MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 509

EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 31, DATED JULY 31, 1917, AND OPENING TO DISPOSITION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE BARRIO OF BURDEOS, MUNICIPALITY OF POLILLO, ISLAND OF POLILLO, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, ISLAND OF LUZON.

Whereas, a petition has been filed for the release of certain mining claims located in the barrio of Burdeos, municipality of Polillo, island of Polillo, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon, from the Polillo Forest Reserve established under Proclamation Numbered Thirty-one, dated July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventeen;

Whereas, according to the findings of the Director of Mines and the Director of Forestry, concurred in by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, the land embraced in the said mining claims now included within the Polillo Forest Reserve appears to be mineralized; and

Whereas, under the provisions of section fourteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Mining Act, lands within reservations for purposes other than mining which, after such reservation is made, are found to be more valuable for their mineral contents than for the purpose for which the reservations was made, may be withdrawn from such reservations by the President of the Philippines only with the concurrence of the National Assembly;

Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, from the operation of Proclamation Numbered Thirty-one, dated July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, the following parcel of land situated in the barrio of Burdeos, municipality of Polillo, Island of Polillo, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon, and described on plan No. C1-29, to wit:

Beginning at a point marked "1" on the plan C1-29, being S. 86° 27’ W., 7, 533.17.meters 3.17 more or less, from Triangulation Station "Pal" of the U. S. C. & G. S., Polillo, Tayabas, and N. 89° 27′ W., 1,485.86 meters, more or less, from B. L. B. M. No. 2. barrio of Burdeos, municipality of Polillo, Tayabas, thence due W. 2,400.00 meters to point "2"; thence due N. 5.000.00 meters to point "3"; thence due E. 2,400.00 meters to point "4"; thence due S. 5,000.00 meters to the point of beginning

Containing an area of 1,200.00 hectares.

Bounded on the north by the Polillo Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 31, dated July 31, 1917; on the east, by the Polillo Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 31, dated July 31, 1917; on the south, by the Polillo Forest Reserve, established under Proclamation No. 31, dated July 31, 1917; and on the west, by the Polillo Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 31, dated July 31, 1917.

All points referred to are indicated on the plan; and on the ground points "1" to "4", inclusive, are marked by cylindrical concrete monuments, each 15 x 60 cm.

Bearings: true. Declination: 0° 36′ E.

Date of Survey: Jan. 28-April 5, 1939, by Andres Sionil.

The cutting, removal and disposal of the timber and other forest products shall be under the supervision and control of the Bureau of Forestry and at any time the said parcel of land shall be abandoned for mining purposes, the same shall revert to as part of the Polillo Forest Reserve.

This proclamation shall not take effect until it is concurred in by a resolution of the National Assembly duly adopted for the purpose.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President


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