Creation of Maria Aurora and General Nakar

The order is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
The order is issued pursuant to section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.

The order provides for the creation of independent municipalities named Maria Aurora and General Nakar.
The order establishes the territorial boundaries of the new municipalities by reference to lines, rivers, and existing provincial or municipal boundaries.

Maria Aurora is created as an independent municipality composed of designated barrios previously belonging to the municipality of Baler, Quezon Province.
General Nakar is created as an independent municipality composed of designated barrios previously belonging to the municipality of Infanta, Quezon Province.
The order establishes that Baler and Infanta retain their present territories except for the portions included in the newly created municipalities.

Maria Aurora is organized from these barrios of the municipality of Baler, Quezon: San Jose, Dibucao, Kadayakan, San Joaquin, Diaat, Bazal, Baobo, Diome, Suguit Dialatnan, Dekeldet, Detaelin, Bangko, Cabitucolan, and Demonpudso.
General Nakar is organized from these barrios of the municipality of Infanta, Quezon: Anoling, Banglos, Batangan, Magsikap, Maligaya, Minahan, Katablingan, and Pamplona.
The order provides that the territories of Baler and Infanta are their present territories minus the respective portions included in Maria Aurora and General Nakar.

The municipality of Maria Aurora has its seat of government at the barrio of San Jose.
The municipality of General Nakar has its seat of government at the barrio of Pamplona.
Maria Aurora and General Nakar each begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and a majority of the councilors.

Maria Aurora is bounded on the east by a line running generally north to south that separates it from the municipality of Baler for the barrios comprised in Maria Aurora.
Maria Aurora is bounded on the south by a straight west-to-east line coinciding with North Latitude 15A 40'.
Maria Aurora is bounded on the west and northwest by the present boundary separating the province of Quezon from the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya.

General Nakar is bounded on the south by the Agos River from its mouth on the Pacific coast upstream to its southwestern source near the boundary between Quezon and Rizal, plus a straight imaginary line running westward to its intersection with the Quezon–Rizal boundary.
General Nakar is bounded on the east by the limits of the municipal waters General Nakar shall have pursuant to section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
General Nakar is bounded on the west by the present boundary separating Quezon from the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan.
General Nakar is bounded on the north by the present boundary between Baler and Infanta.

The order is signed by Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines.
The order is signed by Teodoro Evangelista, Executive Secretary, “By the President.”
The order is executed in the City of Manila on July 21, 1949, in the year of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.