Legal basis and predecessor municipalities
- Executive Order No. 185 is issued pursuant to Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
- Executive Order No. 185 refers to the third-one municipalities of the Province of Tayabas, as established by Section thirty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
- Executive Order No. 185 identifies prior related issuances affecting Tayabas municipalities: Executive Orders Numbered Two hundred and seven and Two hundred and eight (series of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine) and One hundred and fifty-two (dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight).
- Executive Order No. 185 authorizes the increase to thirty-two for the affected municipalities by means of segregation and reorganization.
What the order does: create Agdangan
- Executive Order No. 185 segregates the following barrios from the municipality of Unisan in the Province of Tayabas: Agdangan, Binagbag, Calutan, Dayap, Ibabang Kinagunau, Ilayang Kinagunan, Maligaya, and Sildura.
- Executive Order No. 185 organizes the segregated barrios into an independent municipality under the name Agdangan.
- Executive Order No. 185 sets the seat of government of Agdangan in the barrio of Agdangan.
- Executive Order No. 185 provides that the municipality of Unisan retains territory excluding the territory comprised in Agdangan.
Coverage: areas and municipal seats
- Executive Order No. 185 covers the municipality of Unisan in the Province of Tayabas.
- Executive Order No. 185 covers the creation of the municipality Agdangan through segregation of specified barrios from Unisan.
- Executive Order No. 185 locates the seat of government of Agdangan in the barrio of Agdangan.
- Executive Order No. 185 establishes that Unisan consists of its present territory minus the territory comprised in Agdangan.
Agdangan boundaries and metes
- Executive Order No. 185 establishes Agdangan’s boundaries through a continuous description beginning at point 1 and proceeding through points 1 to 114.
- Executive Order No. 185 states that the boundary description begins at point 1, identified as “M. B. M. No. 18, Padre Burgos cadastre, No. 84A” with a stated distance and bearing, then proceeds to subsequent points using bearings, distances, and lot references.
- Executive Order No. 185 incorporates land boundary points tied to cadastral references including M. B. M. and lot numbers in both Padre Burgos and Unisan cadastres, including B. B. M. references.
- Executive Order No. 185 provides that the boundary follows natural features for specified segments: it follows the Angalan River southward to point 112, then follows the shore line of Tayabas Bay westward to point 113, then follows the Kinagunan River to point 114.
- Executive Order No. 185 specifies that the boundary ends at point of beginning (point 114 to beginning) after following the Kinagunan River to B. B. M. No. 33, Burgos cadastre, and then returning by stated bearings and distances.
Effective date and transitional effect
- Executive Order No. 185 provides that the organization of Agdangan takes effect April 1, 1939.
- Executive Order No. 185 directs that the territorial change operates by segregating the identified barrios from Unisan and defining Agdangan’s territory by its boundary description.
- Executive Order No. 185 requires that Unisan’s territory is reduced by the territory comprised in Agdangan upon the organization’s effectivity.
Issuance character and implementation mechanism
- Executive Order No. 185 states it is issued upon recommendation of the provincial board of Tayabas.
- Executive Order No. 185 also identifies prior interagency coordination involving the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Finance.
- Executive Order No. 185 provides the organizational authority for municipal creation by segregation and reorganization into an independent municipality under the name Agdangan.