Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and pursuant to the. provisions of section ,68 of the Revised Administrative Code, the barrios of Nanhaya, San Roque, San Francisco, San Benito, Masapang, San Felix, Daniw, and Bancabanca, all of the municipality of Pila, Province of Laguna, are hereby segregated from the said municipality and organized into an independent municipality, under the name of Victoria, with the seat of government at the barrio of Nanhaya and San Roque, subject to the condition that this municipality shall assume its proportionate part of the loan obligation of Pila to the National Government, which may be outstanding as of the date of the organization.

The municipality of Pila shall have its present territory, minus the barrios of Nanhaya, San Roque, San Francisco, San Benito, Masapang, San Felix, Daniw, and Bancabanca.

The municipality of Victoria, as herein organized, shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof, but in no case earlier than November 15, 1949.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.


By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary