[ PROCLAMATION NO. 250, January 25, 1956 ]
REVOKING PROCLAMATION NUMBERED SIXTY-SIX, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, WHICH ESTABLISHED MT. BANKAI FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CUYAPO, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND DECLARING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LAND EMBRACED THEREIN OPEN TO DISPOSITION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT
WHEREAS, petitions have been filed for the release for agricultural purposes of certain portions of Mt. Bankai Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 66, series of 1923;
WHEREAS, it has been found by the Director of Forestry that the greater portion of Mt. Bankai Forest Reserve is suitable for agricultural purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of Section Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-six of the Revised Administrative Code, I hereby revoke Proclamation No. 66 dated October 20, 1923, and declare such portions of Mt. Bankai Forest Reserve found suitable for agricultural purposes by the Director of Forestry open to disposition under the provisions of the Public Land Act.
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 25th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
(SGD.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary