Legal authority and referenced action
- Proclamation No. 772 is issued by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, acting under powers vested by law.
- Proclamation No. 772 is issued upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
- Proclamation No. 772 specifically amends Proclamation No. 483 dated October 28, 1968, which previously reserved the land for children’s park and playground purposes.
- Proclamation No. 772 grants ownership of the described parcel to the City Government of Tagum, subject to private rights, if any.
Purpose and governing intent
- Proclamation No. 772 changes the disposition of a specific parcel previously reserved for children’s park and playground purposes.
- Proclamation No. 772 provides that ownership is granted in favor of the City Government of Tagum for the intended public-purpose use.
- Proclamation No. 772 requires respect for private rights, if any there be affecting the parcel.
Land description and covered property
- Proclamation No. 772 covers LOT 1330, CAD 276 (Lot 1330, Cad 276, Tagum Cadastre) located in Poblacion, Tagum City, Province of Davao del Norte, Island of Mindanao.
- Proclamation No. 772 identifies the boundaries as follows:
- NE., along line 10-11 by Lot 485;
- SE., along line 11-12 by Lot 396;
- along line 12-1 Lot 397, all of Cad-276;
- SW., along line 1-2-3 by Municipal Road; and
- NW., along lines 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 by Lot 485, Cad-276.
- Proclamation No. 772 sets the parcel’s metes and bounds and establishes starting and reference details:
- Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, S. 32 deg. 14’ E., 399.21 m. from BLLM No. 2, Cad-276, Tagum Cadastre.
- Survey dates stated as April 1935 to May 1938 by Geodetic Engineer P. Nicdao.
- Proclamation No. 772 states the area as Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Eight (13,848) square meters, more or less.
Ownership grant and limitation on disposition
- Proclamation No. 772 grants ownership of the described parcel to the City Government of Tagum.
- Proclamation No. 772 applies the grant subject to private rights, if any there be, over the parcel.
- Proclamation No. 772 declares the tract reserved/granted for governance under a strict alienability restriction:
- The tract is non-alienable.
- The tract is not subject to occupation, entry, sale, lease or any mode of disposition.
- Proclamation No. 772 makes the restriction effective until the parcel is again declared by proclamation of the President.
Signature and attestation
- Proclamation No. 772 is signed by GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO as President.
- Proclamation No. 772 is countersigned by EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary.
- Proclamation No. 772 provides for the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
- Proclamation No. 772 is done in the City of Manila on January 28, 2005.