Executive Order No. 281




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 281, October 13, 1949 ] CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAPINIG, SAMAR Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code there is hereby created in the province of Samar, a municipality to, be known .as vine municipality of Lapinig, with the seat of government aft the barrio of Lapinig, which shall, consist of portions of the municipalities of Gamay and Oras and: the municipal district of Jipapad, all of the Province of Samar, more particularly described and bounded as follows: On the north, northwest, and west, by a straight line running southwesterly from a point on the shore line half way between the center of the mouth of Gamay River and the poblacion of the barrio of Cagamutan to the intersection of the south branch of Gamay River with the trail connecting the barrios of Cagamutan and Bagon de Gamay, thence southwesterly to a point one-half kilometer west of the poblacion of the barrio of Can Maria; on the southwest, by a straight imaginary line running from the said point one-half kilometer west of Can Maria to a point on Catumsan River approximately one-half kilometer southwest of the poblacion of barrio Catumsan; on the southeast, by the course of the Catumsan River downstream to the mouth of the said river which is at the Helm Harbor; and on the northeast, by the limits of municipal waters which Lapinig shall have pursuant to section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code. The municipality of Lapinig contains the .following barrios: Cagamutan, Potong, Pio del Pilar, Canomanio, Look, Lapinig, Can Maria and Catumsan, and the following sitios: Cahugwayan, Palanas and Mabini. The municipalities of Gamay and Oras and the municipal district of Jipapad shall have their present territories, minus and respective portions thereof included in the municipality of Lapinig. The municipality of Lapinig shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof, but in no case earlier than November 15, 1949. Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.1âшphi1 (SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO President of the Philippines By the President: (SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation