Upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga and pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, there are hereby organized in the Province of Zamboanga out of certain portions of the municipality of Dipolog two municipalities to be known as the municipalities of Polanco and New Pifian whose territories are more particularly bounded and described as follows:

POLANCO
From the sitio of Guinatulan (which is somewhere southeast of the poblacion of the barrio of Olingan and northeast of the sitio of Sinaman runing N. 53 00' E in a straight line crossing Dipolog River to the east bank of said river: thence N. 74 00' E. to the sitio of Balimbing intersecting Dipolog-Dapitan municipal boundary; thence southeastward following the Dipolog-Dapitan boundary to a point on said boundary exactly east of the sitio of Sigabi; thence westward in a straight line passing through the said sitio of Sigabi until it touches the middle course of the east tributary of Dipolog River; thence upstream following the course of this river to a point exactly east of the sitio of Disoy and southwest of the sitio of Gumay; thence southwesterly in a straight line passing through the sitio of Buburingan until it touches the upper course of the west tributary of Dipolog River; thence down-stream to a point on the bank of the said river exactly west of the poblacion of the barrio of Dansullan; thence northwesterly in a straight line to the point of beginning at the sitio of Guinatullan.

NEW PI AN
From the common point of the north boundary of the municipality of Molave, the east boundary of the municipality of Katipunan and southwest boundary of the municipality of Dipolog eastward following the said north boundary of the municipality of Molave until it intersects the Zamboanga Misamis Occidental boundary; thence northward following the said Zamboanga-Misamis Occidental boundary to the point where it intersects the common boundary of Dapitan and Dipolog; thence westward and northwestward following the Dapitan-Dipolog boundary to a point on said boundary exactly east of the sitio of Sigabi; thence following the southeast boundary of the municipality of Polanco as above described to its intersection with the west tributary of Dipolog Eiver; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the point of beginning. (Reference used in this description: Map of the proposed municipality of Polanco showing the proposed boundary from mother municipality, different barrios and sitios, scale 1:100,000 submitted by the district engineer and approved by the provincial governor and marked A in the records of the Executive Office.)

The municipality of Polanco contains the following: barrios: Polanco, which shall be the seat of the municipal government, Guinles, Sianib, and Dansullan.

The Municipality of New Pi an contains the following sitios which are hereby organized into barrios; New Pi an, which shall be the seat of government, Sigabi, Bacoyong, Gumay, Calican, Diolen, Tubak, Buena Suerte, Head Tipan, Dionum, Sikitan, Salvacion, Yabo, Upper Disoy, Sibulan, and Dampalan.

The municipality of Dipolog shall have its present territory minus the barrios and sitios comprised in the municipalities of Polanco and New Pi an, as herein organized.

The municipalities of Polanco and New Pi an shall each begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor and a majority of the councilors thereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixth.


By the President:
(SGD.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary