nongnongan.
Other adjacent barrios and sitios of Maramag are included within the segregation and organization.
The seat of government of the municipality of Don Carlos is at the barrio of Don Carlos Sur.
The municipality of Maramag retains its territory minus the portions included in the municipality of Don Carlos, as delimited by the order’s boundary description.

The municipality of Don Carlos is delimited by a technical boundary description anchored on specified points and river and highway landmarks.
The boundary description starts from point 1 at the junction of Pulangui and Maramag rivers with coordinates longitude 125A-2'-00" E and latitude 7A-42'-00" N more or less.
The description proceeds by following the Maramag river upstream, moving due west to the east side of Sayre Highway, then continuing with due west segments toward and across river banks, including Mulita river and Kidangguin river, and passing through terrain landmarks including the peak of Rauban Hill.
The boundary continues through the center of Mulita river, reaches the junction of Kitaotao creek and Mulita river identified as M.B.M. No. 1 of Pls. #112, then follows Kitaotao creek upstream to the Sayre Highway at M.B.M. No. 3 of Pls. #112.
The boundary returns by following the center of Pulangui river upstream back to point 1, containing an entire area of 18,450 hectares, more or less.
The boundary coordinates and limits are based on a plan and technical description: the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Bukidnon furnished the technical description and prepared the sketch plan or map of the proposed municipality of Don Carlos, Scale: 1:50,000, on file in the issuing office.

Don Carlos begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
Don Carlos also begins to exist upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable to provide:
- all statutory obligations, and
- all ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
The Secretary of Finance’s certification must further confirm that the mother municipality of Maramag, after segregation, can:
- maintain its municipal government creditably,
- meet all statutory and contractual obligations, and
- provide essential municipal services.

The President who signed Executive Order No. 161 is Diosdado Macapagal.
The order is countersigned by Juan S. Cancio, Acting Assistant Executive Secretary.
The order is dated 17th day of August in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and it was done in the City of Manila.