Authority and legal basis
- The reorganization is issued upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Capiz and the Secretary of the Interior.
- The issuance is made pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The order recognizes that the number of municipalities in Capiz increases based on prior municipal establishment rules under the Revised Administrative Code framework.
- Executive Order No. 288 (series of 1930) is recognized as establishing the prior count and municipal framework referenced for Capiz.
Policy, intent, and petitioner impetus
- The order establishes that the inhabitants of the specified barrios of the municipality of Dao have petitioned for those barrios to be organized into an independent municipality.
- The order implements that petition by creating a new municipal government unit under the name Cuartero.
Creation of Cuartero municipality
- Executive Order No. 159 segregates the listed barrios from the municipality of Dao in the province of Capiz.
- The segregated barrios are organized into an independent municipality named Cuartero.
- The seat of government of the municipality of Cuartero is located in the barrio of Cuartero.
- The municipality of Cuartero is constituted by the territory comprised in the listed barrios: Cuartero, Agdajon, Angub, Bito-on, Bun-od, Carataya, Maindang, Malagab-i, Nagba, San Antonio, and Sinabsaban.
Territory and metes boundary description
- The municipality of Cuartero has its territory defined by a detailed metes-and-bounds description using B. B. M. and M. B. M. points and river/creek courses.
- The metes-and-bounds description begins at B. B. M. No. 26, follows specified courses and bearings, and ends at B. B. M. No. 26, point of beginning.
- The order ties multiple segments to the course of named natural features, including the Panay River, Maindang River, Sinabsaban Creek, Anangue Creek, Pangauitao Creek, Badbaran River, and Mapanang Creek, and Quinabuana Creek.
- The municipality is bounded as follows:
- North: by the remaining portion of Dao Cadastre and Pontevedra Cadastre
- East: by Pontevedra Cadastre
- South: by the municipality of Dumarao
- West: by the municipality of Dumalag
Effect on the municipality of Dao
- The municipality of Dao retains its existing territory minus the territory comprising the newly created municipality of Cuartero.
- The creation of Cuartero therefore reduces the territorial extent of Dao to account for the segregated barrios.
Date of issuance and signatures
- Executive Order No. 159 was signed in Manila on the 23rd day of August, 1938.
- The order is signed by Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines.
- The order is countersigned by Jorge B. Vargas, Secretary to the President.