Proclamation No. 193 Series of 1955




MALACAÑANG RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Manila Proclamation No. 193 RESERVING FOR LAND SETTLEMENT PURPOSES A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KABAN-KALAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINES 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, do hereby reserved for land settlement purposes, under the administration of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration, subject to private rights, if any there be, the following described parcel of public domain situated in the municipality of Kabankalan, province of Negros Occidental, island of Negros, to wit: Beginning from corner 1 which is the provincial boundary monument (PBM) No. 9-B (marked 9-A) dividing the municipalities of Manjuyod, Bais, and Kabankalan in a southwesterly direction, to corner 2 which is equivalent to PBM 9-C (marked 9-B); thence in a southwesternly direction to corner 3 which is equivalent to PBM No. 9-D (marked 9-C); thence in a southwesternly direction to corner 4 which is equivalent to PBM No. 9-E (marked 9-D); thence to corner 5 in a southwesternly direction about 700 meters which is equivalent to the southwest corner of lot 308 of the FOA-PHILCUSA Pls-38; thence to corner 6 along the boundary of FOA-PHILCUSA Pls-38, in a westernly and northernly direction until it touches the southwest corner of Pls-167; thence to corner 7 which is equivalent to the southernmost corner of lot 3315 of Pls-167; thence to corner 8 in a northeasternly direction to northwest corner of lot 1402 of FOA-PHILCUSA Pls-38; thence to corner 9 in an easternly direction until it touches a corner of the western boundary of Kabankalan Cadastre Case No. 2 which is equivalent to northeast corner of lot 1409 of FOA-PHILCUSA Pls-38; thence to corner. 10 following the boundary of Kabankalan Cadastre Case No. 2 which intersects Hog River; thence following the Hog River to corner 11 which is the intersection of the Hog River and the boundary line of Kabankalan and Manjuyod municipalities ; thence in a southwesternly direction to corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an area of 21,500 hectares, more or less. Bounded on the north, by Pls-167, public forest and Kabankalan Cadastre Case No. 2; on the south, by Tabla River, public forest and provincial boundary of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental; on the east, by provincial, boundary of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental; and on the west, by public forest and Pls-167. NOTE: (The land included in this reservation is the FAO-PHIL-CUSA Project, Pls-38. Settlers who have been occupying portions thereof before the war, during the Japanese occupation and those who have filed their public land, applications with the Bureau of Lands and are actually occupying the portions applied for by them before and after the inauguration of the subdivision Pls-38 will be respected and allocated to their respective occupations and improvements). 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 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation