Pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code, that portion of the Naval Base at Subic Bay, in the province of Zambales, known as the Community of Olongapo, and particularly described hereunder, which has been turned over to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America, is hereby constituted into an independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Olongapo.

The Municipality of Olongapo shall have the following boundaries:

Beginning at a point of MLLW of the southern bank of the Matain River where it enters Subic Bay at 0339/4360;

(1)

thence following a northeasterly direction to a point on the eastern bank of the Matain River at MLLW at 0445/4380;

(2)

thence following in an easterly direction along the southern line of the Philippine National Highway No. 7 to a point 0550/4375;

(3)

thence following in a southeast direction for approximately 1800 feet along the southeast line of the Philippine National Highway No. 7, relocated (said relocation to be parallel to and 500 feet northeast of the existing highway through the Maquinaya Beach Recreation area to a point of intersection with the west bank of the Maquinaya River);

(4)

thence down the west bank of the Maquinaya River to a point on the southern line of Philippine National Highway No. 7 at 0580/4325;

(5)

thence along the West bank of the Maquinaya River to the seaward most point of the west bank at 0585/4315;

(6)

thence following a southerly direction along the MLLW to the westerly most promontory north of the Olongapo Cemetery at a point 0565/4140;

(7)

thence along the seaward line of Philippine National Highway No. 7 to a point on the western bank of the Kalakan River and the northerly line of Philippine National Highway No. 7 at 0610/4100;

(8)

thence following in a southeasterly direction across the Kalakan River on the northerly line of Philippine National Highway No. 7 to a point on the east Bank of the Kalakan River at 0615/ 4095;

(9)

thence following in a northeasterly direction along the eastern bank of the Kalakan River to a point 0635/4125;

(10)

thence following in a southeasterly direction along the north bank of the drainage canal in a straight line to a point on Manila Avenue, Community of Olongapo at point 0700/4100;

(11)

thence following in an easterly direction along the north bank of the drainage canal to a point on the Saluysoy River at point 0820/4100;

(12)

thence following in a northeasterly direction along the western bank of the drainage canal to a point at 0815/4232;

(13)

thence due east to the toe of the slope at the 50 contour, thence in a northerly direction along the 50 feet contour to a point at 0870/4320;

(14)

thence easterly to the southern line of Philippine National Highway No. 7; 1495/4310;

(15)

thence N. 40 00' W 1 km. 1435/4385;

(16)

thence N 21 0' E., 7597.07 meters to point Quadrant 3050;

(17)

thence N 73 44' W., 4945.33 meters to Mt. Bluff marked points 3000;

(18)

Due west 2529.81 meters

(19)

thence S 27 17' W., 9540.15 meters to point marked Triangular Stake;

(20)

thence following westerly direction, the intersection of Matain River 0450/4420;

(21)

thence following a westerly direction along the southern line of said Highway No. 7, to the point of beginning southerly line of Matain River, 0445/4380.

Containing an approximate area of eight thousand four hundred thirty six (8,436) Hectares more or less (by the use of plannimeter). (Reference used:

Sketch Plan of the Composite Map from 4 sheets of AMS Chart Series S 711 Nos. 3064 I, 3064 II, 3064 III, and 3064 IV, Naval Base, Subic Bay; (traced by Bureau of Lands from the Composite Map and Bureau of Forestry Map SP-125), as agreed upon by Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, Felixberto M. Serrano, and Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of the Philippines, Charles Bohlen, on September 27, 1959.)

The Municipality of Olongapo shall begin to exist upon the appointment by the President and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof who shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected in the next succeeding elections for local officials and qualified.

The municipality of Olongapo as herein organized shall comply with all the terms and conditions agreed upon between the Governments of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America in connection with the transfer of the Community of Olongapo in so far as they relate to the administration of the municipality of Olongapo. The said municipality shall be subrogated to all the rights and obligations arising from the terms and conditions of the agreement aforementioned: PROVIDED, That all contractual rights and obligations existing at the time of the transfer of territory shall not in any way be abridged, modified, or affected unless declared unconstitutional and/or illegal by competent authorities.

This order takes effect immediately.

Done in Quezon City, for the City of Manila, this 7th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.


By the President:
(SGD.) ENRIQUE C. QUEMA
Assistant Executive Secretary