Legal authority and effective start
- Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code is the legal basis invoked for the creation of the municipality.
- The municipality of Oteiza begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
- Lianga is correspondingly adjusted by excluding the portion included in Oteiza.
Purpose and restructuring of local government
- The executive order organizes certain barrios and sitios of the Municipality of Lianga into an independent municipality under the name Oteiza.
- The municipal government seat of Oteiza is located in the barrio of Oteiza.
- The executive order defines Oteiza’s territorial boundaries and allocates specific barrios (and a seat) to the new municipality.
Geographic coverage and boundaries
- Oteiza comprises the northern part of Lianga and is bounded as follows.
- North: bounded by the present Lianga–Tago boundary.
- East: bounded by the limits of the marine waters that the municipality of Oteiza shall have under Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- South: separated from the municipality of Lianga by a boundary line running from the mouth of Gata Creek (somewhere west of Sitio Britania in Oteiza and northeast of Sitio Diatago in Lianga), then:
- upstream following the course of Gata Creek to its source; then
- running straight due west to its intersection with the Agusan–Surigao boundary.
- West: bounded by the Agusan–Surigao boundary.
Reference map for boundary description
- The boundary description uses a referenced map of the municipality of Lianga showing the proposed boundary line separating Oteiza from Lianga.
- The map is scaled at 1:125,000.
- The map is prepared by F. M. Juntilla, road foreman.
- The map is approved and submitted by District Engineer Bernardo L. Apostol on October 30, 1950.
Composition: barrios, seat, and transfer
- The municipality of Oteiza is organized to contain the following barrios:
- Oteiza (as the seat of the municipal government),
- Salvacion, which comprises Sitio Britania,
- Pt. Tangka,
- Santo NiAo,
- Antipolo,
- Marihatag,
- Santa Cruz, and
- San Isidro.
- The Municipality of Lianga retains its present territory minus the portion included in the Municipality of Oteiza.
Practical establishment of municipal officials
- Oteiza is established through the appointment and qualification of local officials.
- The mayor must be appointed and must qualify for Oteiza to begin to exist.
- The vice mayor must be appointed and must qualify for Oteiza to begin to exist.
- Oteiza begins to exist upon the qualification of a majority of the councilors.