Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for High School site purposes, under the administration of the Director of Public Schools, subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain situated in the municipality of Jolo, Province of Sulu, Island of Jolo, and more particularly described in the Bureau of Lands plan Psd-25836, to wit:

œA parcel of land (Lot 2562-A of the subdivision plan Psd-25836, being a portion of Lot 2562 of the cadastral survey of Mount Dajo, G. L. R. O. Cad. Record No. ), situated in the poblacion municipality of Jolo, Province of Sulu, Island of Jolo. Bounded on the N., by Jolo-Tagbili Road; and on the NE., SE., SW. and NW., by lot 2562-B of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being S. 78 04 E., 923.72 m. from B. L. L. M. 2, Mount Dajo Cad. 99, thence N. 28 35 E., 198.17 m. to point œ2 ; thence N. 86 42 E., 200.00 m. to point œ3 ; thence N. 86 42 E., 99.61 m. to point œ4 ; thence N. 82 30 E., 48.61 m. to point œ5 ; thence S. 76 14 E., 21.72 m. to point œ6 ; thence S. 61 51 E., 202.66 m. to point œ7 ; thence S. 31 03 W., 207.76 m. to point œ8 ; thence S. 31 03 W., 200.00 m. to point œ9 ; thence N. 59 40 W., 250.00 m. to point œ10 ; thence N. 59 40 W., 250.00 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of one hundred seventy three thousand and sixty (173,060) square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: points 2, 4, 5 and 6, by Old B. L. Conc. Mons.; and the rest, by P. L. S. Cyl. Conc. Mons.; bearings true; declination 1 50 E.,; date of the original survey, Dec., 1918 ? Sept., 1922 and that of the subdivision survey, February 5-7, 1949. 

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 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

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