[ PROCLAMATION NO. 453, December 23, 1953 ]

RESERVING FOR MILITARY PURPOSES A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DANSALAN, ISLAND OF MINDANAO



Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of Section 85 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for military purposes, under the administration of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, subject to private rights, if any there be, the following parcels of the public domain, situated at Camp Keithley, City of Dansalan, Island of Mindanao, and particularly described in Bureau of Lands Plan II-5919, to wit:

A parcel of land (as shown on revised Plan II-5919) situated in the city of Dansalan, bounded on the N, S, and W by public land, and on the E by public land proposed to be Capitol and Hospital sites of the Provincial Government of Lanao. Beginning at a point marked œ1  on the plan,

thence S.

84 deg.

10 ™E.,

2,100.00 m

to

point œ2 ;

thence N.

7 deg.

40 ™E.,

4,929.89 m

to

point œ3 ;

thence S.

62 deg.

39 ™W.,

7,567.33 m

to

point œ4 ;

thence S.

58 deg.

00 ™W.,

5,232.00 m

to

point œ5 ;

thence S.

13 deg.

07 ™W.,

4,615.30 m

to

point œ6 ;

thence S.

76 deg.

55 ™E.,

272.45 m

to

point œ7 ;

thence N.

83 deg.

00 ™E.,

7,113.83 m

to

point œ8 ;

thence N.

51 deg.

44 ™W.,

4,195.73 m

to

point œ9 ;

thence N.

42 deg.

04 ™W.,

43.72 m

to

point œ10 ;

thence N.

3 deg.

38 ™W.,

45.51 m

to

point œ11 ;

thence S.

84 deg.

15 ™W.,

26.31 m

to

point œ12 ;

thence N.

19 deg.

12 ™W.,

28.66 m

to

point œ13 ;

thence N.

25 deg.

05 ™W.,

26.95 m

to

point œ14 ;

thence N.

78 deg.

52 ™W.,

27.44 m

to

point œ15 ;

thence N.

39 deg.

46 ™W.,

43.37 m

to

point œ16 ;

thence N.

66 deg.

34 ™W.,

34.91 m

to

point œ17 ;

thence N.

53 deg.

09 ™W.,

47.87 m

to

point œ18 ;

thence N.

6 deg.

51 ™W.,

48.00 m

to

point œ19 ;

thence N.

13 deg.

02 ™W.,

40.63 m

to

point œ20 ;

thence N.

8 deg.

44 ™E.,

49.11 m

to

point œ21 ;

thence N.

28 deg.

42 ™W.,

45.72 m

to

point œ22 ;

thence N.

26 deg.

34 ™W.,

95.75 m

to

point œ23 ;

thence N.

72 deg.

05 ™W.,

96.98 m

to

point œ24 ;

thence N.

62 deg.

04 ™W.,

81.84 m

to

point œ25 ;

thence S.

88 deg.

40 ™W.,

31.25 m

to

point œ26 ;

thence N.

53 deg.

37 ™W.,

49.13 m

to

point œ27 ;

thence N.

79 deg.

37 ™W.,

72.70 m

to

point œ28 ;

thence N.

37 deg.

41 ™W.,

126.31 m

to

point œ29 ;

thence N.

6 deg.

30 ™E.,

43.86 m

to

point œ30 ;

thence N.

72 deg.

08 ™W.,

43.86 m

to

point œ31 ;

thence S.

83 deg.

40 ™W.,

62.02 m

to

point œ32 ;

thence N.

16 deg.

30 ™E.,

250.00 m

to

point œ33 ;

thence, along the Keithley-Overton road 1,620.00 meters to point œ34 , thence N. 29 deg. 30 ™E., 310.00 meters to point œ1 , the point of beginning.

Containing an area of SIXTY-SIX MILLION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE (66,671,625) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: point œ4  by conc. monument; œ5  by umbrella tree; œ6  to œ9  by conc. mon. Points œ2  and œ32  are equivalent to points œ29  and œ1 , respectively, on Plan II-5919.

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 23rd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary