[ PROCLAMATION NO. 138, March 15, 1955 ]
RESERVING FOR CITY GOVERNMENT CENTER SITE PURPOSES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WITHIN THE FORMER CAMP BUMPUS SITUATED IN TACLOBAN CITY
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agricul ture 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, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for Government center site purposes of the City of Tacloban, subject to private rights, if any there be, a certain parcel of the public domain within the former Camp Bumpus situated in said City and more particularly described, to wit:
Lot I-1, Psd-42973
(Tacloban City Government Center Site)
A parcel of land (Lot I-l of the subdivision plan Psd-42.973, being a portion of lot 1 described on plan Bsd-450, G.L.R.O. Record No. ?????), situated in the City of Tacloban. Bounded on the NE., by lot 1-2 of the subdivision plan; on the SE., by provincial road (lot B, Bsd-450) and lot P of plan Bsd-450; on the SW., by Calle Gran Capitan and lot P of plan Bsd-450; and on the NW., by lot P of plain Bsd-450 and lot 1-2 of the subdivision plan. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan, being S. 86 25 E., 269.19 meters from B.L.L.M. 1, muncipality of Tacloban, thence S. 49 08 . W., 12.15 meters to point 2; thence S. 85 20 W., 191.51 meters to point 3; thence N. 41 26 E., 59.62 meters to point 4; thence N. 50 30 W., 78.25 meters to point 5; thence S. 41 23 W., 59.64 meters to point 6; thence N. 50 13 W., 104.12 meters to point 7; thence N. 40 31 E, 3.60 meters to point 8; thence N. 40 04 E., 79.08 meters to point 9; thence N. 58 04 E., 20.31 meters to point 10; thence N. 62 23 E., 82.28 meters to point 11; thence N. 69 51 E., 38.87 meters to point 12; thence N. 66 16 E., 37.19 meters to point 13; thence N. 57 41 E., 28.47 meters to point 14; thence N. 43 36 E., 25.38 meters to point 15; thence N. 35 48 E., 36.67 meters to point 16; thence N. 27 07 E., 14.50 to point 17; thence S. 36 06 E., 244.76 meters to point 18; thence S. 26 14 E., 98.33 meters to the point of beginning; containing an area of 63,480 square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground as follows: points 4, 5 and 6, by old corners; point 7 by 6 nails driven on road; and the rest, by P. L. S. cylindrical concrete monuments; bearings true; declination 1 30 E.; date of the original survey, January 17, 1912 and that of the subdivision survey, March 11-20, 1954.
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 15th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary