Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of Section seventy-two of Commonwealth Act Numbered one hundred forty-one, as amended, I hereby reserve for townsite purposes, subject to the disposition under Chapter XI of the said Act and to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain situated in the Municipality of Digos, Province of Davao, Island of Mindanao, and more particularly described in the Bureau of Lands plan Psd-73570, to wit:

œLot 8252-A
Psd-33570
(The Mun. Gov ™t of Digos -
Digos Townsite)

A parcel of land (Lot 8232-A of the subdivision plan Psd-33570, being a portion of Lot 8232 of the cadastral survey of Sta. Cruz, G.L.E.O. Cad. Record No.         ), situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Digos, Province of Davao. Bounded on the N., by Lot 8231, Sta. Cruz Cad. And Lot 8232-B of the subdivision plan; on the E., by Lot 8232-B of the subdivision plan and Lots 1600 and 1599, Sta. Cruz Cad.; and on the W., by Provincial Road. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on plan, being S. 79 deg. 41 ™ W., 1644.85 m. from B.L.L.M. 7, Sta. Cruz Cad. 275,

thence S. 88 deg. 27 ™ E., 25.26 m. to point œ2 ;
thence S. 3 deg. 14 ™ W., 36.50 m. to point œ3 ;
thence S. 3 deg. 14 W., 59.46 m. to point œ4 ;
thence S. 3 deg. 15 ™ W., 76.72 m. to point œ5 ;
thence N. 86 deg. 43 ™ W., 28.84 m. to point œ6 ;
thence N. 86 deg. 40 ™ W., 82.84 m. to point œ7 ;
thence N. 87 deg. 01 ™ W., 33.97 m. to point œ8 ;
thence N. 3 deg. 07 ™ E., 42.53 m. to point œ9 ;
thence N. 3 deg. 38 E., 39.28 m. to point œ10 ;
thence S. 86 deg. 22 ™ E., 84.79 m. to point œ11 ;
thence S. 88 deg. 26 E., 231.50 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NINETY EIGHT (1,200,098) Square Meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, by P.L.S. Cyl. Conc. Mons.; and the rest, by Old Corners; bearings true; declination 2 deg. 07 ™ E.; dated of the original survey, April, 1935 - April, 1939 and that of the subdivision survey, Feb. 15, 1931. 

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 17th day of April, 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