[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 225, January 02, 1957 ]
TERMINATING THE COLLECTION OF TOLLS ON THE TOLL BRIDGES LISTED HEREUNDER.
It having been certified to this Office that the proceeds from the increased taxes accruing to the Highway Special Fund, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 1435, is sufficient to liquidate all the outstanding obligations on the toll bridges listed hereunder and upon recommendation of the Board on Toll Bridges and the Commissioner of the Budget and pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Act No. 3500, as amended, it is hereby ordered that the collection of tolls on the said bridges be discontinued and that the same be opened free to traffic:
Toll Bridges Province 1. Taguibu Agusan 2. Quijao-an Agusan 3. Basud Albay 4. Hamtik Antique 5. Quezon (Inabanga) Bohol 6. Dummun Cagayan 7. Pared Cagayan 8. Labo Camarines Norte 9. Aklan Capiz 10. Mambusao Capiz 11. Ibajay Capiz 12. Tambac Capiz 13. Pagalu gan (Roxas) Cotabato 14. Guinabasan Cebu 15. Ising-Tuganany Davao 16. Tagum Davao 17. Badoc Ilocos Norte 18. Ba as Ilocos Norte 19. Bolo Ilocos Norte 20. Gilbert Ilocos Norte 21. Bacarra Ilocos Norte 22. Bucong Ilocos Sur 23. Parsua Ilocos Sur 24. Miagao Iloilo 25. Culasi Iloilo 26. Siwaragan Iloilo 27. Embarcadero (Barotac Viejo) Iloilo 28. Ulian Iloilo 29. Suagus Iloilo 30. Balasig Isabela 31. Agus Lanao 32. Tubod Lanao 33. Ibulao Mt. Province 34. Pagba ganan Leyte 35. Balete Mindoro Or. 36. Longos Mindoro Or. 37. Tipolo (Langaran) Misamis Occ. 38. Tagaloan Misamis Or. 39. Hanoban Negros Occ. 40. Nahalin Negros Occ. 41. Canaway Negros Or. 42. La Libertad Negros Or. 43. Siaton Negros Or. 44.Talaptap Negros Or. 45. Omanod Negros Or. 46. Tibyawan Negros Or. 47. Ilog-Baliuag Nueva Ecija 48. Lamut-Bagabag Nueva Vizcaya 49. Magat (Bagabag) Nueva Vizcaya 50. Magat (Batu) Nueva Vizcaya 51. Arayat Pampanga 52. Tambacan Pangasinan 53. Quipot Quezon 54. Marikina Rizal 55. Taguig Rizal 56. Antiao Samar
The outstanding obligations on said bridges for construction cost and interest in accordance with law, should be liquidated from the proceeds of increased taxes indicated hereinabove.
This Order shall take effect on February 1, 1957.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.
(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary