WHEREAS, there was pending before Congress House Bill No. 2460 seeking to transfer the barrio of Patin-ay in the Municipality of San Francisco, Province of Agusan del Sur, to the Municipality of Prosperidad preparatory to its conversion as the capital site of the province of Agusan del Sur; and

WHEREAS, public interest requires the early enactment of the bill into law to effect much-needed expansion of the capitol site;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby adopt and make as part of the law of the land H. B. No. 2460 transferring to, and making a part of the Municipality of Prosperidad, the Barrio of Patin-ay in the Municipality of San Francisco, Province of Agusan del Sur.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.