By virtue of the power conferred upon me by section 8 of Republic Act No. 263, section 3 of Republic Act No. 269, and section 3 of Republic Act No. 290, and section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby fix October 15, 1948, as the date on which the municipalities of Hinabangan, Jiabong, and Motiong, all of the Province of Samar, shall begin to exist, and designate the barrio of Jiabong in the municipality of Jiabong, and the barrio of Motiong in the municipality of Motiong, as the seats of government of these municipalities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the third,

ELPIDIO QURINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary