Scope and Primary Functions of the Board
- The Board is tasked with systematizing and coordinating rehabilitation, establishment, and improvement of lighthouses and other aids to navigation within the Philippines.
- It determines appropriate locations and types of navigational aids including lighthouses, buoys, and beacons.
- It has authority to approve or reject applications concerning the establishment or improvements of aids to navigation.
Standards and Operational Procedures
- The Board prescribes and recommends standards and orders governing the lights and other navigational aids.
- It prescribes and recommends operating procedures, including testing of lighthouse equipment and other navigational aids.
- It specifically addresses electronic aids to navigation, studying new electronic and similar devices and recommending their establishment and operational procedures.
Recommendations and Reporting Duties
- The Board is responsible for submitting recommendations to the Office of the President on general improvements to lighthouse services and aids to navigation.
- It prepares detailed proposals regarding the ways and means to implement the Board’s decisions and improvements.
Repeal of Conflicting Orders
- Executive Order No. 125 and all other orders or regulations conflicting with this Executive Order are explicitly revoked, ensuring the new organizational framework and directives take precedence.
Legal Authority and Implementation
- The reorganization is based on the powers vested in the President of the Philippines by law.
- The order is formalized and executed at the City of Baguio, demonstrating its official and binding status as of December 3, 1947.