[ PROCLAMATION NO. 253, February 09, 1956 ]
REVOKING PROCLAMATION NO. 57, SERIES OF 1936, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE MT. AMORONG FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CUYAPO AND LUPAO, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF UMINGAN, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN, 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. Amorong Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 57, series of 1936;
WHEREAS, it has been found by the Director of Forestry that the greater portion of Mt. Amorong Forest Reserve is suitable for agricultural purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Secretary of Agricultural and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the provisions of section 1826 of the Revised Administrative Code, I hereby revoke Proclamation No. 57, dated April 11, 1936, and declare such portions of Mt. Amorong Forest Reserve, situated in the municipalities of Cuyapo and Lupao, province of Nueva Ecija, and in the municipality of Umigan, province of Pangasinan, 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 9th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary