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 railroad right-of-way purposes, under the administra tion of the Manila Railroad Company, subject to private rights, if any there be, a parcel of the public domain situated in the municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Island of Mindanao, and more particularly described in the Bureau of Lands Plan Psd-18611, to wit:

LOT No. 3-A. Psd-18611.
(Mindanao Motor Line)

œA parcel of land (lot No. 3-A of the subdivision plan Psd-18611 (S.W.O.-23775), being a portion of lot No. 3, block No. 22 of Kidapawan public lands subdivision, G.L.R.O. record No. ---), situated in the barrio of Lanao, municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato. Bounded on the NE., by road (10 m. wide) ; on the SE., by lot No. 3-B of the subdivision plan Psd-18611; on the SW., by Cotabato-Davao national highway (60.00 m, wide); and on the NW., by lot No. 2, block No. 22 of Kidapawan public lands subdivision, Pls-59. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being S. 79 24 E., 193.16 meters more or less from B.L.L.M. No. 14 of Kidapawan, Pls-59; thence N. 14 17 E., 228.59 m. to point œ2 ; thence S. 77 03 E., 100.02 m. to point œ3 ; thence S. 14 34 W., 216.01 m. to point œ4 ; thence N. 84 17 W., 100.03 m. to the point of beginning; containing an area of 22,103 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan; and on the ground, are marked as follows: points œ1  and œ2  by old B.L. concrete monuments 15 by 60 cm.; and points œ3  and œ4  by P.L.S. concrete monuments 15 by 60 cm; bearings true; declination 2 01 E.; date of the original survey, September, 1936-December, 1937; and that of the subdivision survey, October 25, 1940.

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