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 office, store and warehouse site purposes, under the administration of the Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration, subject to private rights, if any there be, a 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 Ir-1021-D, to wit:

A parcel of land (as shown on plan Ir-1021-D, G.L.R.O. record No. ..) situated in the poblacion, municipality of Jolo, Province of Sulu, Island of Jolo. Bounded on the NE, by property of Eugenio Suarez; on the SE., by public land; on the 3W., by road and on the NW.. by Calle Sanchez. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being N. 2 17 ™W., 164.78 m. from B.L.L.M. 1, Mt. Dajo cadastre 99, thence S. 45 51 ™E., 12.56 m. to point 2; thence S. 49 18 ™W., 0.66 m. to point 3; thence S. 49 06 ™W., 14.22 m. to point 4; thence N. 42 47 ™W., 6.50 m. to point 5; thence N. 25 52 ™E., 15.25 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of 139 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: point 1, by old P.L.S. marked on cemented pavement; point 2, by cross on W/G. I. spike on concrete basement; and points 3, 4 and 5, by P.L.S. cylindrical concrete monuments. Bearings true, declination 1 09 ™E., date of survey, October 1, 1949, and that of the approval, October 29, 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 Baguio, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary