Organizing Portion of San Jose into Hamtic

Executive Order No. 3 is issued under Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
The order is implemented through action by the President and issuance of corresponding administrative certifications by the proper financial authority.
The effective creation of Hamtic depends on satisfaction of both local officer appointments/qualifications and financial capability certifications.

Executive Order No. 3 establishes an independent municipal government for a defined portion of San Jose to form Hamtic.
The creation of the municipality is conditioned on financial capability to implement the Minimum Wage Law and to fund statutory obligations and ordinary essential services.

Executive Order No. 3 defines the boundary of Hamtic by reference to boundary lines described through specific connecting points and direction of lines.
The boundary of Hamtic runs:
- From a point on the south bank of the mouth of Malandog River, running northeasterly in a straight imaginary line to a point on the northeast side of the San Jose–Hamtic provincial road located ten meters west of the intersection of that northeast side with the northwest side of the Sibalom–Piapi–Malandog provincial road.
- Then by following approximately the same direction in an imaginary line parallel to, and ten meters distant from, the Sibalom–Piapi–Malandog provincial road until it touches the present boundary between San Jose and Hamtic.
The municipality of Hamtic contains the barrios:
- Malandog, Piapi, Buhang, Budbudan, La Paz, Calala, Guintas, Lanag, Villavert-Jimenez, Asluman, Mapatag, Apdo, Fabrica, Bongbongan, Bandiangan, Linaban, and Hamtic.
The barrios included in Hamtic are segregated from the Municipality of San Jose, reducing San Jose’s territory to its present territory minus the portion included in Hamtic.

The seat of the municipal government of Hamtic is placed in the barrio of Hamtic.

The municipality of Hamtic begins to exist upon completion of three conditions:
- Appointment and qualification of the mayor of Hamtic;
- Appointment and qualification of the vice-mayor of Hamtic;
- Appointment and qualification of a majority of the councilors of Hamtic.
The municipality of Hamtic also begins to exist upon certification by the proper finance authority that Hamtic is financially capable.
The required financial certification is issued by the Secretary of Finance or the Provincial Treasurer of Antique, confirming Hamtic’s financial capability to:
- Implement the Minimum Wage Law; and
- Provide for all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
The required certification further confirms that, after segregation of the Hamtic barrios, the mother municipality of San Jose can:
- Maintain its municipal government creditably;
- Meet all statutory obligations; and
- Provide for essential municipal services.

Executive Order No. 3 is January 05, 1954.
The order is executed in the City of Manila on January 5, 1954, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and in the eighth year of the Independence of the Philippines.
Ramon Magsaysay signs as President of the Philippines.
Fred Ruiz Castro signs as Executive Secretary “By the President.”

Executive Order No. 3 uses a boundary reference consisting of a sketch map: Sketch Map of the Municipality of San Jose prepared June, 1951 by Surveyman C. Q. Tumangday and approved by the District Engineer.
The sketch map reference is drawn to scale 1:75,000.
The sketch map is used as the mapping reference for the boundary description of Hamtic’s territory.