[ Act No. 3136, March 06, 1924 ]
AN ACT FIXING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF ANTIQUE AND ILOILO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
SECTION 1. The Bureau of Lands is hereby directed to proceed immediately to establish and mark the boundary between the Provinces of Antique and Iloilo, for which purpose it shall strictly follow the boundary as existing on the official map of the Spanish Government or, in default thereof, any other official map prior to the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, of the island known as Island of Panay.
SEC. 2. Upon compliance with the provisions of the preceding section, all that portion of the island lying south of the points marked by the monuments, stakes, or other permanent location marks then placed by said Bureau, towards the province known as Antique, shall be automatically awarded to the Province of Antique; and the part lying north of the line marked by said monument and stakes, where the territory of the Province of Iloilo is situated, shall belong to the Province of Iloilo. Thence forward, each of said provinces shall, for all legal effects, exercise control and jurisdiction over the part awarded to it as result of said survey and monumentation.
SEC. 3. All expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, shall be assessed and paid in equal shares out of the funds of the provinces concerned, the provincial boards of which are hereby authorized and obliged to appropriate out of their general funds the sum of five hundred pesos or such sum as may be necessary.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 6, 1924.
SECTION 1. The Bureau of Lands is hereby directed to proceed immediately to establish and mark the boundary between the Provinces of Antique and Iloilo, for which purpose it shall strictly follow the boundary as existing on the official map of the Spanish Government or, in default thereof, any other official map prior to the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, of the island known as Island of Panay.
SEC. 2. Upon compliance with the provisions of the preceding section, all that portion of the island lying south of the points marked by the monuments, stakes, or other permanent location marks then placed by said Bureau, towards the province known as Antique, shall be automatically awarded to the Province of Antique; and the part lying north of the line marked by said monument and stakes, where the territory of the Province of Iloilo is situated, shall belong to the Province of Iloilo. Thence forward, each of said provinces shall, for all legal effects, exercise control and jurisdiction over the part awarded to it as result of said survey and monumentation.
SEC. 3. All expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, shall be assessed and paid in equal shares out of the funds of the provinces concerned, the provincial boards of which are hereby authorized and obliged to appropriate out of their general funds the sum of five hundred pesos or such sum as may be necessary.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 6, 1924.