Administrative Order No. 142




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 142, June 24, 1941 ] CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE AND APPRAISE THE CLAIM OF THE LAGUNA WATER POWER CO., INC., RELATING TO THE CALIRAYA PROJECT The Laguna Water Power Co., Inc. has filed with the Government a claim for compensation for “all its rights, title and interest in the Caliraya water project and its auxiliary plant at San Juan, Longos, Laguna.” There is disagreement between the claimant and the National Power Corporation on the facts of this claim, particularly on the use allegedly made by the National Power Corporation of certain plans, specifications, and data on the Caliraya water project belonging to the claimant. For the purpose of determining the correct facts surrounding this claim and of fixing the amount of compensation to which the Laguna Water Power Co., Inc. is entitled, if any, a committee is hereby created composed of the following: Hon. José Abreu, Chairman Hon. Sergio Bayan, Member Mr. Clemente Hidalgo, Member The Committee shall investigate and look into all pertinent facts and matters which have a bearing on the merit of the claim of the Laguna Water Power Co., Inc., and shall forthwith render a report of their findings to the President, together with their recommendation. Done at the City of Manila, this 24th day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the sixth.1âшphi1 (Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS Secretary to the President The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation