[ PROCLAMATION NO. 197, September 23, 1955 ]
REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 99, SERIES OF 1913, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE NON-CHRISTIAN RESERVATION SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBALOM, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, ISLAND OF PANAY, AND DECLARING THE PARCEL OR PARCELS OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN OPEN TO SETTLEMENT AND DISPOSITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of section 88 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby revoke Executive Order No. 99, series of 1913, which established the Non-Christian Reservation situated in the municipality of Sibalom, province of Antique, island of Panay, and declare the parcel or parcels of land embraced therein open to settlement and disposition in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.
To protect and safeguard the occupation of the Non-Christians in the reservation, preference should be given them in the acquisition of lots in the subdivision.
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-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary