[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 593, May 08, 1953 ]

PUBLISHING THE INITIAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF CHARTERED CITIES, EXCEPT MANILA, BAGUIO AND QUEZON CITIES, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY



The initial classifications of all chartered cities in the Philippines, except Manila, Baguio and Quezon Cities, as provided in section one of Republic Act No. 840, according to their respective total annual revenues during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1952, as certified correct by the General Auditing Office, are hereby published as follows:

Name of cities

Total revenues

Classification

     

1. Bacolod

P1,573,988.69

1st

2. Basilan

839,662.49

2nd

3. Butuan

464,579.41

4th

4. Cabanatuan

548,516.46

3rd

5. Cagayan de Oro

540,316.18

3rd

6. Calbayog

396,899.26

4th

7. Cavite

595,778.41

3rd

8. Cebu

3,727,830.94

1st

9. Dagupan

588,036.00

3rd

10. Dansalan

160,749.75

5th

11. Davao

2,744,509.31

1st

12. Dumaguete

459,943.82

4th

13. Iligan

433,078.00

4th

14. Iloilo

2,530,480.83

1st

15. Legaspi

645,216.41

3rd

16. Lipa

497,290.78

4th

17. Naga

647,190.31

3rd

18. Ormoc

452,547.45

4th

19. Ozamis

357,953.97

4th

20. Pasay

1,863,139.55

1st

21. Roxas

320,115.63

4th

22. San Pablo

702,896.04

2nd

23. Tagaytay

91,567.28

5th

24. Zamboanga

1,515,481.22

1st

These classifications take effect as of July 1, 1952.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of May, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

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