Authority and legal basis
- Executive Order No. 423 is issued under Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The President issues Executive Order No. 423, signed by Carlos P. Garcia as President.
- Executive Order No. 423 is submitted “By the President” with Natalio P. Castillo as Executive Secretary.
Creation of San Miguel municipality
- Executive Order No. 423 creates a municipality in the province of Bohol known as San Miguel.
- San Miguel is organized to consist of enumerated barrios taken from the municipalities of Trinidad and Ubay.
- The seat of government of San Miguel is placed at the barrio of Cambangay Sur.
- Executive Order No. 423 provides that the creation requires both personnel actions (appointment and qualification) and an assessment of fiscal capability.
Included barrios and parent municipalities
- From the municipality of Trinidad, San Miguel consists of the barrios:
- Cambangay Sur, Cambangay Norte, Bayongan, Bonbong, Bugang, Cagawasan, Capayas, Camanaga, Garcia, Mahayag, and Tomoc.
- From the municipality of Ubay, San Miguel consists of the barrios:
- Corazon and Magsaysay.
- Executive Order No. 423 requires that Trinidad and Ubay retain territories minus the portions included in San Miguel, based on the delimitation stated by the executive order.
Territory and boundary delimitation
- Executive Order No. 423 establishes the boundaries of San Miguel by referencing a starting point and then specifying a series of directional and distance segments.
- Executive Order No. 423 describes the boundary starting point as “a point marked 1 on plan,” which is “S. 5A 50' E. 5,517 meters from B.L.B.M. No. 1, barrio of Cambangay Sur.”
- Executive Order No. 423 sets a complete boundary traverse that ends “to the point of beginning” and confirms the total boundary description is based on a sketch plan and survey work on file.
- Executive Order No. 423 directs that the described boundaries are those as delimited above, and that the mother municipalities’ territories are reduced accordingly.
When San Miguel legally begins to exist
- San Miguel begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
- San Miguel begins to exist only after certification by the Secretary of Finance that the new municipality is financially capable of:
- implementing the provisions of the Minimum Wage Law; and
- providing all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
- The Secretary of Finance’s certification also requires findings that the parent municipalities (Trinidad and Ubay), after segregation, can:
- maintain creditably their respective municipal governments;
- meet all their statutory and contractual obligations; and
- provide essential municipal services.