Legal basis and authority
- Executive Order No. 203 authorizes the organization of named barrios and sitios into a new independent municipality under the name of Manticao.
- Executive Order No. 203 is issued pursuant to section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The formation is carried out upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
Purpose and resulting municipal creation
- Executive Order No. 203 organizes the listed barrios and sitios of the municipality of Initao, Province of Misamis Oriental, into an independent municipality.
- The independent municipality is created under the name Manticao.
- Executive Order No. 203 sets the seat of government of the municipality of Manticao at the barrio of Manticao.
- Executive Order No. 203 provides that the municipality of Manticao begins legal existence through the appointment and qualification of its local chief executives and council.
Coverage: barrios and sitios included
- Executive Order No. 203 includes these barrios from the municipality of Initao, Misamis Oriental: Manticao, Talabaan, Mambaya, Punta Silum, and Lugait.
- Executive Order No. 203 includes these sitios from the municipality of Initao, Misamis Oriental: Taloca, Sambuyaan, Pagawan, Upper Malatong, Patag, Daan Manticao, Kalangahan, Mambuaya, Dimalosi, Olab, Taal, Talacogon, Macaw, Tigbao, Cabocabo, Zalimbal, Sisamon, Tamao, Laolao, Lagondogon, Ayaaya, Linabo, Padionga, Santo Nino, Paitan, and Kaloknayan.
Municipal boundaries and geographic definition
- Executive Order No. 203 defines the municipality of Manticao boundaries by geographic and boundary line rules starting from a point tied to Linangkayan Creek.
- The boundary begins from the mouth of Linangkayan Creek somewhere south west of the sitio bearing the same name, and then proceeds by an imaginary straight west to east line for approximately 7.1 Kms.
- From that point, the boundary runs due south along the west boundary of the municipal district of Lourdes until it intersects the present Misamis Oriental–Lanao provincial boundary.
- The boundary then proceeds northwestward following the Misamis Oriental–Lanao provincial boundary, passing through the Bureau of Lands monument at Km. 76.437 on the provincial road, near Zalimbal Point, until it touches the waters of Iligan Bay at high tide.
- The boundary thereafter follows the boundary of the municipal waters of Manticao, which the municipality shall have pursuant to section 2331 of the Revised Administrative Code, until it reaches the point of beginning.
When the municipality begins existence
- Executive Order No. 203 provides that the municipality of Manticao begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the municipal councilors.
- Executive Order No. 203 ties municipal start of legal existence directly to completion of those appointments and qualifications.
- Executive Order No. 203 thereby establishes the operational trigger for the municipality’s formation: appointment and qualification of local officials and the majority of the municipal councilors.