Legal authority and basis for creation
- Executive Order No. 136 is issued pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- Executive Order No. 136 authorizes the organization of specified barrios and sitios into an independent municipality through presidential action under Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Policy, purpose, and governing intent
- Executive Order No. 136 reorganizes existing local units by forming an independent municipality named Roxas from designated barrios and sitios of the municipality of Gamu, Isabela.
- Executive Order No. 136 places the seat of government of the new municipality at the barrio of Vira.
Who is covered and what units are affected
- Executive Order No. 136 covers the following barrios of the municipality of Gamu, Province of Isabela: Vira, Callang, Holy Friday, Lanteng, Sandiat, San Jose, Baramban, Basilio, CaraAugan, Lucban, Masigon, and Pisang.
- Executive Order No. 136 covers the following sitios of the municipality of Gamu, Province of Isabela: Babanuang, Eden, Imbiao, MuAos, Settlement (P. No. 2), Anao, Bical, Bulilising, Cabaritan, Cabazigan, Caratucut, Malalinta, Mararigui, San Antonio, Santa Cruz, and Simimbaan.
- Executive Order No. 136 removes from the municipality of Gamu the portion corresponding to the territory described for the new municipality of Roxas.
Roxas municipality: territory and boundaries
- Executive Order No. 136 establishes that the municipality of Roxas consists of the territory included within defined boundaries starting from MBM No. 27 at a concrete monument in Imbiao measuring .25 m. x .25 m.
- The boundary description proceeds through specifically identified points using stated azimuths and distances, including markers such as wooden pegs and wooden stakes with specified diameters (e.g., .15 m. in dia.).
- The boundary description follows natural features, including the Siffu River and Masigon Creek, and intersects boundary lines involving the Gamu and Isabela Estate (Friar Lands) area and the boundary with the sub-province of Ifugao.
- The boundary is described to return to the point of origin at MBM No. 27, with the municipality’s external lines tying to established municipal boundary segments of Gamu, including segments involving Ilagan.
Notes on boundary-line references
- The boundaries identified in the description are stated to run along established boundary lines of the municipality of Gamu for multiple segments.
- The boundary segments 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-MBM No. 27 are stated to be portions of boundaries involving Gamu, Isabela Estate (Friar Lands), the sub-province of Ifugao, and Ilagan, as applicable.
- The boundary segments MBM No. 27-1-2-3 are stated to constitute the boundary lines between the municipality of Roxas and the mother municipality.
- The boundary points 1, 2, and 3 are described as wooden pegs properly tied to reference points by azimuths and distances.
Seat of government and effectivity
- Executive Order No. 136 fixes the seat of government of the municipality of Roxas at the barrio of Vira.
- Executive Order No. 136 provides that the organization takes effect on July 1, 1948.
- The municipality of Gamu is defined as having territory of its present area minus the portion included in the territorial description for Roxas.
Issuance and signing
- The Executive Order is signed by ELPIDIO QUIRINO, President of the Philippines.
- EMILIO ABELLO, Executive Secretary, signs “By the President.”
- The instrument is executed in the City of Manila on May 05, 1948, in the second year of Philippine Independence.