[ PROCLAMATION NO. 189, September 23, 1955 ]
RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (NARRA) A CERTAIN PARCEL OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MILAGROS, CAWAYAN, AND USON, PROVINCE OF MASBATE
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, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, hereby reserve for settlement and development purposes, under the administration and control of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA), subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future classification and survey, and to the conditions that the timber and other forest products therein, as well as the use and occupancy of the area indicated as timberland and forest reserves, shall remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry in accordance with Forest Laws and Regulations, a parcel of land of the public domain, situated in the municipalities of Milagros, Cawayan, and Uson, province of Masbate, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point marked 1, which is on the intersection of Malbug River and Ba ga River; thence going due east, until it intersects Guinalasan River, which is point 2; thence southwest following the Guinalasan River until it intersects the municipal boundary of Uson and Milagros, which is point 3; thence southeast, following the Uson-Milagros municipal boundary, 1,400 meters to point 4; thence S. 51 , W. 9,3-00 meters (in straight line) but conforming with the boundary of PLS-241 (B.L.) to point 5; thence N. 27 W. 8,200 meters to point 6; thence N. 48 E. 6,950 meters to point 7; which lies on the municipal boundary of Uson and Milagros; thence southeast, following the Uson-Milagros municipal boundary, 2,430 meters to point 8; thence due east until it intersects the Malbug River which is point 9; thence northeast, following the Malbug River until it reaches the point of beginning; containing an approximate area of 8,800 hectares, more or less.
(NOTE: This is subject to change to conform with future survey.)
To protect the rights of the different public land applicants as well as those of other occupants and/or claimants to certain portions of the land to be reserved, the portions claimed and/or occupied by said applicants, occupants and/or claimants are hereby excluded from this reservation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby 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-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary