[ PROCLAMATION NO. 69, September 23, 1954 ]
RESERVING FOR GOVERNMENT CENTER PURPOSES OF THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN KNOWN AS PETTIT BARRACKS SITUATED IN SAID CITY
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provision of section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for Government center purposes of the City of Zamboanga, subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain known as Pettit Barracks, situated in said City and more particularly described to wit:
A parcel of land (as shown in whiteprint plan of the Military Reservation, Pettit Barracks), situated in the City of Zamboanga. Bounded on the N., by property of the City of Zamboanga and swamp land; on the E., by Swamp land and river; on the SE., by sea; on the SW., by Basilan Strait; and on the NW., by property of the City of Zamboanga. Beginning at a point marked 1 on whiteprint plan, being thence S. 66 44 E., 150.68 meters to point 27; thence N. 23 24 E., 4.86 meters to point 3; thence S. 86 41 E., 31.18 meters to point 4; thence S. 87 59 E., 39.70 meters to point 5; thence N. 89 41 E., 9.15 meters to point 6; thence N. 5 10 W., 81.88 meters to point 7; thence S. 81 21 E., 65.55 meters to point 8; thence S. 43 26 E., 143.56 meters to point 9; thence N. 77 40 E., 150.56 meters to point 10; thence N. 77 39 E., 474.22 meters to point 11; thence N. 77 39 E., 15.00 meters to point 12; thence S. 8 35 E., 661.26 meters to point 13; thence S. 56 56 W., 96.51 meters to point 14; thence S. 74 12 W., 11.00 meters to point 15; thence S. 34 08 W., 67.20 meters to point 16; thence S. 19 08 W., 129.92 meters to point 17; thence N. 63 58, W., 69.64 meters to point 18; thence due north, 113.68 meters to point 19; thence N. 62 02 W., 581.28 meters to point 20; thence N. 38 11 W., 41.96 meters to point 21; thence N. 58 20 W., 190.12 meters to point 22; thence S. 85 01 W., 19.79 meters to point 23; thence N. 57 31 W., 103.93 meters to point 24; thence S. 66 58 W., 7.21 meters to point 25; thence N. 57 24 W., 134.86 meters to point 26; thence N. 38 11 E., 34.20 meters to point 27; thence N. 60 14 W., 33.78 meters to point 28; thence N. 27 15 E., 47.30 meters to point 29; thence N. 27 15 E., 92.65 meters to the point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 524,981 square meters, more or less.
NOTE: There are hereby excluded from the operation of this Proclamation the area subject to the leasehold rights under Miscellaneous Lease Application No. V-552 and Foreshore Lease Application No. V-778 of Antonio M. Bayot and the portions earmarked for the sites of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Philippine Constabulary, the National Library, the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society, and the Philippine National Red Cross, as shown and indacated in the revised plan of the Pettit Barracks.
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 September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary