Upon the recommendation of the Honorable, the Secretary of the Interior, and pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code, the municipal districts of Sindangan, Panganuran, Labangan, Dinas, Sibuko, Sirawai, Margosatubig,

Malangas, Kabasalan, and Ba gaan, Province of Zamboanga, are hereby organized into five independent municipalities as follows:

The municipality of Sindangan shall consist of the territory comprised in the present municipal districts of Sindangan and Panganuran, with the seat of government in the barrio of Sindangan;

The municipality of Pagadian shall consist of the territory composed in the present municipal districts of Labangan and Dinas, with the seat of government in the barrio of Pagadian;

The municipality of Siocon shall consist of the territory comprised in the present municipal districts of Sibuko and Sirawai, with the seat of government in the barrio of Siocon;

The municipal of Margosatubig shall consist of the territory comprissed in the present municipal district of Margosatubig and Malangas, with the seat of government in the barrio of Margosatubig;

The municipality of Kabasalan shall consist of the territory comprised in the present municipal districts of Kabasalan and Ba gaan, with the seat of government in the barrio of Kabasalan.

The reorganization herein made shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.

Done at the City of Manila, this twenty-third day of December, in the year of the Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.


By the President:

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior